2021 – Pen To Print

Happy New Year From Pen To Print + Write On!

31 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Today, we look back at the highlights of both Pen to Print and Write On! magazine, as we celebrate our achievements in 2021 and look forward to what 2022 will bring. What a year for everyone! We started 2021 with an expectation that things would be a lot better than the ...

Showcase: Winter Magic + The Mobile Phone + Flatmates + Hungry + Reflection On Connection + Don’t

29 December 2021 News, WriteOn Showcase

December's Showcases are introduced by Pen to Printer and Write On! Thoughtful Tuesdays editor, Eithne Cullen. It’s not quite New Year yet, so here’s my final December Showcase piece. It’s been great fun preparing these pages. I’ve had a chance to share lots of seasonal stories and poems, memories and messages. I’d ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases December

28 December 2021 News, Saturday Spotlight

By Claire Buss, Deputy Editor, Write On! At Write On! and Pen to Print, we want to help connect authors and readers, playwrights and audiences, so we've created a Spotlight page every Saturday, showcasing some of the exciting new reads and plays available. The curated list is based on books and ...

Merry Christmas From Write On!

24 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Wherever we find ourselves geographically, or in our writing journey, this lovely piece of Art by Tak Erzinger, At Home In The Universe, makes me reflect on how to create a sense of belonging during the uncertain times we find ourselves in. We writers are luckier than most: flinging our words ...

Thursday Connectors: 2021 Crappy, Happy Moments

23 December 2021 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi all. Farzana here. Your host for the final edition of Thursday Connectors for this year. I really couldn’t be happier to be finally bidding goodbye to 2021! The year has been terrible for me. I don’t even know where to start. I’ve had one down after another and ...

Showcase: Festive Reasons To Be Cheerful + Where Charity Begins + Joey The Little Christmas Tree

22 December 2021 News, WriteOn Showcase

December's Showcases are introduced by Pen to Printer and Write On! Thoughtful Tuesdays editor, Eithne Cullen. In the words of the song, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Pen to Print and in the world around us. I hope you’re checking your lists and making sure ...

Write On! Audio December: Out Now!

21 December 2021 News

Write On! Audio: Storytelling From East London To The World – Episode Four Write On! Audio is a new podcast from Pen to Print. Taking the best bits from Write On! Magazine and Write On! Extra we'll bring you writing tips, features, interviews and excerpts from the work of our contributors and ...

Full Circles And Curved Balls – In Conversation With Children’s And YA Author, Sara Grant

19 December 2021 News, WriteOn Interviews

By Charlotte Webb The older I get, the more I meet people like me. By that, I mean people who have spent years working in a job that was full of wonderful experiences at the time but wasn’t allowing them to fulfil their heart’s desire. Children’s writer Sara Grant is ...

Friday Features: Before, During And After A Very Lockdown Christmas

17 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Edited by Claire Buss When I had the idea for this feature – looking back at Christmas before and after the COVID-19 lockdown – we didn't have the Omicron variant and plan C, D or whatever weren't looming. It makes this look at Christmas and how we spend our time even ...

Showcase: A Christmas Poem + A Flash Of Winter + Christmas Resistance + Father Christmas + Waiting + Nana’s Pastry

15 December 2021 News, WriteOn Showcase

December's Showcases are introduced by Pen to Print Alumni and Write On! Thoughtful Tuesdays editor, Eithne Cullen. Welcome to December 15th Showcase page. I’ve really been enjoying editing these pages, especially as they've been part of my personal countdown to Christmas, so I’d like to share another image from Pen to ...

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