Tag: Writing

  • What Is Dungeons & Dragons?

    Dungeons & Dragons: A Return To The Heart Of Imagination Few games have captured the cultural imagination as powerfully as Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). First published in 1974 by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, D&D created a new category of play: the tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG). Unlike board or card games, it invited players to step…

  • National Novel Writing Month

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    This November, why not join hundreds of thousands of would-be, and actual, novelists around the world participating in National Novel Writing Month? If like many of us, you have always felt you’ve got a best-seller lurking somewhere inside, then this November could be the time to finally put pen to paper. The concept of National Novel…

  • Summer School Comic Book Initiative Launched To Help Children Catch Up

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    The National Literacy Trust and sustainable paper brand REY® have announced the delivery of 10,000 free literacy resource packs to Year 6 and Year 7 students across the UK. This forms part of the National Literacy Trust’s summer offer to support pupils as they transition from primary to secondary school. The REY activity packs are…

  • Make Your Own Valentine’s Day Card This Year

    February 14th is always a special day where you can show someone just how much you love and feel for them. Having had a few uncertain years, this year will certainly feel a lot different this year as we celebrate Valentine’s Day slowly emerging into a post-pandemic world. However you plan to celebrate this year, you…

  • Get productive with paper and improve your performance at work

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    Get productive with paper and improve your performance at work. After the excesses of Christmas and New Year, you should have settled back into the work routine by now. And after the festive break, it’s likely that you’ll have a stack of items on your to-do list that need to be done quickly. So how…

  • Create Your Own Comic Book

    Comic books are accessible for everyone of all backgrounds and your comic book can be whatever you make of it. Comic books tell a variety of stories in multiple genres, from the daily life of a lasagna loving cat to superheroes battling villains to save the world, from space pirates exploring the cosmos for intergalactic…

  • Why print is essential for the future of education

    A four-year project examining the results of 54 research studies with 170,000 people has concluded that print is vital for effective education. The argument that reading on paper results in deeper comprehension and retention, concentration, vocabulary building and memory has been given immense weight by a groundbreaking study by Intergraf, the European federation for print and digital…