FREE Secondary Schools Event: Wordpower

Wed 21 May 2025 | 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Jason Reynolds
Ali Smith reading

FREE Schools Event: Hostile Environment

Year 9, 10 & 11 students are invited to an event inspired by The Litmus School Writing Project to come and consider this year’s theme, Word Power. What’s the most powerful word you know? What’s the most powerful set of words? Why are they so powerful? When you think about it, is there a single word in existence that isn’t powerful?

Speakers: Jason Reynolds, Ali Smith.

If you represent a non-fee paying school and would like to apply for tickets please follow the link below.

Applications close at 3pm on Friday 15th March

APPLY FOR TICKETS HERE

With thanks to Trinity College and The Cambridge Union

Venue: Cambridge Union

Duration: 2 hours

In partnership with

Ali Smith is the author of SpringWinterAutumnPublic library and other storiesHow to be bothShireArtfulThere but for theThe first person and other storiesGirl Meets BoyThe AccidentalThe whole story and other storiesHotel WorldOther stories and other storiesLike and Free Love. Ali launched a creative writing project for Year 9 to Year 13 students at UK schools with Trinity College, Cambridge. As Senior Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts at Trinity College, Ali Smith was inspired to establish The Litmus: Writing in Common, which she hopes will become ‘a writing collective like no other.’ Ali Smith is an Honorary Patron of Cambridge Literary Festival.