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Editor's note: We apologise that the start of this recording is missing from the podcast.

Speaker(s): James Dawson, Kate Kingsley, Anthony McGowan

Recorded on 9 March 2015

The culmination of the 2014 First Story National Writing Competition sees a panel of award-winning authors discussing the idea of home. Where is "home" for them? How important are roots? And how does this influence their writing? This event will also include students reading pieces from the competition anthology.

James Dawson (@_jamesdawson) is the author of YA thrillers including Hollow Pike, Cruel Summer and Say Her Name, and non-fiction books Being a Boy and This Book is Gay. In 2014 James was voted ‘Queen of Teen’. He previously worked as a primary school teacher and is currently a writer-in-residence with First Story and School Role Model for the charity Stonewall.

Kate Kingsley (@KateKingsley) is the author of the YA series Young, Loaded & Fabulous and, most recently, a romantic novella for teens called Under the Mistletoe. She is currently a writer-in-residence with First Story.

Anthony McGowan (@anthony_mcgowan) is the author of adult, YA and children’s novels including The Knife that Killed Me, Hellbent and Henry Tumor, which won the 2006 Booktrust Teenage prize and the 2007 Catalyst Award. His most recent books are Brock, and Hello Darkness, currently nominated for the Carnegie Medal. The Knife that Killed Me has recently been made into a film. Anthony teaches creative writing at the Faber Academy, and at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).

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