To celebrate World Book Day, on Friday 7th March 2025, we had the immense privilege of inviting multi award winning author and actor, Manjeet Mann to Prince Henry’s. She inspired both Years 9 and 10 with two whole year group presentations and a Creative Writing Workshop for some of our budding writers across all years. Manjeet discussed her unconventional route into writing, showing that it really is possible and realistic to become and actor or writer, no matter the background you come from. She encouraged students to not be put off by glass ceilings and to take charge of their own career by dreaming big!
Staff and students alike were engaged by the stories that inspired Manjeet: she discussed ‘mining her own life’ for inspiration. Her two novels, Run, Rebel, and The Crossing are stories born out of her own lived experiences. She motivated us all with her message: ‘there is a story in everyone’.
The day concluded with a creative writing workshop for aspiring writers. Manjeet showed us her strategies for starting a new piece of work – whether that be a screenplay, novel or play. The students devised some interesting plots; we are looking forward to seeing what they do with these!
We had an incredible day. Thank you again to Manjeet Mann for visiting us.
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