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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: Sad World + Der Todeszug + Writing What Is Acceptable + Sleepers And Ties

25 January 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dan Cross And just like that, my time as guest Showcase editor has come to a close. It has been my privilege to share with you the works of such talented creative writers over the last few weeks. I hope they have served to kick off your 2023 with inspiration ...

Monday Moments: Going Beyond Boundaries And Binaries

09 January 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Happy New Year readers, my name is Amber Hall, and I’m delighted to be your new Monday Moments page editor. As 2022 drew to a close I, like many others, began to reflect on the year past. For me personally, it felt like a particularly transitional year and, ...

Write On! Features: Re-Evaluating Our Creativity by the Write On! Team

30 December 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Claire Buss As the end of 2022 draws nigh, our thoughts turn to the things we have achieved in the past year as well as the things we didn't, which in turn fuels our plans for the year about to begin. A cyclical process that many of us are extremely ...

Thursday Connectors: What Is Home?

24 November 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It's Farzana, your host. This month, on Thursday Connectors, I come with lots of emotion and sentimental examples of creative writing using a subject I imagine is close to all our hearts. Home is our theme and what is more sentimental to us than our homes? Yet, ...

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 ...

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! Features: Keeping Track Of Your Poetry And Other Writing by Mary Walsh

26 August 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Mary Walsh After many years of secret writing, I used to just keep my poems in a drawer; many never saw the light of day again. Then I discovered the brilliant Pen to Print organisation run by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. They offered free workshops to help ...

Write On! Interviews: Putting Our Worlds Together – Mary Walsh Interviews Author Erin Kelly

24 July 2022 News, WriteOn Interviews

Putting Our Worlds Together Mary Walsh Interviews Author Erin Kelly Several years ago, my daughter told me that Erin Kelly, an old school friend of hers, had been published. Intrigued, I read The Poison Tree, a dark psychological thriller with a twist, and really enjoyed it. I’ve continued to follow Erin’s impressive ...

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