Are too many parents failing to read to their children?

A recent study by the National Literacy Trust has found that nearly nine in ten young people in the UK own a mobile phone, while only just over seven in ten have books of their own at home.

This has sparked a debate about the importance of books in the ...

Read Full Article... | 17th June 2010

Winners of The Spring Short Story Competition

The Winners of our Spring Short Story Writing Competition are as follows:

1st Prize:
Sharon Baynham
Runners Up:
Gavin Tangen
Colin Young

Over the past month our judges have had the pleasure of reading through all of your entries, but were eventually faced with some very tough decisions. They have genuinely enjoyed reading all of your ...

Read Full Article... | 13th August 2009

Short Story Competition

The Writing School at Oxford Open Learning is running a Short Story Competition.  This competition is exclusive to students of OOL's Writing Courses and the first prize is a £50 Amazon Voucher; why not check it out at the following link: 

http://learning.ool.co.uk/elearning/course/view.php?id=72

Kind regards,
Lee Woodward

Read Full Article... | 26th May 2009