Tales of LGBTQ+ bars, professional wrestlers and the history of the “New Romantics” movement in London are among the documentary offerings at this year’s Inside Out Film Festival, which has .
last month we published two anthologies of the winning and commended poems in the 2020 competition, entitled
You Speak in Constellations. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is one of the biggest competitions for young poets aged 11-17. It’s free to enter and you can win some amazing prizes. Check out the ‘Resources for Writers’ section for inspiration, and enter your poems to this year’s competition by 31 July 2021 at foyleyoungpoets.org
In this resource, we’re taking a closer look at one of the winning poems in the anthology, Libby Russell’s ‘Love Poem to Young Offenders Support Workers’. There are activities for teachers using the anthology in the classroom, and for individuals reading the poems in their own time, or looking for inspiration for their own writing. Teachers can request a free class pack of the anthology by emailing [email protected] or you can access the online version here.