Agatha Christie Festival is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Young People’s Mystery Story Writing Competition.

For five full days during Festival Week, September 11th through September 16th 2023, we took up residence at Torre Abbey in partnership with The Writers Block for a series of creative writing and puppetry workshops called ‘Shady & Shadowy Characters’. Each was designed to engage even the most reluctant young writer at Year 6 or Year 5 going to school in Torbay.

For five full days during Festival Week – Monday 12th – Friday 16th September – we plan to return to Torre Abbey learning lab and gardens in partnership with The Writers’ Block for a brand new series of creative writing workshops designed to engage even the most reluctant young writer at KS2 and KS3.

This will be the fourth in our series of successful collaborations with Doorstep and other selected community-based performance skills organisations.