October 2021 – Page 2

Friday Features: Fuelling Creativity With The Reading Network + Guild Of Experience

15 October 2021 News, WriteOn Features

This week, Write On! looks at how we can fuel creativity at both ends of the spectrum, with Amy Turtle from The Reading Network explaining how you can donate pre-loved children's books to schools, spreading the joy of reading, and Hugh Prior + Iesha Denize reporting back from their performance ...

Showcase: Neurodivergent Writers + Artists

13 October 2021 News, WriteOn Showcase

October's Showcases are introduced by Pen to Print and Write On! regular Michelle Sutton. Last week’s showcase mostly focussed on how October is Mental Health Awareness Month, but it’s also Dyslexia, ADHD and Down Syndrome Awareness Month as well. So, for this showcase, I wanted to shine the spotlight on neurodiverse/neurodivergent ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Writing With Wonder – The World Through Children’s Eyes

12 October 2021 Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my October Thoughtful Tuesday page. As autumn closes in and we’re thinking about the new way we face the world, our theme this month has been concentrating on fresh outlooks, in particular, we’re looking at Writing With Wonder: The World Through Children’s Eyes. It’s amazing what clarity ...

Write On! Interviews Author Ayesha Harruna Attah

10 October 2021 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Ayesha Harruna Attah. (c) Itunu Kuku Ayesha grew up in Accra, Ghana, and was educated at Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and New York University. She is the author of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize-nominated Harmattan Rain, Saturday Shadows, The Hundred Wells Of Salaga, currently translated into four ...

Friday Features: Debut Dagger – A Springboard To Publication For Crime Writers

08 October 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Dea Parkin The CWA Debut Dagger, sponsored by ProWritingAid, is the award to win for would-be crime novelists – or not even win; every year most of the writers who make the shortlist get representation by literary agents. So what’s the competition for, and how do you go about entering ...

Showcase: She Ran + She Did It + A Story About A Worm

06 October 2021 News, WriteOn Showcase

October's Showcases are introduced by Pen to Print and Write On! regular Michelle Sutton. October is a special month to me. A month of change, when autumnal colours begin to show themselves and a chill in the air promises something’s around the corner. By the end of the month, the clocks ...

Monday Moments: Black History Month, Celebrating Authors And Artists

04 October 2021 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King This October, our Monday Moments page is dedicated to Black History Month and celebrating black authors and artists. To begin with, we have illustrative posters by Charlotte Bouchier-Webb, who tells us: “I was so drawn in by a book I had read: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, I knew ...

Writing Truth To Catalyse Change – A Conversation With Marvin Thompson

03 October 2021 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! and Pen to Print regular Agnieszka Dryjas-Makhloufi interviews National Poetry Competition Winner Marvin Thompson. Rushing home from college to meet award-winning poet Marvin Thompson on Zoom, I’m a bit nervous; it’s my first-ever interview! I’ve been delayed by an interesting CPD (Continuing Professional Development) session. Little do I realise how relevant the ...

Friday Features: What A ReadFest!

01 October 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Lena Smith and Lisa Rouiller Alongside the publication of our TENTH issue of Write On! Magazine on 15 September, Online ReadFest 202, was held between 6 and 24 September. Our TENTH Barking & Dagenham book festival, ReadFest is our celebration of literature, normally held in our local libraries. This year’s ReadFest ...

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