Host Schools

Thank you to all the schools who will be hosting events on the first year of the IWLF Schools Programme.

(Invitations have been sent to some schools for students to attend the following)

Click the links for details of what guests will be doing at the school.

Please note: Nearly all guests below will be at the main festival on the Saturday or Sunday doing the same or different workshops for children, young people, and adults to gain insights from- so no one has to miss out!

Tickets for the main festival (not the schools programme which is free): Children’s passes for under 16s are £10 and permit free entry to the children’s event for the pass holder and their responsible adult. Student discounts on adult event prices can also be purchased from the main website

Primary Schools

Gurnard Primary (fri 17th)

Phillida Gili  “Pop-up Books, Paper engineering”  Alex Milway “Mouseboard series, Creative writing workshop & story telling”  Dianne Hofmeyr “Oliver Strange Series”

Lanesend Primary (fri 17th)

Alex Milway “Mouseboard series, Creative writing workshop & storytelling”  Dianne Hofmeyr “Oliver Strange Series” Dianne Kimpton “Writer and illustrator, Creative writing workshop”

Northwood Primary (fri 17th)

Che Golden “Animal character stories, Creative writing workshops”

The Priory (lower school)  (fri 17th)

Cecilia Busby “Adventures in another world, Creative writing workshop & story telling”

5 Ways (thurs 16th)

Dianne Hofmeyr “Zeraffa Giraffa, Creative writing workshop & story telling”

Ryde Junior School (thurs 16th)

Alex Milway “Mouseboard series, Creative writing workshop & storytelling”

Secondary Schools

Cowes Enterprise College

Sarah Holding “SeaBEAN Trilogy, Cli-fi” Julia Golding “Historical Adventure Fiction, Creative writing workshop” Hannah George & James Whitehouse “Writing for the small screen, Presentation with discussion and Q&A” Medina Publishers “Publishing Presentation” Lily Say “S.A.S.A.A.T.N” Simon Chambers “no photos due to his active service- discussion and Q&A”  Bridget Minamore “Conflict spoken word performance and workshop” Sabrina Mahfouz “Conflict spoken word performance and workshop”

Christ the King College

Cecilia Busby “Adventures in another world, Creative writing workshop & story telling” Sarah Holding “SeaBEAN”  Sarah Holding “SeaBEAN”Julia Golding “Historical Adventure Fiction, Creative writing workshop” Medina Publishers “Publishing Presentation”

Ryde School

Cecilia Busby “Adventures in another world, Creative writing workshop & story telling” Medina Publishers “Publishing Presentation”  Sarah Holding “The BIG Write” Julia Golding “Historical Adventure Fiction, Creative writing workshop” Hannah George & James Whitehouse “Writing for the small screen, Presentation with discussion and Q&A”

The Priory

Helen Reading (Andrew MacKay Conflict performance)