Emily took part in the summer residential for aspiring creative writers that teamArchie funds through First Story.
Being 2021 it was a virtual residential but as Emily says it “made the pandemic much less lonely. Every day I looked forward to getting up and working with students and writers that could help me make creative progress. The residential is what made becoming a writer feel much more achievable.”
Emily went on to study English at Cambridge and was mentored by poet Fiona Benson under the Rathbones Folio Mentorship scheme.