Things to read
- Charles Dickens- Bleak House
- Isabel Allende – A Long Petal of the Sea
- Akala – Natives
- Rohinton Mistry – A Fine Balance
- Sorrow and Bliss – Meg Mason
- Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45000 Mile Adventure- Monisha Rajesh
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Things to watch
- TED: My year reading a book from evey country in the world.
- TED: The healing power of reading.
- TED: What reading slowly taught me about writing.
- TED: How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader.
- TED: The inspiring truth in fiction.
- Youtube: Yann Martel interview (author of The Life of Pi).
- Youtube: Writing advice from Neil Gaiman.
- Youtube: Margaret Atwood’s top 5 writing tips.
- Watch the News daily- https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews
Things to listen to
- POD- The Rest is History
- POD- The Rest is Politics
- POD- Empire
- POD- Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
- POD- On Purpose with Jay Shetty
- POD- This is History with Dan Jones
- POD- Today in Focus by the Guardian
- Audiobook- Stephen Fry Mythos
- POD- The News Agents
- POD- Newscast
- POD- You’re dead to me
- POD- Desert Island Discs
- POD- BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/podcasts/all-podcasts
Further studies
- Masterclass – 10-minute classes and courses on all topics.
- Coursera – online degrees and certificates.
- https://massolit.io
- https://www.britishmuseum.org
- https://www.bl.uk
- Free courses online.
- https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk
- Start your own podcast with Acast.
Places to visit
- The Library of Birmingham
- Sarehole Mill & Moseley Bog (J.R.R. Tolkien’s Inspirations), Birmingham
- Back to Backs (National Trust)
I'm good at English, what job can I get?
- Website: UCAS careers planner – getting you to think about life post-GCSE.
- Website :https://www.ucas.com/explore/subjects/english
- Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/company-article/what-s-it-like-to-work-in-publishing-part-1
- Website: What is it like to work in Marketing?
- Teaching: https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/
- Journalism: https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-to-get-into-journalism
Activities
- Competitions for young people from Young Writers https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions
- Write an article for Emagazine around a theme of your choice.
- Create a spoken word poem and find a local competition or poetry slam.
- Massolit video essay competition 2023 – fantastic for GCSE and A Level to put on personal statements!
- The Orwell Youth Prize
