The New Year signals a time of renewal and restarting. There is no better time than now to refresh our...

Christmas and New Year are now long gone and daylight is getting longer – always a hopeful sign that we...

As a new year enters, people are inevitably left questioning what their resolution should be for the upcoming year. While...

An exclusive Christmas poem for The Maker, written by our chief editor Lauren. Merry Christmas, all!   Ten after five...

I see December as a month in two halves. The first half has been full of events, a last flurry...

Eighty years ago, another lonely Christmas in Cornwall went by. I was not yet ten, an evacuee sent to live...

Deadlines  As we are nearing the end of the year, I thought I would consider the power of deadlines. Poetry...

As the temperatures drop and the sleet starts to fall, it is of course natural to retreat into the warmth...

At The Maker, we are always fascinated by so-called ‘ordinary’ stories. The tales and experiences of local people who do...

About Stewart Ennis: Stewart Ennis grew up in Bridge of Weir, Scotland. He writes poems, plays and stories, and dabbles...

About Michele Manning: I’m a Library Media Specialist in Mystic, Connecticut who enjoys sharing stories with my students.  I have...

About Annie Fisher: Annie Fisher is a literacy consultant, children’s story-teller and poet. She writes for both adults and children....