An opportunity for any Igniting Writing members interested in drama - auditions are open for a new musical called Icebreakers. The link to register interest is as follows: thedramaguru.com/icebreakers… The auditions will be held on 10/1/27, 12:45pm at the Oakwood Centre, Woodley.

Volunteering to support the @Wokingham_TC and @WBC_Libraries Wokingham Children's Book Festival 2026 over the weekend was really rewarding - met lots of kids and adults sharing a love of storytelling, plus lots of talented authors, including @CressidaCowell and Eric Huang!

Exciting news to share - an article on Igniting Writing has been published in @thebookseller! It covers what can be done to get more kids reading and features quotes from four of our group members, Chloe, Jacob, Ashira and Aanya! Thanks to @mollyflatt for co-ordinating.

Something fun during half term for Igniting Writing members in Year Eight or below - @ReadingBlues is hosting a horror themed creative writing workshop from 26/10/26 to 29/10/26. Register here: enrolmy.com/reading-blue-coa… It costs £70 per day and features dance and an author visit!

Igniting Writing's summer creative writing writing workshops for teens have gotten some good local publicity recently. We've been featured in Round and About Magazine, @WokinghamToday (wokingham.today/whats-happen…) and the Wokingham Word Magazine!

Big shoutout to Ashira, Parinaaz, Gia, Maria and Aanya, five Igniting Writing members who got featured in the latest edition of @WRDmag's WRDXtra magazine! Have a read here: indd.adobe.com/view/2bd81635… The Igniting Writing article is on page 11!

Any Igniting Writing want to read more this summer? If so, take part in the @WBC_Libraries Teen Reading Challenge! Loan six books from the library, return them and email [email protected] by 12/9/26 with your name, library card number and books to win prizes.

Some good news - Igniting Writing has partnered with children's publishing giants @Usborne to support their promotion of their upcoming book Echostrike, due to publish in 2027! See the full announcement below. Big thanks to @FrithaL for helping to launch the collaboration!

Shoutout to former Igniting Writing group member and volunteer @hwkfong, who has not only presented a TEDx Youth talk on the benefits of an English degree (youtube.com/watch?v=8l0naHOl… and hwkfong.substack.com/p/i-did…), but has been selected for an internship with Penguin Random House!

Our @WBC_Libraries teen creative writing sessions on 20/6/26 have prizes up for grabs. We're giving out copies of Nate Yu's Blast From the Past by @MaisieWrites and King of Nothing by @NateLessore. Big thanks to @amberivatt and Jasveen Bansal from @bonnierbooks_uk for sharing!

Our @WBC_Libraries teen creative writing sessions on 6/6/26 have prizes for whoever writes the best mystery stories. We're giving out copies of Murder for Two by @niylafarook and Murder High by @renmunozbooks, kindly shared by @amberivatt and Jasveen Bansal from @bonnierbooks_uk!