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Thursday Connectors: Mindset

By Farzana Hakim Hi all, It's Farzana, your host, for another thought-provoking Thursday Connectors. Our new theme is Mindset and I'm sure you’ll agree with me when I say our mindset is one of the most important aspects of our personality. Our attitudes and our opinions towards others can make or break ...

Monday Moments: Looks Can Be Deceiving

Introduced By Amber Hall Spring is in full swing here in the UK and I’ve found my mood lifted by the brighter weather and longer days. I hope it’s a feeling shared, readers – it’s a miracle what a little sunshine can do! Our theme this month continues to be ‘Misunderstandings’ and ...

March 2025 Events

March 2025 Events Talk Writing & Character Workshop with Geraldine Stephens When: 4 March, 1-3pm Where: Valence House Book Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/pen-to-print-4972836883 Creative Writing Workshop with Ian Ayris When: 8 March, 10am-12pm Where: Barking Learning Centre & Online Book Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/pen-to-print-4972836883 Poetry Classes with Mab Jones When: 8 March, 1.30-3.30pm Where: Barking Learning Centre & Online Book Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/pen-to-print-4972836883 Hear My Voice: Women & ...

Thursday Connectors: I Love A Love Story

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It’s Farzana here, welcoming you to February’s Thursday Connectors. As ever, this month’s round-up of writing from you, about you. My page today is all about you and your perceptions of love and love stories. I'm a lover of stirring deep emotions and my writing reflects ...

Meet The Judges Of The Pen To Print Competitions

Meet the Judges for the 2024/25 Poetry Competition Deadline to enter: 21 March 2025 Enter Here: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/ Ange Wilson, (writes as A J Wilson), was born in rural North Wales and has lived there for most of her life, she wrote her first poem, at the age of 9 years but it ...

Thursday Connectors: Hijab Misunderstandings

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Happy New Year, from me, Farzana, your host of Thursday Connectors. I hope you had a great holiday and are feeling happy and healthy as we begin 2025. 2024 ended with me feeling hopeful that I had made a small but positive contribution in the local community ...

Thursday Connectors: Festive Greetings

By Farzana Hakim Hi all, it's Farzana, your host for Thursday Connectors here. Join me in this fun-loving end-of-year special, where we are talking festivities, and all the traditions (and quirkiness) which we sometimes unknowingly adopt. I, for one, have never had an Eid which hasn’t ended in great rolling-on-the-floor laughter, at ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Nostalgia

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to December’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. It’s that time of the year when we rush home to avoid the dark, think about Christmas festivities and, as the month closes, have some nostalgia for the year that’s coming to an end. My page today reflects quite a lot of these ...