Klara and the sun by  Erin  Keyes Yr 12

I based my submission off a book I read recently that I really loved - Klara and the Sun. It’s a beautiful book set in a alternative future following the life of an AI called Klara and her observations and relationships of the family she’s sent to live with. It’s really interesting to create artwork for it featuring Klara as it reminds us what what we forget - she’s only technically a machine. 

Break the Silence by  Aadya  Rajwanshi  Yr 10

I wrote this song during lockdown talking about how everything seems suddenly so quiet, closed up and how I kept trying to motivate myself to learn new things, have fun and not be bothered by the external environment.
I had so much fun creating the song, production, singing it and recording it.

Starcrossed by  Jada  Ndelu Yr 11

My design 'Starcrossed' is based around a line from a book called the Song Of Achilles, it is a tragic romance between two lovers, who love in secret - Never able to properly be together. 

Pure Imagination by  Phoebe  Parmenter Yr 11

My submission is a collaboration with Eva Furey from Music Strand who sings 'Pure Imagination' from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The choreography of my dance follows a girl reading her favourite book and becoming part of the story. I have tried to represent the importance of reading and allowing yourself to be wrapped up in a fantasy world to escape your worries.

Book Cover of Crime and Punishment by  Nikolai  Giampietro Yr 12

A book cover design for the Russian Classic Crime and Punishement by Fyodor Dostoeysky
I wanted to create an abstract colourful cover to attract and capture the viewer

Summer's Day by  Tammana  Atkin Yr 12

In response to the brief of 'word', I decided to create a song using the work of someone renound in the literary world - Shakespeare. This song is 'Sonnet 18 - Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?' put to music. I decided to choose this sonnet as I believe it to be one of Shakespeare's most recognisable pieces and the wonderfully emotive language inspired me.

Lost in a world of books by  Holly  Morton Yr 12

This is a digital piece I created using Procreate to show someone encapsulated by their favourite book.

The Tube by  Ollie Burton Learner Yr 12

‘The Tube’ is a verse of lyrics i wrote inspired by the sensory experience of being in the london underground.

Tube artwork by Cybil Power

K-PAX book cover by  Raif  Snape Holmes Yr 12

Having been a fan of the film for several years, this summer I read the novel K-PAX by Gene Brewer and was inspired to design an alternative cover. The book tells the story of “prot” a psychiatric patient who is convinced he is from the planet K-PAX. Do you believe him?

Breakfast at Tiffany’s by  Maisy  Mitchell  Yr 13

This is based on the book Breakfast at Tiffany where I used inspirations from the jewellery and the time era to create my slip dress and beaded top.

Special thanks to  Model Lucy Smith in Musical Theatre - model

In the world of runes and shadows deep by Isaiah Cansdale      Yr 12

A poem in homage of the Shadowhunter chronicles which was my light in a pit of darkness

Luminous by Artaca

A song describing the feeling of seeing new things in life after a relationship has ended through the theme of light and literacy.

Band Members: Oscar Lloyd-Davies, Omar Anderson, Taylor Stannard, Charlie Mayo, Annis Wright.

Through nature stories grow by Evangeline Kaye Yr 12

A costume design created to highlight the effect nature has on the written word, created as mix media with abstract photos of the natural world used to create the skirt and a tree representing the growth of the word and stories

Tomorrow by  Tallulah Gill-Ces Yr 11

This song is about being with someone who wants to love and care for both you and fulfil their career but struggles and can’t.

Quincy Wareham - co-producer, guitar Esme Foreman - artwork Peter Wareham - producer

Lizzy Pop by Sophie Khan-yaseen Yr 12

Lizzy Pop is about the reluctance that arises in the face of letting things go. In my story, Lizzy represents the part of me that wants the best for me. I saw a picture of how sunflowers turn towards the sun when it’s rising, and I was inspired to write this poem thinking of how beautiful that is.

Spiders by Sophie Khan-yaseen Yr 12

Spiders is about feeling alone when you’re struggling. The spiders crawling away represent people who leave. In Spiders, there’s a sense of being unsafe created by strange and bleak imagery.

Incurably Romantic by Sophie Khan-yaseen Yr 12

Incurably Romantic is about forever loving someone for who they were, even if they’ve since then changed. There’s a languid, slow pace to the poem which represents the feeling of love.

A Lone Man's Paradise by  D'Andra-May James Yr 12

  A poem about the comfort of our imagination and It's mortality.

Smiling back to me by Elsie Drummond  Yr 10

  This is a poem I wrote when my friend sadly passed when it was raining quite heavily and it was about how the rain and the thunder reminded me of her and her laugh and her smile

Moments by  Joseph  Hempshall Yr 12

  A beautiful yet heart-breaking poem about the power of love, bittersweet nostalgia and the rapid decline of nature.

I Wouldn’t Go There if I Were You by Matilda Craig Yr 10

A short story - a girl is warned to not go into the woods late at night, yet she doesn't listen...

The music inspired me by Ethan Quao Yr 12

  I was having a breakdown while working with my friend that no one could see and wash by roslyn came on so i wrote about my pain everything i felt. The piece is about how music is able to let me feel and express emotions, Music is truth.

The third column.

This submission is inspired by my favorite books, and how they can transport the reader to a different world, whilst also introducing the idea of telling untold stories and dissolving hate in the world. Reading is universal to us all, and can and should be accessible to all, which in this poem I am aiming to showcase.

The Window by Kamila Hubenko Yr 10