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‘Mid Air’ by Jolina Bradley
The adagio was soft pecks on cheeks, sad ointment, A tender brush of keys, semi-staccato,
National Writing Day 2017
We’re delighted to announce that our new taster website for National Writing Day is now live! Join us and partner arts and literacy organisations across the UK in this campaign to get everyone, everywhere writing.
Friday Story, Argtim Abisi
They sit together on a sofa. One they’d found outside earlier. Their hands and feet are still and resting.
First Story in the Cranford Annual Review
There was a moment, during our second session, when a shift in the atmosphere occurred. The group had finished writing their second poem of the session and were taking it in turns to read them out. Raniya, who had not wanted to read out her first poem, acquiesced to the gentle persuasion of the others,and […]
First Story Residential Anthology 2016
The First Story Residential Anthology 2016 has arrived! And it’s crammed full of the thoughts and voices of forty-seven students inspired by five glorious days of writing. For each student, the Residential was a once in a life-time opportunity to forge friendships with their peers and be taught by acclaimed writers Jasmine Cooray, Andy Craven-Griffiths, Anjum Malik, Tim […]







