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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Literary Passions, Guilty Pleasures

12 September 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Our theme of Literary Passions, Guilty Pleasures opens up myriad ideas about passion and guilt. When Dr Afsana Elanko sent me this amazing image, I straightaway thought of how food fits this theme so well. Like me, you might enjoy sitting and reading a cookery book or magazine, ...

Showcase: Face Your Fears + Our Match + Literary Passions With Acquired Brain Injury + Plunged Into A Different World + My Love Of Literature With Aphasia

26 July 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dr Afsana Elanko This is my last Showcase for July and what an honour it has been to share your work as writers. As the month draws to an end, I'd like to celebrate a subject close to my heart: the brave individuals who chase their literary passions and guilty ...

Showcase: Heritage + Brown + Posthumous Literary Surprise + Winner’s Cry + The Milkman

19 July 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dr Afsana Elanko As we start South Asian Heritage Month (18 July – 17 August 2023), I'm honoured to be including some amazing writers' work giving a nod to the month. I wonder, if English isn't your first language, do you think in your mother tongue and then translate, or ...

Showcase: A Lifetime Of Reading For Pleasure + Will + Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures + A Tree Falls In A Silent Forest + Gypsy Poem

12 July 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dr Afsana Elanko The sun is shining, birds are singing and the hum of traffic is in the background as I sit here reading all these lovely pieces and I realise I'm transported into glimpses of people’s lives and experiences. What a joy! In this Showcase, I want to explore what ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures

11 July 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to July’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Summer’s here at last! People will be feeling very end-of-term-ish, ready to relax and rest for the remainder of this bright season. This fab image from Afsana Elanko captures the feeling of these lazy, dandelion-filled, summer days. (c) Dr Afsana Elanko, 2023 Our new ...

Showcase: Guilty Pleasures + A Day Out + You’re Not Good Enough + Joe’s Garden + A Robot + In Search Of The Perfect Cake

05 July 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dr Afsana Elanko I'm really excited about this first of four Showcases in July, based on the theme of Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures. The theme of guilty pleasures intrigues me: who decides what is a guilty pleasure? It’s just a perspective, an opinion, society’s opinion and, as such, there are ...

Showcase: Windrush + Loving The Children + Breaking Bread + If I Told You, You’d Go Mad + Island Nation + Bismillah

21 June 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to the third June Showcase. On the 22nd of this month we commemorate National Windrush Day. It was 1948 when The Empire Windrush ship arrived at Tilbury Docks and hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean and other nations stepped onto British soil. I would like to mark this ...

Showcase: Life’s Vessel + Wizard Beano And Pals + Daydreams + In Command + Changing The World With A Voice + Insecure Voices + Just Sit With Me + The Draw Of The Souk

14 June 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome. I've just returned from the Hay Festival, where I spoke on the Write On! panel about co-creation and my experience of it through this magazine and Pen to Print. I'm ending this Showcase with a poem I wrote while in Wales, inspired by the very hot weather ...

Monday Moments: Home Is Alive

07 November 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King As we’ve seen in previous Monday Moments when exploring our theme of home, this changes across countries, time, people, and space. But what is home, and when do we need it most? Is home something we define, or is it something innate in us that identifies itself ...

Thursday Connectors: Tribute To Her Majesty The Queen

20 October 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all! Welcome to Thursday Connectors. Today I bring you tributes connected to the passing of our late monarch, the Queen. I have a selection of heartfelt writing, including a poem by Joan Goodall, and drawings by Dr Afsana Elanko. Claire Buss shares lasting memories; Michelle Sutton, her experience ...

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