"Ruby Baby" is a two-part crime drama for Radio 7, set in the beautiful Tuscan countryside during a blisteringly hot summer. Submit your own episode here.
Penguin’s Spinebreakers team have written collaboratively with author Louisa Young and other young writers from Hampstead Theatre and the National Theatre to produce the radio play “Ruby-Baby” for BBC Radio 7. Read about Rebecca's involvement.
Write Here, Right Now is a project funded by the Department for International Development and gives young people – you included – a platform to voice your opinions on international development and politics.
BRINGING STORIES TO LIFE One tent plus one massive canvas plus 10,000 teenagers equals Spinebreakers at the Underage Festival 2009!
Hsve your say on how you would change the curriculum. 77% of teenagers believe their grades would improve if Twilight, Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl were studied for GCSE and A-Level.
The Orange Prize Youth Judging Panel selected from Spinebreakers met Bernadine Evaristo, their chosen winner. Click to read Clarissa's article about the judging process.
As a new feature on the Spinebreakers site, we are introducing the Spinebreakers Classic of the month. This month it's Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Six of the Spinebreakers are sitting on a shadow judging panel for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Their shortlist has now been revealed. Click to find out more...
Rebecca attended this author event and reports on it for Spinebreakers. Writers in attendance were Meg Rosoff, Morris Gleitzman, Anthony McGowan, Elizabeth Laird and Patrick Ness. It was a prestigious panel who had many interesting things to say.
Morris Gleitzman and Anna Perera took part in a panel discussion about authors writing about sensitive and contraversial issues.
Christmas on Spinebreakers means a cracker of creativity. Click to read the Spinebreakers festive treats and send in your own.
Lily's comment on the US presidential election result
Rossana's comment on the US presidential election result
Clarissa's comment on the US presidential election result
Charlie's comment on the US Presidential Election result
Rebecca's comment on the US Presidential Election result.
Read the Spinebreakers comments on the result of the US Presidential Election 2008. What does Obama's win mean to you? Have your say and send in your comments.
Spinebreakers tell us of events that changed their life
jellyellie gets stuck into Penguin's innovative new Alternate Reality Game.
Click through to see what the Spinebreakers have to say, draw and design about Easter this year.
See what the Spinebreakers have to say on this hot debate.
Lily and Josie cook up a treat from a recipe in Hungry?
Spinebreakers tell you what they really think about Valentine's Day...
Tina shows us her creative flair with a series of imaginative sketches.
See what the editors would ask for if they were granted one literary wish this Christmas...
Razorlight, Beck, Goldspot, Dragonette, Ryan Adams, Johnny Flynn and Mr. Hudson & The Library. See the results!
Goldspot
Mr Hudson & the Library
Ryan Adams
Johnny Flynn
Beck
Razorlight
Dragonette