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Thursday Connectors: Menopausal March

By Farzana Hakim Women’s Empowerment Month Special Hi all, it's Farzana, your host of Thursday Connectors with a most relatable and important two-month showcase of writing dedicated to, and coming from, some brave women about an issue that matters to so many of us: the Menopause. This is a topic many women are ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Beginnings And Endings

By Eithne Cullen It’s great to be starting the New Year with the theme of Beginnings And Endings, and my January page is, naturally, looking at beginnings. Some of you may know I love a quiz. There’s a round I particularly like to show off in and that’s the opening lines of ...

Thursday Connectors: Festive Memories

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Welcome to a festive edition of Thursday Connectors, with me, your host, Farzana. It’s holiday season and, as much as I try denying it, the fact is I’m still such a small child at heart! I love the fussing and rushing, the cheering and all the ...

Thursday Connectors: Emotions And Reality Writing

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. This is your host Farzana, welcoming you to November's Thursday Connectors! This month, my page shares pieces showing how our mood and emotions impact our fictional writing. My mood most definitely shows up in my own writing. When I'm feeling down, my writing reflects this, and ...

Thursday Connectors: Black History Month

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It's Farzana, your host of Thursday Connectors, with this month’s specially chosen pieces from some super writers. I’ll be connecting with Helen and Abiola from the Diverse Book Awards, who tell us about their organisation and discuss why diversity and representation is so important in literacy and ...

Thursday Connectors: Passions And Guilt

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Welcome to July’s Thursday Connectors, with me, your host, Farzana. Summer's here in its full glory and school’s out, so most of us are busy keeping up with the kids: entertaining, feeding and nurturing them, away from the usual routines of the school terms. Now I'm 45, ...