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Showcase: Sight and Sound + Retirement + Take Stock And Breathe + The Loves And Life Of Kitty Cook + Two Lonely People + Alligators In The Arctic

07 June 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Hello, I’m Mirabel. Welcome to the first June Showcase. The overall theme for this month is 'Voices'. I'd like to share with you a number of voices from the North of England, where I live, as well as a range of other voices from across the UK and beyond. This ...

Showcase: Snorp’s Adventure + Worlds Apart + Don’t Be Scared + A Place To Call Home + High Tide + Country Church + Autumn + Kawlata Soup

30 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to my final November Showcase. I hope you've enjoyed all the wonderful writing! My search for writers took me to the Edinburgh Book Festival for the first time and then to The Word Library hub in South Shields, where they have a new project: Meet The Author. ...

Showcase: The Dinner Club + Rock God Complex + Inkcap & The Nethers + Inkcap & The Blight Of The Bonnets

23 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to the fourth November Showcase. This week we have three very different Northern writers: Dr Tracey Iceton, debut author Helen Aitchison and Kylie Dixon, illustrator and children’s writer. Helen Aitchison wrote The Dinner Club during lockdown and her talent for observing and writing about people’s behaviour is exquisite. The ...

Showcase: Daniela + Martina + Elaine + Live For The Now + Life Of Augustus + The Homeless + Mermaid Of The Tyne + The Coral Mother

16 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to my third Showcase. I have a variety of poems by Maltese, Welsh and English poets and a fantasy story by a talented Peruvian writer. In the first three, Nicole Piscopo's magical writing links our senses to nature’s powerful elements. Daniela I like watching lightning in a storm Because a part ...

Showcase: I Was But A Boy + Extract From The Midwife And Birth In The Maltese Community In The 20th Century + Diabetes! + The Link Between Anxiety And Binge Eating

09 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle This weekend, we commemorate Armistice Day, when at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month we remember those who lost their lives for the freedom of their homeland. Poppy wreaths are laid down in memory of each life extinguished. My first choice for today is a ...

Showcase: Blue + Rotten Luck + Humanitarian Effort + Pride + The Gate Keeper’s Apprentice + Dead Man’s Bones

02 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Hello. I’m Mirabel and I would like to welcome you to the first Showcase page of November. This month, we're continuing with the theme of ‘home’, and I'll bring you a variety of writing exploring what home means to different people. November is a time of remembrance, so next ...

Showcase: The Escape + The Regiment + To Her Forty-Something Sibling + Deceiving Appearances + Your Beauty + I Honour You

26 January 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

January's Showcases are introduced by Write On! regular, Mirabel Lavelle. As we move into the end of the first month of the new year, we look ahead at the challenges we face. The diverse pieces of work I chose for this showcase highlight various struggles. They display different sources of perseverance ...

Showcase: Dear Daughter + The Moon Is Mad + I Am In Love + Saltwater + Crying In The Wind + Home Tomorrow

19 January 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

January's Showcases are introduced by Write On! regular, Mirabel Lavelle. Welcome to the third showcase of the year. I’d like to start by introducing a talented young Maltese writer, Nicole Piscopo. She writes poems which she publishes to her Instagram page and is also working on a young adult fantasy novel. In ...

Showcase: Don’t Be Silly + Thank You To A Stranger + The Monument + How Can I Not + A Weighty Matter

12 January 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

January's Showcases are introduced by Write On! regular, Mirabel Lavelle. Welcome to my second showcase of the year. I'd like to start by introducing a children’s story and a thank-you poem by Laura Maclennan. Laura is an experienced teacher who has gone on to teach across the curriculum, particularly drama and within ...

Showcase: White Leaves of Peace + Tram Shelter + A Maltese New Year

05 January 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

January's Showcases are introduced by Write On! regular, Mirabel Lavelle. Welcome to the first Showcase page of the New Year. I’m Mirabel, your editor for January. When a new year dawns, we hear people speaking of hope, and we all wish each other a, "Happy New Year". I’d like to start by ...

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