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Creative Writing: Children’s Fiction

📅 Saturday 3 October 2026 📍 St Clements Art Centre
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Creative Writing: Children’s Fiction Sat 3 Oct 2026 Past event

  • Running time 90 minutes
  • Venue St Clements Art Centre, Fore St, Ipswich, IP4 1JZ

Discover how to craft the perfect opening in this interactive workshop.

Please note: this event takes place at St. Clement’s Art Centre (Fore St, Ipswich IP4 1JZ).

Please also note: this workshop is for adults.

How do we begin a children’s novel? What writing techniques help us create engaging characters and a compelling hook that keeps young readers turning the pages? Literary agents and publishers often look closely at first chapters – so what are they looking for, and how can we get it right?

This workshop focuses on crafting the opening of a middle grade or young adult novel. Through writing exercises and discussion, you’ll explore character, plot and setting, while beginning to develop your own ideas on the page.

Hosted by Dr. Lindsey Scott & Dr. Darragh Martin, University of Suffolk.

The New Wolsey Theatre is acting as a ticket agent for the Ipswich Book Festival, for more information about the festival check out their website by clicking the Ipswich Book Festival icon below.

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Venue: St Clements Art Centre, Fore St, Ipswich, IP4 1JZ.

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Venue address: Fore St, Ipswich, IP4 1JZ

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