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Young people can spark new chapter

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December 09, 2025

Published authors are leading a project to find the next literary voices from North Staffordshire...

Young people can spark new chapter

CENTENARY MISSION: Authors Dr Lisa Blower, Lou Cliffe-Minns, and Alex Foulkes are selecting stories for an anthology.

ASPIRING young authors from Stoke-on-Trent are taking part in a challenge aimed at inspiring the next generation of local literary talent.

The Places That Make Us programme is a creative writing initiative delivered by Higher Horizons and Keele University in collaboration with Potteries-born published authors.

It is designed to spark the next century of literary voices from Stoke-on-Trent.

This year's programme was launched with Reader in Creative Writing, Dr Lisa Blower, lending her expertise as a published author as part of her ongoing work to preserve Stoke-on-Trent's literary heritage for the city's centenary year.

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