Free event: Writing for younger audiences – Jericho Writers
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Free event: Writing for younger audiences

Writing for younger audiences

Learn how to navigate the unique challenges of writing for younger audiences, and tell a story that resonates with young readers, with the help of this free event replay.

How can storytelling capture young minds?

Join two incredible authors as they share their expertise across picture books, middle-grade and YA novels to help you hone your craft when writing for younger audiences.

This free online event replay provides invaluable insights, strategies, and creative tools from event speakers Philip Womack and Emily-Jane Clark, Ultimate Novel Writing Course tutors and authors of this summer’s ‘Ghostlord’ and ‘The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep’.

Interested in learning more about the Ultimate Novel Writing Course with Philip and Emily-Jane? Book a call with our Courses team at a time that suits you.

Writing for Younger Audiences

Writing for Younger Audiences

Writing for children can be as challenging as it is enjoyable. In this free event, Emily-Jane and Philip share their top tips that will help you enhance your work-in-progress.

Your Event Speakers

Photo of Philip Womack, Children's author and tutor on Jericho Writer's Ultimate Novel Writing Course

Philip Womack

Ultimate Novel Writing Course Tutor and author

Bio

The author of nine critically acclaimed fantasy books for children, his latest novel ‘Ghostlord’, was released in May 2023. His first work of non-fiction for adults, ‘How to Teach Classics to Your Dog’, was published in 2020, being a lively guide to the world and literature of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. ‘Write Your Own Myths’, a Creative Writing guide for children, appeared in 2021. He also writes reviews for national newspapers, including the Times Literary Supplement, the Financial Times, the Spectator, and the Literary Review.

Philip has been an editor and mentor at Jericho Writers for many years and has taught Creative Writing at both BA and MA level. He enjoys getting to grips with students’ work and helping them to understand the techniques and skills they can employ to maximise their potential. He champions consistent, thoughtful feedback and aims to support and challenge writers to be the best that they can be.

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Photo of Emily-Jane Clarke, Children's author and tutor on Jericho Writer's Ultimate Novel Writing Course

Emily-Jane Clark

Ultimate Novel Writing Course Tutor and author

Bio

Her first funny middle grade children’s novel ‘The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep’ was released in July 2023 as part of a two-book deal with Scholastic.

She is also the author of bestseller ‘Sleep is for the Weak’, a part-memoir, part-humorous survival guide for tired parents that is five-star rated on Amazon and made the top one hundred of ALL books. She also writes features and essays for New Statesman, Metro UK, Huffington Post and Mirror Online.

Emily-Jane is also a successful comedy writer at the UK’s biggest satirical newspaper The Daily Mash and has worked on Mock the Week, The Jonathan Ross Show and Mash Report. Her work includes the viral sketch ‘F**k Off, say women’ starring Ellie Taylor, viewed more than four hundred million times on YouTube. Her scripts have also won Craft of Comedy New Writing Award, Sitcom Geeks Script Challenge, reached the finals of Funny Women Awards and been shortlisted for BBC Writers Room twice.

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