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Thursday Connectors: New Year New Musings

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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 ...

Meet the Judges: The Illustration Competition 2023

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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 ...

Write On Interviews: Artist Patricia Bidi

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Write On! interviews artist Patricia Bidi (c) Graham Land, 2022 Patricia is a visual artist living and working in London. Her work in printmaking celebrates life. Her vibrant linocuts involve a combination of motifs drawing on her Peruvian heritage, childhood memories and the experience of living in London.  Bidi’s linocuts employ a ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Worlds Apart

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By Eithne Cullen Welcome to September's Thoughtful Tuesday page. This September has been overshadowed by the death of the Queen. Many people’s thoughts are with her and with her family; many need to take some time to reflect on her life and her passing. It’s a coincidence that I have this lovely ...

Monday Moments: The Journey Of Writing

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Introduced By Holly King September is the month that signifies getting back to work. The summer is over, the holidays are over, school is starting again after the last (and longest) break of the year. The weather turns, the days get shorter, and you suddenly realise you don’t have as much ...

Showcase: Walking on the Moon, Rapunzel + Bedrooms

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Edited by Amber Hall Hello and welcome to my fourth showcase. You can connect with me on Instagram: @amber.marie.123 and Twitter: @amber_marie_123. So far this month, we've explored the theme ‘Worlds Apart,’ and looked at the various ways this has been interpreted by our contributors. The pieces I've chosen this week all ...

Monday Moments: Speaking My Language

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Introduced By Holly King Did you know that the Eskimo language has 30 words for snow? It's said that the number of words a culture has for something is an indication of its importance (I cast my mind back to Carol Ann Duffy’s poem, Frau Freud, and wonder what that claim ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Hodge Podge

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By Eithne Cullen When I told our editor Madeleine I had a mixture of different kinds of pieces for today’s page, I was searching for a word to describe the mix: melange? eclectic? serendipity? Madeleine said she thought it sounded more like a hotch-potch, so that’s what it is. And to ...

Monday Moments: Nature Inspiring Creativity

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Introduced By Holly King Moving into February and our new theme of Nature, Inspiring Creativity: Past, Present and Future,’ I have a whole forest of features from writers who are inspired by natural places. Nature is something that has been the focus of writers and artists for centuries, with pinnacle poems such ...