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Meet the Judges: The Audio Play Competition 2023

We are delighted to be hosting our third annual Audio Play Competition, and we can't wait to read all of the wonderful submissions. This year, we are especially excited to finally reveal the judges who will be selecting the winning audio play. It's a privilege to have this wonderful selection ...

Meet the Judges: The Illustration Competition 2023

We are pleased to announce that we are hosting our first Illustration Competition! For this new challenge, we are inviting creatives to interpret one of our curated pieces of writing through any visual art form, such as painting or photography. We are already looking forward to seeing all of the ...

Meet the Judges: The Short Story Competition 2023

We are delighted to be hosting our annual Short Story Competition, and we can't wait to read all of the wonderful submissions. This year, we are especially excited to finally reveal the judges who will be selecting the winning short story. It's a privilege to have this wonderful selection of ...
Merry Christmas

A Christmas Message From Pen to Print

Hello! Another year has whizzed past and we've reached yet another Christmas period.  As I write this message, we're in the middle of a very cold snap. It's snowed and, for once, in true Bublé style, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I don’t know if you feel the ...
Merry Christmas

A Christmas Message From Write On!

What a year it's been! When we launched Write On! Extra, it was to share 'posts for unprecedented times,' but they just don't seem to be letting up, do they? In the middle of this 2022 festive season, I can't help thinking that, rather than 'looking a lot like Christmas', ...

Write On! Issue 15 OUT TODAY

Write On! 15 is out today: Themed Home, this issue features an exclusive interview with the seminal Jaspreet Kaur – award-winning spoken word artist, history teacher and author of the bestselling Brown Girl Like Me. She is interviewed by Goan teen, Diya Padiyar. The resulting discussion makes for a truly ...

Write On! Issue 14 OUT TODAY

Issue 14, Out 28 September Write On! 14 is out today and features an exclusive interview with the global publishing phenomenon that is Louis de Bernières. Based on Worlds Apart, this issue theme straddles a number of things. Some are obvious: the sci-fi fantasy heroines contained in Michelle’s Sutton’s Spotlight page, for ...

Reading Groups in Barking & Dagenham

Wednesday 14 September 2022 - #NationalReadingGroupDay As part of our celebration of National Reading Group Day, during Barking and Dagenham's Readfest 2022, we are holding special sign-up sessions for anyone interest in joining a Reading or Book Group here in Barking & Dagenham. A session is going to be held on National ...

ReadFest 2022 Coming Soon!

Monday 5 September to Friday 23 September. Coming to Barking and Dagenham Libraries in September is our 11th FREE literary festival! We are delighted to showcase multinational writers and literary industry experts with a fabulous mix of bestselling and emerging authors. ReadFest 2022 provides a great opportunity to meet authors, discover new ...

Write On! Issue 13 OUT TODAY

Write On! 13 is out today! The theme of Mind Your Language: Words And How We Use Them explores how we make what we have to say count, by using our words in person and on the page. Edition highlights include Farzana Hakim’s conversation with Patrice Lawrence MBE, London-based activist, ...