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Write On! Features: Write On! goes to Hay-on-Wye by Holly King

10 June 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Holly King As you enter the border of Hay-on-Wye, a colourful sign lets you know that this is Britain’s first book town. Boasting over 20 bookshops, it makes sense that a book festival would be hosted here. It also makes sense that Write On! team members jumped at the opportunity ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Our Relationship With Words

07 June 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to June’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Most of us think of June as the burgeoning of summer, with long hot days and plenty of sunshine. So it’s perhaps surprising I’m starting today’s page with this poem, which came through our submissions page. Although winter is fading away in our ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Mind Your Language

10 May 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for May. The theme for our current editions of Write On! Extra is 'Mind Your Language: Words And How We Use Them,' which is a perfect theme for a magazine for and about writers. It’s especially relevant to my Thoughtful Tuesday’s page, as ...

Monday Moments: Making It Up

02 May 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King It’s weird to think that, at one point, every word we use had to be made up. It's said that Shakespeare coined (‘made up’) over 400 words in his plays and sonnets, which we have adapted into everyday language, including to 'catch a cold', 'swagger' and even ...

Thursday Connectors: The Other Side Of Motherhood

21 April 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Welcome back to this super edition of Thursday Connectors with me, your host, Farzana. I’m so glad I’m here, because today’s Connectors has definitely affected me, going straight to my heart! I’ve already told you many times, I'm a sentimental, emotional kind of lady. Now, in my ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Hodge Podge

12 April 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen When I told our editor Madeleine I had a mixture of different kinds of pieces for today’s page, I was searching for a word to describe the mix: melange? eclectic? serendipity? Madeleine said she thought it sounded more like a hotch-potch, so that’s what it is. And to ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Nature Inspiring Creativity

08 March 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to March’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Our theme for the month is Nature, Inspiring Creativity: Past, Present And Future and on today’s page, I’d like to turn the theme around and use this as a starting point to look at the nature of creativity – particularly pertinent, as it's ...

Showcase: Nina + Matriach + Motherhood + I Hope To See You Soon + Memory Of Games + Natural Woman + Late

02 March 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hi, I'm Juneha Chowdhury, your Showcase Editor for March. As it's Women’s Empowerment Month, I’ve chosen some fabulous writing focused on empowering women for my first Showcase. The first piece is by our very own Madeleine White, Editor of Write On! magazine. Her poem, Nina, was placed third in the Pen ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: St Valentine

08 February 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my page today. This week, you will be celebrating or not celebrating, embracing or ignoring, the feast of St Valentine. This poor Roman priest and physician - who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus - has become the patron ...

Monday Moments: Nature Inspiring Creativity

07 February 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King Moving into February and our new theme of Nature, Inspiring Creativity: Past, Present and Future,’ I have a whole forest of features from writers who are inspired by natural places. Nature is something that has been the focus of writers and artists for centuries, with pinnacle poems such ...

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