Write On! Audio, Podcasts & Videos.
Write On! is Pen to Print’s free print magazine. Along with the digital Write On! Extra, it showcases our powerful, diverse writers’ network. We now offer Write On! Audio – the podcast ‘For Writers Everywhere.’
Write On! Audio introduces listeners to fabulous writers, creating opportunities to access readings, advice and industry insights.
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Please note that the opinions given in podcasts and videos are the contributors own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Pen to Print, The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham or our partners.
Podcasts
The Pen to Print and Write On! Audio podcasts are for everyone in the writing community by showcasing work, offering advice, news and views.
Based in east London, contribute to Write On! Magazine, Write On! Extra or Write On! Audio. Take part online with Pen to Print’s FREE programme of creative writing, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting classes or enter our FREE writing competitions. Discover more! Visit pentoprint.org
Our interview this month is with British / Irish writer and broadcaster Kit De Waal. Born in Birmingham to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, she initially pursued a career in law working alongside foster carers and the social care sector before turning to writing and broadcasting. Her debut novel ‘My Name Is Leon’ was shortlisted for the Costa Book award. Her short fiction has been nominated for – and won – numerous prizes. Soon after the publication of ‘My Name Is Leon’ she began working on The Kit De Waal Creative Writing Scholarship which provides a fully funded place for a disadvantaged writer on the creative writing MA course at Birkbeck College in London
The interviewer is Iole Dexter who was alongside Write On!’s editor Madeleine White
If you’d like to find out more about Kit De Waal and her writing you can visit her website here https://www.kitdewaal.com/
To read Iole Dexter’s blog go here https://iolewrites.com/
We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:
https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/
Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.
This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England
Gboyega was writer in residence with Rabbits Road Institute Library supported by Pen to Print in 2020, working on a new set of poems and interviews which came together in pamphlet Two stops short of Barking, published in May 2021 and available to buy here. Listen now as Gboyega Odubanjo delivers an audio-essay-as-journey through Dagenham, specifically around the Becontree Estate where he lived. The audio piece features three poems from Gboyega’s pamphlet ‘Two stops short of Barking’, plus music, documentary footage, popular cultural references, field recordings and more. Made in collaboration with Lucia Scazzocchio of Social Broadcasts.
Tragically, Gboyega Odubanjo passed away in August 2023, aged 27. Pen to Print hopes this work reamins as a tribute to a talented artist, lost too early.
Alternative Stories
New and original literature, drama and poetry
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities is a podcast and spoken word audio production company making original audio drama, poetry and fiction. They work with writers, actors, musicians and sound designers to bring stories to life and they have listeners all over the world.
If you enjoy stories that will surprise you or challenge your expectations there will be plenty of content for you to enjoy. You can listen to Alternative Stories content on all major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Podchaser and many more. Listen to all of their content on a variety of podcast platforms via this link www.buzzsprout.com
Connect with Alternative Stories by email: office@alternativestories.com