IHUK 2023 comes to an end
IHUK 2023 is completed. An overview of the work we did between May and September.
In the wind of Curiosity – young adults writing Historical Fiction
Curiosity, Movement, Memory and Writing. Creative non-fiction writer, Malachy Tallack in his autobiography of exploration, 60 Degrees North writes Human beings have always moved from here to there…with a combination of memory, acquired knowledge and curiosity He goes… Read More
What inspired YOU to write?
The winner of the 2018 11-15yrs Young Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (YWSP), Jenny O’Gorman from Edinburgh, was inspired by a striking memorial to those who died during the Irish Potato Famine. Her story Shadow of… Read More
2019 Imagining History UK Programme announced
The Young Walter Scott Prize is proud to announce the 2019 Imagining History UK Programme. 14 workshops for teenage writers that explore the writing skills and creative research that build a work of Historical Fiction. Workshops are held… Read More
Flightpaths of Historical Inspiration
where entrants to the Young Walter Scott Prize 2017 found their inspiration