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Showcase: Looking For Home + Where Is Home + Back Home + Milkshake Of The Mind + Isolation

12 October 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Diya Padiyar Last week, we explored the theme of 'Home' and how it means different things to people, especially teenagers like me, who not only conceive things differently but whose ideas and notions keep evolving. I believe this is very apt for our theme. The definition of 'Home' not only changes ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Back Home

11 October 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to this Thoughtful Tuesday page which explores the theme of 'Home'. It’s interesting how we can use 'Home' to mean lots of different things. I often think of the way migrants use the phrase “back home” to acknowledge their origins and their roots. My first piece is something ...

Monday Moments: Going Home

03 October 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King Continuing our theme of ‘Home’, for this Monday Moments we’re looking at how we bring home with us wherever we go. Whether we’re travelling abroad, moving to a new house or leaving our family one, our past homes remain with us and can be brought out in ...

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 ...

Write On! Interviews: That Book, The Light And Other Things With Louis De Bernières

25 September 2022 News, WriteOn Interviews

Eithne Cullen finds out how it might just be possible to be good at everything. “We love that book!” The general, excited response on telling people I’m going to be interviewing Louis de Bernières. Of course, we all do, but as I find out when we meet on Zoom, one sweltering ...

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 ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Worlds Apart

13 September 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to September's Thoughtful Tuesday page. This September has been overshadowed by the death of the Queen. Many people’s thoughts are with her and with her family; many need to take some time to reflect on her life and her passing. It’s a coincidence that I have this lovely ...

Write On! Features: Redbridge Children’s Book Awards

05 August 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Eithne Cullen When I entered the Kenneth Moore Theatre on a Thursday afternoon at the end of May, I was completely astonished by what I saw. The seats were full of uniformed school children; their ages ranging from nine to 15. They were buzzing noisily, excitedly responding to the quiz ...

Thursday Connectors: Worlds Apart: Then And Now

21 July 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi all, it's Farzana, your host for this month’s Thursday Connectors, with some fantastic writers who all have wonderful stories to share. I’m particularly looking forward to these because they are reflecting back on times that are no longer here. The world our elders belonged to seems so far ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: From Mind Your Language to Worlds Apart

12 July 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to July’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Over the last few months we’ve been looking at words and how we use them so, I started asking people about things they’d been told as children, by adults. This links beautifully into our new summer theme: ‘Worlds Apart’: bridging gaps of ...

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