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Friday Features: Reading Is Good For You

By Claire Buss Curling up with a good book is something I love to do and the more I think about it, the more I feel that reading must be good for you. So, here are my top ten reasons why you should be reading: Reading is stimulating! Remember the last ...

Showcase: Deadly Twist + I Write

September's Showcases will be introduced by Georgina Brown, Manager of The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. In my second week of editing the Write On! Showcase, I'm continuing the theme of adventure. This week, however, is less about what the idea of adventure means, but what it can do for you. An ...

Monday Moments: Looking Back At A Summer Of Play

Introduced By Holly King September is a dreary month. It signals the end of holidays, sunshine, lie-ins and late nights; of days out and not worrying about the time, of seeing friends and family, beach trips, sun cream and the relaxing of rules. September is when the play ends and work ...

Write On! Interviews Writer D.V. Bishop

Co Vollmer photographed at Bloody Scotland, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival in Stirling on the 23/09/2018.Paul Reich D. V. Bishop is an award-winning screenwriter and TV dramatist. His love for the city of Florence and the Renaissance period meant there could be only one setting for his crime fiction debut. ...

Friday Features: Writers + Money

By Palak Tewary Writing is a creative endeavour. To sustain it, there is a need for writers to be financially savvy and have knowledge around the economics of writing. Writers don’t need to enjoy it, nor do they need to be good at it – there are experts for that – ...

Showcase: The Errand Boy: North + Eat The Frog

September's Showcases will be introduced by Georgina Smith, Manager of The Wilbur Smith & Niso Smith Foundation. In my role, I am constantly asking myself whether a story is an adventure story at heart. But is the idea of adventure the same to you and me, even though we come from ...

Being ‘Alright’ With Maria Ferguson

By Eithne Cullen I first came across Maria Ferguson when I went to a reading of Fat Girls Don’t Dance. Since then, I listened to Alright, Girl? as an audio performance through The Living Words Festival and, for the second time, loved both the poetry and her arresting, authentic voice. She’s a ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases August

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

Friday Features: A Poetry Special

This week we are celebrating some of the wonderful poets and poetry to have come out of Pen to Print's Advanced Poetry Workshop led by Anna Robinson. This is a free course for people who have been writing poetry for a while and are ready for a deeper journey. Find ...

Write On! Interviews Leke Apena

Write On! interview indie author Leke Apena. Leke is a black British indie author who writes unconventional, challenging and entertaining stories about the modern black British experience. Why? Because there are not enough well-written stories about complex, funny and multifaceted black British characters and Leke is on a mission to change ...