Press

• National Director Mónica Parle and writers Ben Faccini and Kate Clanchy are interviewed by writer Claire King for her blog
• Director William Fiennes, and First Story writers Salena Godden, Kate Clanchy and Jon McGregor talk about First Story in The Independent
• Mahendra Solanki’s group at Nottingham Children’s Hospital gets a moving write-up in the Nottingham Post
• The First Story Festival gets rave reviews in George Green’s School’s newsletter
• Watch First Story students reading their stories and poetry on the This Is Nottingham website
• The Nottingham Children’s Hospital’s programme is featured on the This is Nottingham website
• Nottingham Post reporter Erik Petersen meets Ellis Guilford School First Story students
• Nicola Monaghan’s group  at Nottingham University Samworth Academy feature in the Nottingham Post
• Katie Waldegrave writes about  First Story’s work in the National Association for the Teaching of English’s English Drama Media magazine. Read more about NATE at www.nate.org.uk
• First Story’s arrival in East Midlands and Nottingham is reported in the BBC news
• Read about First Story in the East Midlands in the Nottingham Post: ‘New scheme teaches art of storytelling to students‘ and ‘Giving a voice to school children‘
• First Story’s Programme Manager in the East Midlands, Sarah Stubbings, writes about her role in theNottingham Post.
• Londonist writes about First Story’s work in London
• The Guardian writes about First Story, Dave Eggers, and creative writing as literary ‘intervention’
• William Fiennes writes about First Story in The Guardian
• Tim Pears writes about his experiences as First Story Writer-in-Residence in The Guardian
• The First Story book launch at Islington Arts and Media School features in Book Brunch
• The Larkmead Literary Festival, with First Story and Philip Pullman, features in Mostly Books
• Frances Wilson writes about First Story in the Sunday Times
• Irena Barker writes about First Story in the TES
• John Humphreys hears about First Story on the Today Programme
• Alex Clark writes about First Story in the Daily Telegraph
• Sean Dodson writes about First Story in The Guardian

First Story student reading his school's anthology.

First Story not only does an invaluable thing for the young and under-heard people of England, it does it exceptionally well. Their books are expertly edited and beautifully produced. The students featured within are wonderfully open and candid about their lives, and this is a credit to First Story, whose teachers thoroughly respect, and profoundly amplify, their voices. The only problem with First Story is that they’re not everywhere — yet. Every young person deserves the benefit of working with them.

Dave Eggers, Writer and co-founder of 826 Valencia