Danny Baxter – Pen To Print

Showcase: Why Don’t You + The Older Lady And Mirrors + Headspin + Metamorphosis + Being Ines

18 September 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again, I’m Lisa Scully-O’Grady and welcome to my third Showcase on the theme of change. This week, I wanted to talk about changes in relation to the body, women’s in particular, as I can see this is a big topic of interest for you. I’m sharing some wonderful poems, ...

A Showcase Of Art

21 August 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

It’s August 2024 and as per usual, the Write On! team are enjoying a short summer break. With this in mind, and as the founding Editor, I’m picking some of my favourite Showcases from the past few years. Though they are higgledy-piggledy in terms of season and themes, one thing ...

Monday Moments: Connecting Inner And Outer Voices

05 June 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Continuing this month’s theme of ‘Hearing Voices: Inner Voices, Outer Voices And Connected Voices,’ I’ve been thinking about the ways writing helps us connect our inner and outer voices. It’s often easy for us to get lost in our thoughts, but writing – even if it’s left ...

Monday Moments: Relationships – What We Say vs. What We Mean

06 February 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Hello, readers. Well, we survived the January blues! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d focus on relationships for my page this month. Our theme continues to be ‘Contradictions: everything has two sides,’ and I think there’s a lot to be said for this in ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Contradictions

17 January 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my January 2023 ‘Thoughtful Tuesday’ page. I hope the celebrations of Christmas and the New Year have left you rested and ready for whatever the future brings. It’s a funny feeling, seeing out the old year and greeting the new. We think of the old year as ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Journey Towards The End Of 2022

13 December 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to Thoughtful Tuesday’s December page. The end of the year brings lots of change, lots of emotion and provokes plenty of thought. The pieces I’m sharing today certainly take us on a journey towards the end of the year (and Christmas, of course). We’ve been exploring the theme ...

Monday Moments: Transitioning

05 December 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King Welcome, readers, to my last Monday Moments page. Starting next year, Amber Hall will be taking over as editor for this page and will bring her unique perspective to it. I’m excited to see what direction she will take it in, and the features she will show. I’ve ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Home And Back Again

15 November 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my November page where all the pieces I’ve selected for you are on the current theme of home. If you come from a community that experienced migration, you will often hear your friends and family talking about home and back home, even though you see them ...

Showcase: Home + Double + What Type Of Bridge + Haiku

28 September 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hi, I’m Juneha Chowdhury, your Showcase editor for September. I’m sad to say it’s also my final week as Showcase editor (for now, not forever!) and, as we move into next month's theme of 'Home' I have a number of contributions on this popular topic to whet your appetites. Starting ...

Showcase: The Co-Existence Equation + Top Deck On The Number 5 – Journeys – A Journey

14 September 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hi. I’m Juneha Chowdhury, your Showcase editor for September. We've had some great submissions this month to fit our 'Worlds Apart' theme. But first, I'd like to reflect on the sad news we had last Thursday of Her Majesty's passing. It is appropriate, I think, that the pieces I’ve chosen ...

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