Hongwei Bao – Page 2 – Pen To Print

Showcase: Calling Home + The Campus + Prime Location + I Love You + Barmbrack

06 September 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello and welcome to September’s first Write On! Showcase. My name is Thomas Nixon, and I’ll be taking you through this month with a wide array of creative fiction, each one embedded with passion and pleasure. Speaking of which, this month’s theme is all about literary passions and guilty pleasures, so ...

Monday Moments: Literary Passions As Self-Discovery

04 September 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month, our theme continues to be ‘Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures.’ I’ve been thinking about how reading and writing can be acts of self-discovery. Stories allow us to look outwards with a discerning eye, but they invite us to look inwards, too. Whether we’re drawn to a ...

Thursday Connectors: Passions And Guilt

20 July 2023 News, Thursday Connectors

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, ...

Showcase: Welcome To Destination + Saying Farewell + American Cement + The Azure Allure + Nature Strikes Back

03 May 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Haley Pittman As the seasons change before us, we're called to listen in both internally and externally. The transcending pieces of work I've selected for this showcase emphasise not only the voices we hear but also the voices inside of us. From varying perspectives, these pieces invite their observers to ...

Thursday Connectors: Spring Time Writing – Flora And Fauna

20 April 2023 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. Welcome to a colourful Thursday Connectors, with me your host, Farzana. I say colourful, because the colour palette of Spring is here and seeing it everywhere I look gives me joy. With this in mind, I bring to you a fitting array of prose to celebrate ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Contradictions In Poetry

11 April 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for April. It’s National Poetry Month and I’m sure you’ll know, by now, that poetry is one of my loves. So, I’ll be sharing some lovely poems (along with prose) on my page today. We’re still looking at the world of contradictions here ...

Showcase: Less Is Often More + An Old Man + Suitcase + Summer Heat

22 March 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Palak Tewary Dear Readers, Contradictions add spice and flavour to our life, our experiences, and our understanding. Two things being opposites doesn’t necessarily mean that one is correct and the other wrong, and in this lies the absurdity of life. Often, while I've been reading a piece to bring to you, I've ...

Monday Moments: Relationships – What We Say vs. What We Mean

06 February 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Hello, readers. Well, we survived the January blues! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d focus on relationships for my page this month. Our theme continues to be ‘Contradictions: everything has two sides,’ and I think there’s a lot to be said for this in ...

Thursday Connectors: New Year New Musings

26 January 2023 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hello and welcome to the first Thursday Connectors of 2023, with me your host, Farzana. I hope you had a great holiday season and that 2023 has started on a positive note for you all. This year has started with some exciting news for me, which has me looking ...

Showcase: Diaspora + Madina Ride + The Unintended Changeling + The Homecoming

18 January 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dan Cross We continue the theme of 'Contradictions' this week, with a selection of writing exploring the different ways we look at others and ourselves. Diaspora, by Hongwei Bao, begins by showing how easy it is to focus on our differences, whether in looks or culture but, ultimately, celebrating the human ...

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