Wednesday 29 Oct is the festival’s (exetreme imagination) teen day, packed full of author talks, creative writing and drama workshops and performances all aimed at young adults who want to be inspired!
The day will involve:
Doctor Faustus Workshop Q&A with Beth Reekles: “How I became a young adult fiction writer” Writing workshops with Beth Reekles What’s Next? Young Adult Literature through Drama The Red and the Black: Violence in contemporary teenage fiction Darren Shan Doctor Faustus TRINITY by Tom Nicholas Meg Rosoff & Mal Peet – Break Out Fantasy writing...
Sixteen-year-old Holly Morwenna Rawlings from Exeter has made it through to the Grand Final of the national music competition Open Mic UK!
The finalists will now perform in front of an audience and celebrity judging panel at The NEC in Birmingham.
Young singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist, Holly Morwenna, says the competition has opened up so many new opportunities for her and thanks her family, music teachers and committed friends and fans for supporting her throughout the competition.
She also thanks Robert Williams Estate Agents for sponsoring a fan bus to...
Let's face it—teens are overwhelmed with pressure by mates, classmates and themselves to look like unrealistic representations of people who should not be role models. Whether they are trying to copycat the makeup look of a reality show sexpot or watching the most recent video of their favourite pop star's lyrical exploration about sex, many teens are just following the crowd—and looking much older than they should. Many teens and adults alike don't realise that these celebrity 'ideals' of beauty go through hours upon hours of skin treatments, skincare, hair and...
LONDON (AP) — British police say a 16-year-old boy who used prosthetics and dreadlocks to conduct armed robberies in disguise has been jailed for five years.
Police say Miles Alura pretended to be an elderly man with facial prosthetics, make-up and a hair piece to steal 50,000 pounds ($79,500) of jewelry from a shop in Kent in July. They say he produced two handguns and tied up employees before fleeing.
That robbery was linked to one in London a month earlier, when Alura wore fake dreadlocks to rob a jeweler of 100,000 pounds ($159,000) worth of stock.
