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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Standing Together

Thoughtful Tuesday
by Eithne Cullen This week, our theme is ‘Standing Together’ celebrating BAME voices and I have some fabulous pieces to share. I’m lucky to have been sent pieces from people I work with and share my writing with, in a group we all belong to. ‘Write Next Door’ currently meets weekly on ...

Monday Memoirs: Standing Together

Monday Moments, News
Introduced by Holly King In the midst of a pandemic that has infected the world, taking family members and friends, co-workers and neighbours from us in every community, ingrained prejudices and hardships are still more present, frightening and damaging to some humans, based on nothing more than the colour of their ...

In Conversation With Kia Abdullah

News, WriteOn Interviews
by Claire Buss The coronavirus and the country-wide lockdown have resulted in many changes and adaptations to our daily lives; not least the temporary closure of libraries and the delay in producing the print version of Write On! magazine. In response to this, the team here shifted our focus to a ...

Thursday Connectors: Lockdown Loneliness

News, Thursday Connectors
Hi, all. It’s Farzana here again for this week’s Thursday Connectors. Today, I’m moving sideways from our usual format of going overseas, to bring you a lockdown story. Instead, I’ve asked my lovely colleagues here at Write On!  to give me their take on what lockdown loneliness means to them. For ...
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Showcase – Displaced & The Philosopher’s Daughters

News, WriteOn Showcase
I am pleased to present two wonderful examples of fabulous prose this week in Showcase. First up, we have another of the excellent entries we received in our Flash Fiction competition a couple of months ago. Nicola Franklin's Displaced uses the 300-word limit to maximum effect, welcoming us into a warm and ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Moving Sideways

Thoughtful Tuesday
by Eithne Cullen I think we’re coming to a place where we can see the end of the worst of lockdown. We’re watching other countries with interest to see how they are treating the virus and what impact easing lockdown measures will have. Here at Write On! we’re thinking about the changes ...

Monday Memoirs: Moving Sideways

Monday Moments
Introduced by Holly King Another week of this new type of living has started and I never feel quite settled into it, despite being in one place almost constantly. When I speak to family or friends and refer back to when lockdown started, or what I was doing at the beginning ...

As A… Writer: Alex Kane

News, WriteOn Interviews
This week, Write On! chats with crime author Alex Kane. Alex is from a small village just outside Glasgow. She grew up around books, her mother always reading the latest crime thriller. She began writing in 2010 and was published by Hera Books in 2019 with an extensive and interesting journey ...