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Barking and Dagenham Carnival 2025

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Barking and Dagenham Carnival 2025: A Decade of Celebration, Culture, and Community Mark Your Calendar! The Barking and Dagenham Carnival 2025 will take place on Saturday, 12 July 2025, at Barking Town Square (IG11 7LU) from 1:00 PM – 6:30 PM. This special edition marks the 10th anniversary of a festival that ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Charlotte Faulconbridge

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Write On! interviews author Charlotte Faulconbridge Charlotte Faulconbridge is an autistic and chronically ill prize-winning poet, published author, musician and TEDx performer/speaker. She became an ambassador for MIND Coventry and Warwickshire in 2024 and was a highly commended finalist in the BBC Make A Difference Awards. Her debut book, Too High To ...

Monday Moments: Looks Can Be Deceiving

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Introduced By Amber Hall Spring is in full swing here in the UK and I’ve found my mood lifted by the brighter weather and longer days. I hope it’s a feeling shared, readers – it’s a miracle what a little sunshine can do! Our theme this month continues to be ‘Misunderstandings’ and ...

April 2025 Events

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April 2025 Events Poetry For Women Workshop with Madeleine F White When: 8 April, 6.30-7.45pm Where: Online Book Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/pen-to-print-4972836883 Creative Writing Workshop with Ian Ayris When: 12 April, 10am-12pm Where: Barking Learning Centre & Online Book Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/pen-to-print-4972836883 Poetry Classes with Mab Jones When: 12 April, 1.30-3.30pm Where: Barking Learning Centre & Online Book Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/pen-to-print-4972836883 Writing Our Heritage with Jo Scott When: ...

Pen to Print Speech And Drama Festival

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  Pen to Print Speech And Drama Festival (Also incorporating the Michael Feld Writing Competition for Young People!) Competition CLOSES: Friday 30 May 2025, 5pm   Write and perform a Poem, Monologue or Short Play of no more than 3 minutes long as part of our Speech and Drama Festival on Saturday 19 July 2025. Winners in each category ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Viv Foster

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Write On! interviews author Viv Foster Viv says:"I was born Vivien Foster in Stepney. Uncomfortable with the formality of Vivien, I now prefer to be called Viv. My dad worked in a battery factory in Dagenham as a work study engineer, so we moved to Barking just before I hit secondary ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases March 2025

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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 ...

The LibGen Data Set – Advice From The Society Of Authors

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You may have heard something across social media or in the news, about authors discovering their books have not only been pirated but then used by Meta to develop its AI Programmes. The Society of Authors have put together an excellent article explaining what the LibGen data set is and what ...

Changes To Our Newsletter

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Did you know our newsletter is changing platform? You need to ACT NOW to continue receiving our e-newsletters! Visit https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKLBBD/subscriber/new to set up your subscription and not miss out on your regular emails from Pen to Print. From April we will be using Barking & Dagenham GovDelivery for our Pen to Print e-newsletter ...