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Upcoming Cosy Crime Workshop with Dr Charlotte Baker

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Dr Charlotte Baker will be running two Cozy Crime Workshops this December. Over the two sessions, she will establish what is meant by genre, subgenre, and tropes and how to use these in thinking about getting your work published. The workshop will also look at the sleuth, setting, character development, and ...

Pen to Print Classes

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All the Pen to Print Classes have restarted but 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 and available Online Poetry Classes with Mab Jones are in person ...

Pen to Print Competitions

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The Pen to Print Competitions are NOW OPEN! The Poetry Competition Opens: Monday 23 September 2024 Closes: Friday 21 March 2025, 5pm First Prize: Tablet PC Winner will be announced and receive a trophy at the Pen to Print Awards on 24 July 2025. The winning poem will be published in Pen to Print's Write ...

Pen to Print Celebrates 10 Years!

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Lena, Lisa and Habib at Pen to Print would like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended the recent 10-year celebration evening at Dagenham Library. It was lovely to see everyone and to celebrate ten years of creativity, curiosity and camaraderie. Pen to Print is such a wonderful ...

ReadFest 2024

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Saturday 14 September to Saturday 21 September 2024 ReadFest aims to deliver a wide-ranging selection of local, national and internationally acclaimed writers especially selected to entertain and inform. Held in Barking and Dagenham Libraries each September and produced by Pen to Print, we have been celebrating readers, writers and books at ...

My Time With Pen To Print

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In July we were very pleased to welcome a Work Experience student to the Pen to Print office, here are Joshua's reflections on his week with the Pen to Print team. ***** This wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been with Lisa and Lena; we travelled to Trewern for Hay Festival ...

Feed Into Our New Culture & Heritage Strategy

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In Barking and Dagenham we believe culture and creativity are an important part of building a strong community, and through the work we do at the Council we want to make sure all local people have chances to be creative. We want to ensure our communities here in Barking and Dagenham experience ...

Launching this week – The Barking Heritage Trail

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Updated 28 May 2021 An interactive heritage trail is being launched this week on the streets of Barking Town Centre.  The Barking Heritage Trail is part of the Pen to Print The Digital Storytelling Trail a new Pen to Print project that can be accessed on a smart phone using the pioneering ...