In 2023 I was Chair of Wimbledon BookFest's Young Writers' Competition, judging hundreds of poems and stories from schoolchildren in SW London that led to the publication of two anthologies, for which I contributed prefaces. I chaired two panels consisting of writers, teachers, cultural practitioners, and other members (academic staff as well as PGR and PGT students) of the University of Roehampton.
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Wimbledon BookFest's Young Writers' competition has an audience of hundreds of schoolchildren, their families, and teachers in SW London and beyond, through the long-lasting availability of the resulting anthologies. The University of Roehampton's partnership is published in these outputs that encourage writing and literary in our local communities through our institutional partners.