ABOUT US NEWS & ARTICLES EMAIL US MAKE AN ENQUIRY Bower Bailey Our Team For Business For Individuals What our Clients Say Careers Contact Us Articles News News Archives November 2021 September 2021 August 2021 June 2021 February 2021 February 2020 September 2019 April 2019 News Categories General For business Buying & selling businesses Commercial property Commercial Commercial leases Property development For individuals Residential property Divorce & family law Wills & Powers of Attorney Probate, trusts & Court of Protection Swindon Youth Festival of Literature celebrates its 14th Year 18TH NOVEMBER 2021 Simon Smith, Managing Partner of Bower Bailey Solicitors said “We welcome the opportunity to be one of the sponsors of the 2021 Swindon Youth Festival of Literature. We have been supporting SYFL for eight years now and it has been an absolute pleasure.” “It’s great to sponsor a few of the festival activities, the Inter-school book quiz, Library Ambassadors Awards and the Creative Writing Competitions.” “The festival runs from 15th – 19th November 2021.The atmosphere in the participating schools is electric. There is a real buzz created by this event which is coordinated by the Librarians from across Swindon Secondary Schools. It’s a real credit to the librarians and participating authors that they spark such enthusiasm.” Inevitably COVID-19 issues have restricted some of the Swindon Youth Festival of Literature events this year however, the majority have been able to go ahead as planned. There are thirteen participating secondary schools from across Swindon: Abbey Park School The Commonweal School The Deanery The Dorcan Academy Great Western Academy Highworth Warneford School Kingsdown School Lawn Manor Academy Lydiard Park Academy Nova Hreod Academy The Ridgeway School St Joseph’s Catholic College Swindon Academy Festival Activities include: Creative Writing Competition Illustration Competition Inter-School Book Quiz Library Ambassador Award Poetry Competition Whilst the headline event at the Wyvern theatre with best-selling author Onjali Q Rauf has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns there are still a number of fantastic authors and poets making the festival a true celebration. The 2021 line up of authors, illustrators and poets include Steve Antony Helen Dennis Ash Dickinson Phil Earle Ele Fountain Knife and Packer Mark Lowery Anthony McGowan Kita Mitchell Tom Mitchell Sarah Mussi Tom Palmer Onjali Q Rauf Alexander Gordon Smith Ali Sparkes Julian Sayerer Jenny Valentine Joffre White Previous Article Back To Top Print This Page Disclaimer Privacy notice Terms of use Site map SRA Code of Conduct for Firms Terms of business Cookie policy Visit our Linkedin page © 2021 Bower Bailey. All rights reserved. Bower Bailey is a trading name of Bower & Bailey LLP, which is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England & Wales under number OC353093 and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. SRA number 534676. Site by Click Design & Web We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. OK Read More