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Friday Features: The Only Garden I Can Relax In

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Introduced by Claire Buss, Deputy Editor, Write On!  Friday Features has been running on the Write On! and Pen to Print website for almost a year and it has been wonderful reading all the different submissions. We've had features with writing advice from writers at all different stages of their writing ...

Thursday Connectors: From Dagenham to the Bahamas

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by Farzana Hakim  Hi all! I’m checking in from my home in Dagenham because that's where I’m doing the lockdown, with my three kids and husband. No other place for it really; our safe haven, within the blossoming, suburbs of Greater London. And to let you all in on a secret, I’m trying my absolute best to connect with you on this nothing out of the ordinary grey sky day, with my nose and mouth covered with a flowery, pink, tasseled bandana. ...
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The World’s Scars

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by Jenny Gibson   Ask me again later which number is greater: All the world’s scars or all the heavens’ stars? With so much pain to hide, there’s little reason to feel pride. Through hot tears and hopeless sighs, the planet’s temperature will rise. Swallow down the poison of the seas, it’s up to us to do as we please. When did ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Spring

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by Eithne Cullen "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming”  Pablo Neruda   Tuesday’s page is all about finding inspiration in words and thoughts and mindfulness. This weeks’ Write On! Extra theme is  From Head in the Clouds to Feet on the Ground, so to kick-start this very first Thoughtful Tuesday, I am using the reality of Spring and the new life ...

Monday Memoirs: A Post-War London Childhood

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Introduced by Holly King We kick off our first Write On! Extra ‘Monday Memoirs’ with a piece by Josephine Gee, reminiscing on her post-war Childhood in London and centring around the theme of food. Topical, considering today people are panic-buying and adjusting to not having access to the variety of food types we are used to; Josephine details the far more constraining and laborious tasks involved in buying and preparing ...

As a… Writer: Manjeet Mann

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This week Pen to Print alumnus Juneha Chowdhury interviews Manjeet Mann, a WriteNow alumni, actress, playwright, screenwriting and novelist. Launched in 2016, WriteNow was the brainchild of Penguin’s Head of Creative Responsibility, Siena Parker. The competition offers a handful of finalists the chance to work with a professional editor over twelve months to shape ...
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Corona

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by Eithne Cullen   The tea hut’s closed no rowing boats for hire the Alfred Hitchcock’s shutters down; people walk despite the cold and mud and warnings to stay home and stay apart.   A little girl flies a kite laughing and free, a game of catch keeps women metres apart. Two guys walk past with bottles in their hands and swig Corona, trendy brand. Gorse glares blindingly, swans ...

As a… Writer: Farzana Hakim

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This week’s ‘As a…’ interview is all about Pen to Print alumnus Farzana Hakim.   Farzana fast captured the hearts of her readers with her debut, Sweethearts of Ilford Lane. Branded an 'authentic writer' with an exciting new voice, Farzana set out to write a contemporary romance her readers could relate to. She ...

A Seaside Journey

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by Carol Edwards Having published a number of  books about specific places around my local area at Southend on Sea, I came to what I knew was going to be my last publication in the series. I spent a great deal of my time when young, visiting the Golden Mile, clutching my pennies to play the ...
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From Waiting Room to Departure Lounge

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by Philip Shamplina   In the beginning, from your birth You’ll never know, in the future, what you’ll be worth Hatch, match and dispatch For some, for a living, they have to scratch Living on the wrong side of the tracks With no-one to watch their backs   For some it will be a battle And many cages they’ll have ...