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Monday Moments: Spring Beginnings

04 March 2024 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month, our theme continues to be ‘Beginnings And Endings’ and I wanted to focus on seasonal changes, since springtime is right around the corner. Personally, I never really feel as though the year has started until now, when the days get a little longer and brighter, ...

Showcase: The Beginning Of The Beginning + A Field Of Stars + Ending And Beginning Intertwined + Leap Year

28 February 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Niema Bohrayba We are under the rays of a waning gibbous moon as February comes to a close, and time has flown by. It’s my pleasure to bring you my final Showcase for this month with an eclectic mix of pieces from diverse authors, speaking to our theme of ...

Showcase: Forging Roots At Christmas + Christmas + Christmas Eve + Christmas Special

20 December 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Palak Tewary Dear Readers, Embracing the spirit of the holiday season, I'm delighted to showcase a collection of pieces that echo the timeless themes of joy, goodwill, diversity and cherished moments. May these pieces enable you to find inspiration, warmth and a renewed sense of wonder. Here's to celebrating the magic ...

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 ...

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