January 2025 – Pen To Print

Showcase: The Wooden Dolls + To Be A Man + Misunderstanding + To Your Resolve

29 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Welcome to my final Showcase in January. We’ve had many insightful stories, articles and poems to demonstrate the different types of misunderstandings and their impact on us. But this week I want to focus on the outcome of misunderstandings, mainly: what is the solution? I’m partial to a direct approach ...

Pen to Print Workshops

28 January 2025 Blog, News

Pen to Print offer a variety of free writing workshops every month. Even if you missed the first session, it's not too late to sign up! Click on the workshop you like the look of for more details. Creative Writing Classes with Ian Ayris are in person at Barking Learning Centre ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Lucineh Danielian

26 January 2025 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Lucineh Danielian Lucineh Danielian is an author of Armenian descent and French and British nationality. She grew up in London and works as an educator and examiner. Head of Department, she teaches at an international school in London and specialises in literature and modern languages. Lucineh is ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases January 2025

25 January 2025 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 ...

Thursday Connectors: Hijab Misunderstandings

23 January 2025 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Happy New Year, from me, Farzana, your host of Thursday Connectors. I hope you had a great holiday and are feeling happy and healthy as we begin 2025. 2024 ended with me feeling hopeful that I had made a small but positive contribution in the local community ...

Showcase: Misunderstanding + Blockheads + Where’s Tony + When The Small Creatures Wake

22 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, readers. This week, I’ve been reminiscing on how some misunderstandings, once understood, turn out to be quite funny. When you look back on times you’ve been misunderstood and realised how easy and humorous it was to misunderstand you, does it make you laugh? I think the backbone of a ...

Write On! Features: Who Are You Writing For? by Vic Howard

17 January 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard My early working life was spent in the world of advertising and at that time vocabulary and column width were important factors considered by newspapers. The most important newspaper then was The Times, which had a column width of about two and a half inches (63mm). The most ...

Showcase: Tidal Waters + Misunderstanding + The Reading Of Grievances

15 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Happy Wednesday, readers! My day job is all about ensuring my company communicates clearly with our potential customers, and that we understand exactly what the customer is asking us to communicate. This is far more complex a task than it first appears. We are constantly misunderstanding each other and in ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Misunderstandings

14 January 2025 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for January 2025. For many people, a New Year means new beginnings. That’s certainly the case for us as we embark on our new theme: ‘Misunderstandings’. I have some lovely pieces to share with you relating to that theme. You may know that ...

Write On! Interviews: Poet Sanjana Arunkumar

12 January 2025 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews poet Sanjana Arunkumar Sanjana says: "I’m Sanjana Arunkumar. I’m a nine-year-old just finished Year 4 in Gascoigne Primary School in Barking. My family and friends call me a bookworm. I just can't get enough of reading! I’m also known for my fun-loving and friendly nature." WO: How would you ...

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