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Pen to Print’s LGBTQ+ History Month Book Recommendations

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Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! Held annually, this month is an opportunity to celebrate and honour the accomplishments and contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals throughout history, as well as to recognise the progress made through equality and acceptance. In line with the spirit of this month, we have been sharing tips on how ...

Write On Interviews: Author Helen Aitchison

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Write On! interviews author Helen Aitchison Helen is from Newcastle upon Tyne. She spent her career working in health and social care, before beginning to write in late 2019. Having never previously written, she couldn’t stop and has had around 20 small pieces published alongside novels. Helen's debut novel, The Dinner ...

Showcase: Petals + The Opposite Of Romance

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By Zara Relphman Welcome to your third showcase of the month! This week, we celebrate Valentine’s Day as I bring to you a selection of romantic and loveable writing. From Akshitha Ramalingam's poem, Petals, which is sweet and smile-inducing, to Lucy Kaufman's The Opposite Of Romance, a short story warm enough to break the coldest ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Contradictions In Love

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to February’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Here at Pen to Print, we’re thinking and writing about life’s contradictions and how they come across in our reading and our writing. In this month’s page, I’m continuing to present writing to fit that theme. I’m thinking about love and romance, too  (February ...

Write On Interviews: Poet Aneela Rajput

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Write On! interviews poet Aneela Rajput Aneela has always tried to figure out what her creative space is throughout her life. Having had many areas of interest - from being a teen who loved school and most of the subjects in it - to starting a very unknown journey as a ...

Write On! Features: Football Is Not Just A Game

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 Introduced by Ian Ayris and featuring Michael Campbell's story. Football is not just a game. Let’s start with that. Because some people think playing football is just about kicking a ball around a pitch trying to score a goal, that watching football is just about watching others do it. That to feel ...

Write On Interviews: Author Lel Meleyal

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Write On! interviews Lel Meleyal Lel Meleyal is a Yorkshire-based, working-class, disabled, lesbian woman – these are all important parts of her identity and, to varying degrees, influence all aspects of her writing. Lel used to write crime but became increasingly disenchanted with the rampant misogyny in most crime fiction. She became ...