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You got to actually write a book and publish it! Tilda, year 5

Everything was    excellent!  Aminah, year 5

I got to choose what I wrote about, it was great fun!.  I feel proud. Sophie, year 7

Join other budding authors on the unique children’s Write-a-Book programme

Absolutely thrilled with the quality of my child’s book & the care & hard work gone into producing them. N.J.

My daughter gained confidence in writing a book. S.J.

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NEXT COURSE: October Half Term , in Harrogate. Please see below.

BOOKINGS TAKEN  AFTER CHRISTMAS FOR A SPRING COURSE.  DATES TO BE NOTIFIED.

Harrogate:    Years 5 – 9    minimum/maximum ages: 10 – 14)

To download the HOLIDAY BOOK IN A WEEK information with application form please click here.  


The kind of activities used in the week long courses include generating story ideas from a wide variety of sources, learning and using planning techniques, free writing, fun-to-play games, learning how to self-edit, illustration time, typing work up and designing final book covers. Each child will receive three copies of their own bound book included in the price, and will have all their own material returned with copyright.


To download the HOLIDAY BOOK IN A WEEK information with application form, please click here. Numbers in all courses are deliberately limited to allow everyone time to have one-to-one attention, and chance to get group input.  Where possible, writers of similar ages will be  put together for small group work.





















If you are interested in a course in Leeds, please let us know by email on cathy@cathyburwell.com


As a creative author, coach, tutor and former drama teacher,  Catherine wants to give all children and young people the power to believe that they can write and have the satisfaction of seeing their own story produced as  a book.  Richard, also an author, teacher and coach will support students and help with book production after the course is finished. Both have enhanced DBS checks in place.  They have two teenage children who both enjoy writing and creating.











Clubs Coming Up Soon!  


YOUNG WRITERS COMPETITION RESULTS!!

The first young writers competition from Book-in-a-week holiday clubs was run two weeks ago for Harrogate and local areas in order to unearth some budding writers amongst you!    

Catherine was very impressed by the level of writing that was submitted,  and can now announce that the winners of the 100 word competition are:

 

Ella Colbourn of Pannal Primary School (first prize)

Jennifer Law of Willow Tree Community School (second prize)  

Eve Button of St Aidans High School (runner up) and

Luke Chapman of Coppice Valley Primary School (Joint runner up).


All the winners came to Waterstones on Thursday 2nd July to receive their prizes, which included Waterstones book vouchers and Catherine's new Little Book of Poems. Congratulations to our competition winners! Well done all of you!  

Please click here to read their work!   


A big thank you to all the schools and individuals who showed interest in our competition.



Welcome to Young Writers and  Book-in-a-Week Clubs!




Hello there!  


This exciting new venture, based in Harrogate, has been established by writers Catherine and Richard Burwell to help foster young people's creative writing interests by providing unique opportunities for writing.   Many of these opportunities take the form of courses in the holidays.  


Young people from Year 5 – Year 10 are welcome to join us on a variety of age-related creative writing courses in the holidays.  At least twice a year, longer courses will run for writing a book, which we publish for you.  We also run occasional competitions.  


Courses vary in length.  Coming up for half term:



To see all the course details for the

next courses, please go to:   





The next book writing course (free writing theme) will take place in the Spring.


For any other enquiries, please email: cathy@cathyburwell.com








Catherine's vision is to encourage young writers to believe in themselves and to have exciting opportunities to write.  The book writing club exists to help children & young people use their free time to develop their passion for writing, express themselves in writing creative stories and have the excitement of seeing their own book published.

THE BOOK IN A WEEK CLUB  

This is a unique club that offers HOLIDAY opportunities to young people to write their own book in one week, and have it produced in hard copies to keep. Children and young people in school years: 5, 6, 7,  8 and now Year 9 are eligible for holiday clubs. see our calendar below.

If you would be interested in a regular writing club after school, or if you would like to be notified of new competitions please email us on cathy@cathyburwell.com

Catherine & Richard Burwell founded the Book-in-a-Week children & young people's book writing club in 2012 in Leeds.