Archive for November, 2011

  • Stories to make you laugh or cry

    Wednesday 29 February 2012 It was a night for passions at the Tabernacle on Wednesday evening. The passion for storytelling, the passion for poetry, and the passion for individuality of voice were celebrated in this very special event organised by Intelligence² in support of First Story. William Fiennes, Founding Director of First Story, kicked the event [...]

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  • An evening with William Ivory

    Thursday 9th February 2012 On a particularly snowy evening on Thursday 9th February, First Story’s first Nottingham fundraiser got off to a fantastic start with the legendary William Ivory. Ivory is one of Britain’s leading screen writers with credits such as Made in Dagenham, The Sins, Common as Muck and the adaptation of D.H Lawrence’s [...]

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  • A harvest of creativity at Somerset House

    23rd January 2012 On the 23rd January, a passer-by in the usually noiseless galleries of Somerset House would have been distracted by the audible whirring of a hundred young minds. Creative cogs were going into overdrive as five acclaimed authors used art to ignite the imaginations of these aspiring writers. This is the second First [...]

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  • A Royal Patron for First Story

    We are delighted to announce that The Duchess of Cornwall has become Patron of First Story.

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