Little Star Writing Accredited as an Award Winning Business

A former student at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, has won an award at the 2013 Richmond Business Awards after launching her own creative writing business, Little Star Writing, in 2012. Melanie Taylor, who graduated in Creative and Professional Writing with Media Arts in 2009, won an award for ‘Best New Start Up Business’, which recognises businesses that have been launched in the last two years. Inspired by her degree work, Melanie created Little Star Writing as a way to teach creative writing to children. Using a series of games, activities, competitions and group work, Little Star Writing encourages students and helps them to advance their writing skills in a fun and relaxed environment. Melanie commented, “I was completely shocked at hearing my name - after being in business for less than 18 months it was quite an achievement. Now I'm looking forward to expanding Little Star Writing to more areas of Surrey and hopefully having an entire LSW premises in Twickenham one day!” The annual Richmond Business Awards is hosted by the Richmond and Twickenham Times and the Richmond Borough Chamber of Commerce. It aims to honour the achievements of the borough’s most successful businesses. To find out more about Little Star Writing, visit the website.