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Letters to Our Daughters - Videos 13-25

Videos 13-25: Role models, careers and letters

Below are the final set of videos in the Letters To Our Daughters series, introducing some inspiring female role models, each of whom has written their own letter exclusively for this project! In these films, they discuss how they got into writing, what inspires them, and tips for those starting out. This is also the writing team available to run workshops in your school! Please note the first draft deadline of Friday 24 May 2024.


Full project information, along with videos 1-12, can be found at www.letterstoourdaughters.world

Letters to Our Daughters - Videos 13-25

Video 13: Mel Pennant in conversation - part 1

Fin introduces playwright and novelist Mel Pennant

Video 14: Mel Pennant in conversation - part 2

What do you write? Mel discusses her new prose fiction series The Reckoning of Miss Hortense

Video 15: Mel Pennant in conversation - part 3

Mel discusses whether girls want to tell different stories to boys

Video 16: Mel Pennant in conversation - part 4

Mel discusses her letter to her daughter Keziah (featured in video 23)

Video 17: Erinn Dhesi in conversation - part 1

Fin introduces writer Erinn Dhesi, who discusses her letter No (featured in video 22)

Video 18: Erinn Dhesi in conversation - part 2

Erinn Dhesi describes how she went from dreaming about writing to learning how to do it

Video 19: Erinn Dhesi in conversation - part 3

Erinn Dhesi on what inspires her

Video 20: Erinn Dhesi in conversation - part 4

Erinn considers whether the act of writing is different for girls compared to boys

Video 21: Erinn Dhesi in conversation - part 5

Erinn gives some advice for new writers starting out

Video 22: No by Erinn Dhesi

Erinn reads her own letter to her (imagined) daughter

Video 23: Letter to Keziah by Mel Pennant

Mel reads her letter to her daughter

Video 24: Dear Daughter by Yusra Warsama

Yusra reads her letter to her daughter

Download the letter texts

Click below for PDF copies of Mel's, Yusra's and Erinn's letters to their daughters.

Dear Daughter by Yusra Warsama (pdf)Download
Letter to Keziah by Mel Pennant (pdf)Download
No by Erinn Dhesi (pdf)Download

Video 25: What happens next!

A final message from Fin

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