Big Stories, Written in Wrexham By Elen Caldecott

Big Stories, Written in Wrexham By Elen Caldecott

When I was 10 years old, my primary school teacher said to the class, “I want you to write a story today. There aren’t any rules; no special words you have to use, or any particular grammar you should practise. Just write a story.” It’s possible she didn’t have a...
Do you have a Murder Mystery script in you?

Do you have a Murder Mystery script in you?

Budding writers and murder mystery fans are invited to enter the Wrexham Carnival of Words Murder Mystery Script Writing Competition 2023.  The Competition is open to any author with an original script that fits the brief and has never been published before.  The...
World Book Day 2nd March (Week!)

World Book Day 2nd March (Week!)

When I was a fresh faced newly qualified teacher, I took part in the very first World Book Day. Back then, the day was held on Shakespeare’s birthday (23rd April). There were no expectations about what people should wear and everyone came in cobbled together,...
Bleak House

Bleak House

At last year’s Wrexham Carnival of Words we experimented by asking people to join us in a long read from January to April. George Eliot’s ‘Middlemarch’ proved very popular and we had a lot of fun discussing it at an event in Wrexham Library. In 2023 we are encouraging...