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The fourth annual National Writing Day 2020 takes place on 24 June. In the context of a global pandemic, activities necessarily shift online.
The theme of National Writing Day 2020 is “One day”. The aim of the day is to get us all writing. Write alone, write with others in your household, write with others on Zoom.
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I’m attending QuaranCon 2021, a fantasy convention organized by Virginia McClain and a handful of volunteers who decided to put on a virtual convention that would be free to all involved – a convention you can attend from the safety of your own living room. …
A re-boot for 2020 seems timely. In the current state of lock down, an online spring-clean puts this site as the creative centre.
New sites are up, old projects and sites have been closed down and Everything Express has been put to bed, Proactivity Press has opened for business, while various writing projects have begun or are being dusted off. …
It’s World Book Day 2020 from the charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. …
World Book Day 2020 continues to promote reading for pleasure and sharing stories. The campaign for 2020, focuses around an ambitious plan to Share A Million Stories. Fifteen new £1 books launch for World Book Day 2020. …
“National Writing Day is an annual celebration of writing designed to inspire people across the UK to get writing. Our message is simple: everyone has a story to tell and sharing it can be a source of pleasure and power.” …
World Book Day 2019 will take place on Thursday 7th March 2019 and aside from the World Book Day books, the theme is ‘Share a Story’, with a range of new initiatives that will help to get even more books directly into the hands of children and young people, especially those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to them. …