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June 2022
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
November 2021
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
November 2020
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
June 2019
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
November 2018
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
June 2018
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
November 2017
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
June 2017
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Specimen
Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Paper 2 - Non-Fiction and Transactional Writing