2026 sees our most ambitious creative writing project ever designed to share stories, give a glimpse into each other’s lives, and connect us together…. What better way to start a new year than with a fresh, new diary? But, what about a diary authored by up to 365 different people? That’s what our A Life …
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Roots and Wings: Contributors Wanted!
“Parenting is like writing, most people just make it up as they go along.” Kate Atkinson They say we should give our children roots and wings - but in doing so, we realise they do the same for us. Our next book will be a collection of stories from the parenting coalface. To inspire, to …
More Things I Wish I’d Known: Future Radio interview
Want to find out about the background to More Things I Wish I'd Known, the essays, the writers, and how the book is making a difference? Listen to this interview with Future Radio here:
Get Involved: The Things I Wish I’d Known
On International Women’s Day 2023, we published The Things I Wish I’d Known, a book by women, for women, to raise funds for Women’s Aid. The book brought together personal essays written by women, sharing some of the things that they have learnt along the way and would like to pass on to support and …
Take Part: The Young Person’s Guide to Life
The next book will be made up entirely of contributions by young people to raise money for the NSPCC. The Young Person’s Guide to Life will be by under 18s, sharing their thoughts on all manner of themes. Each contributor will be given a theme. They can then write free text around that theme or …
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A Young Person’s Guide to…..Being A Child
By Ed, age 8 As a child you get love, people treat you kindly. Basically, if you are scared of the dark you can ask your parents for a night light, and if they love you, they will give you one. If you haven’t got one you haven’t shown much love to them. If you …
Love After Life
Love after life will be a collection of words on how love continues to stay in our lives after the people we love have left us. It will be a book about how we continue to feel and live with the love of those who have passed away, how we heal so that we can …
Share your story in 2024
Our words have power. Our words allow us to connect. To reach people. To inspire. To help. To make a difference. And engaging stories is here to provide a platform for everyone to share their words and tell their stories. Whoever you are, whatever your background, whether you consider yourself a writer or very much …
The Young Person’s Guide to Life
Words have power. They can make a difference. And the books that we have published aim to do just that. The When The World Paused books saw over 100 people take part and share their reflections on life during a global pandemic. These books have been sold to raise funds for NHS Charities with almost …
Welcome
Welcome to engaging stories. Our words have power. By telling our stories, sharing our thoughts, expressing our reflections, and letting our words do our talking, we can make a difference. This site is dedicated to sharing your stories; stories to inspire, to move, to uplift, and to make people think. But more than that, our …
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