Living Souls in Launceston: Some Local Ghost Stories to Raise your Heart Rate
As Halloween draws in, here at The Maker we’ve been looking into some spooky ghost stories to get your skin...
‘Banned of Gold,’ a sonnet by Caroline Burrows
Caroline Burrows’ poetry has featured on BBC Radio 4, been printed in BBC Sky at Night Magazine, and shown at the Sheffield Adventure and Kendal Mountain Film Festivals. Her...
‘A Rage (and Fear) of Cancer’ by Alison Hramiak
Alison Hramiak is a part time poet and part time teacher educator living and working in Yorkshire. She has written...
October blog by Sue Wallace-Shaddad
I have been thinking about place and coastlines recently. I came across an exhibition of paintings by Emma Williams in...
The Top Five Spooky Literary Characters to Dress up as This Halloween
As The Maker celebrates Halloween this month with our ‘Ghostly Stories’ theme, we’ve decided to put together a couple Halloween...
Home, by Victoria Dohring
Victoria won third place in the 5-11 years category in our 2022 Young People’s Poetry Competition. If I ask...
Loving an Introvert, by Imogen Beaumont
Imogen won second place in the 16-18 years category in our 2022 Young People’s Poetry Competition. the television blares...
Of Us, American Dreams, by Amy (Seohyun) Shin
Amy (Seohyun) won third place in the 12-15 years category in our 2022 Young People’s Poetry Competition. For her ...
Home, by Mahek Ansari
Mahek won third place in the 16-18 years category in our 2022 Young People’s Poetry Competition. I’ve never felt...
Hometown, by Grace Hussey
Grace won the first place prize in the 16-18 years category in our 2022 Young People’s Poetry Competition. “Because the...
Our Gang HQ, by Faith Lydall
Faith won first place in the 5-11 years category in our 2022 Young People’s Poetry Competition. Our house is...
Home of a Reader, by Elizabeth George
Elizabeth won second place in the 5-11 years category in our 2022 Young People’s Poetry Competition. A home is...