Would you like to be able to meet other teenagers who enjoy writing or take part in special workshops with writers away from school? 

If so we’d like to hear from you.

Ilkley Literature Festival runs the weekly group for young writers aged 13 to 17, on Mondays during term-time. The group is based in Ilkley and any young writers from the Bradford, Skipton, Ilkley, Wharfe Valley and Leeds areas are welcome to come along.

The sessions run from 6.30pm to 8pm and cost £1 per session. You’ll be expected to come to all sessions in a term (unless of course you are ill or on a school visit) and there will be a mixture of short story writing, script writing, writing poetry and learning how to read your work effectively.

Ilkley Young Writers is run by Ilkley Literature Festival and led by Michelle Scalley Clarke, author, playwright, performer, creative writing and performance facilitator and Becky Cherriman writer, performer and creative writing facilitator.

For more information and to get involved involved please email info@ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk