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Write On! Features: Writing Through Grief by Preetha Leela Chockalingam

02 August 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Preetha Leela Chockalingam Coming from a family of avid readers and writers, I was unusually slow to both reading and writing. In my very South Indian family, it was expected that you would love books. I was eight and struggled with reading. By contrast, my sister, Deepa, who was only ...

Showcase: Listen + Definition + Changes + The Child I Was With A Pure Heart Is Still There + When The Game Is Over

31 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan Over the last four weeks we've shed light on the various changes in life: in school, in nature, through death and as writers. In this last July Showcase, I want to conclude that change is not only a natural and inevitable part of life, but also necessary. ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Kat Hausler

28 July 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Kat Hausler Kat Hausler is the author of the novels Retrograde and What I Know About July. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Hawaii Pacific Review, 34th Parallel, Inkspill Magazine, The Sunlight Press, Rathalla Review, Rozlyn Press, Porridge Magazine, LitReactor, BlazeVOX, failbetter and The Airgonaut, ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases July 2024

27 July 2024 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 on the last Saturday of the month, showcasing some of the exciting new reads and plays available. The curated list ...

Showcase: I Won’t Tell + The School Bus

24 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan When James Joyce wrote Ulysses, he said: “I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that is the only way of insuring one's immortality.” I want to focus on the first part ...

Posts For Unprecedented Times

21 July 2024 Monday Moments, News, Saturday Spotlight, Thoughtful Tuesday, Thursday Connectors, WriteOn Features, WriteOn Interviews, WriteOn Showcase

(Bluesky/Instagram: @madeleinefwhite) As we move into 2025 my most important piece of writing is coming up: a sentence or two about my intentions for the year. I’ve been doing this since 2003 and it's so interesting to see how things have changed. I think the key thing is my acceptance of ...

Write On! Features: Now Your Work Is Organised

19 July 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Mary Walsh My last feature gave you the story of me trying to organise my work. Have you done yours yet? Are there still nooks and crannies filled with odd bits of writing? Have you retrieved all this precious treasure and bullied it into some sort of order? I hope ...

Thursday Connectors: South Asian Heritage Month

18 July 2024 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Farzana, your host, is here to introduce a celebratory special edition. Our Thursday Connectors are all about South Asian Heritage this time, to coincide with one of my favourite and busiest months of the year. For the past few years, I’ve been working tirelessly to bring stories ...

Showcase: The Phone Call + Run + Wimbledon Championships

17 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan If we’re talking about ‘change,’ at some point we need to address the deeper questions of life and death. There's no easy way to talk about this, so I’ll start by stating the fact: death is the only thing we know will reach us all at some ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Nilson Semedo

14 July 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Nilson Semedo Nilson is a ten-year-old writer, currently studying at a primary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. He enjoys writing and loves to see others who share the same passion as him. WO: What inspired you to write in the first place, and what ...

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