Prize-winning author goes back to school

PA255/10 Pupils at the Nottingham University Samworth Academy are getting a head start in their English lessons thanks to a new writer-in-residence at the school. Nicola Monaghan is an award-winning author who lived for many years in the Bilborough area of Nottingham where the Academy is based. Her debut novel 'The Killing Jar' which tells the tale of one of Nottingham's best-known estates, won the Authors' Club First Novel Award. Her new residency at NUSA is part of a charitable literacy project called 'First Story' which was set up to celebrate and encourage creativity and literacy in young people from historically deprived areas. Nottingham is the third city in the UK to benefit from the scheme. Nicola Monaghan will spend this academic year working with pupils and running weekly creative writing workshops at the Academy. She said: "There couldn't be a better match.
account creation

TO READ THIS ARTICLE, CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT

And extend your reading, free of charge and with no commitment.

Register


Login

Your Benefits

  • Access to all content
  • Receive newsmails for news and jobs
  • Post ads

myScience