Bourke Pencils Up for literacy

Littlescribe Literacy Experts Jo Edwards, Jenny Atkinson (CEO & founder) and Veronica Alexander in Bourke last week Photo: supplied

Bourke’s budding writers have been discovered and their talent has even caught the attention of a project based at Buckingham Palace.

A program called Littlescribe was in Bourke last week, inviting youngsters at the Bourke Public School to write with purpose, enjoy the process and even better - enjoy having their work read by others.

The premise that children’s writing needs to be read is the basis of the Littlescribe program, developed by founder and CEO Jenny Atkinson.

Read more in the printed edition of the Western Herald.