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Thursday Connectors: Ever-Evolving Literary Passions

21 September 2023 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It's me, your Thursday Connectors host Farzana, here to welcome you after a long summer break. Phew! Am I glad to be back to my normal routine, thanks to offspring returning to school and work. I've had a really busy holiday period, with zero time to ...

Showcase: In Praise Of Creativity + A Doctor’s Secret + Should I Be Bitter, Or Should I Keep Loving You + Guilty Pleasures + Red Angel

20 September 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hi, I'm Thomas, your Showcase editor for September. We’re well into September by now and, if your weather is anything like mine in Sunderland, you’ll notice that summer is making a hasty departure; the sun retreating beneath the clouds, cool air stalking across the land come morning. But fear not. The ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Anthony McCarten

17 September 2023 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Anthony McCarten (c) Jack English Anthony is a New Zealand-born award-winning novelist, writer of non-fiction, playwright and screenwriter. He's written eight novels and 12 stage plays and two previous works of non-fiction, of which Darkest Hour became a Sunday Times Number One Bestseller. His screenplays The Theory ...

Write On! Features: Social Media For Creatives: Friend Or Foe? by Amber Hall

15 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Amber Hall Originally published in Write On! Magazine, issue 15 Do you remember a time before the Internet? Before our thinking was shaped by social media? In the early days, we had Bebo and then Facebook. We tended to our pages nightly, racking up follower counts through increasingly tenuous connections. I think ...

Showcase: Your Voice Lives With Me + Sad & Blue + Once Upon A Time A Girl Was Foolish + Kat’s In The Bag

13 September 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again. I hope that, despite the heat, you've been enjoying the beginning of this new season. I love how the trees trickle with golden leaves and watching the autumn sunshine blooming in the late afternoon. I suspect, though, that the abundant rain, low temperatures and howling winds typical of ...

Write On! Issue 18 OUT TODAY

13 September 2023 News

Out Now! Write On! 18 is out today: Themed Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures this issue features an exclusive interview with Lavie Tidhar, the multi-award winning, multi-genre phenomenon, on Sci-Fi and the power of ideas. The writerly shape-shifter speaks to Palak Tewary about his latest bestseller, ‘Circumference Of The World’ ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Literary Passions, Guilty Pleasures

12 September 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Our theme of Literary Passions, Guilty Pleasures opens up myriad ideas about passion and guilt. When Dr Afsana Elanko sent me this amazing image, I straightaway thought of how food fits this theme so well. Like me, you might enjoy sitting and reading a cookery book or magazine, ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Emma Styles

10 September 2023 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Emma Styles Emma Styles writes contemporary Australian noir about young women taking on the patriarchy. She grew up in Western Australia and has an MA in crime fiction from the University of East Anglia. Emma’s debut novel, No Country For Girls, has been shortlisted for the Crime ...

Write On! Features: Should Children’s Writing Be Sugar-Coating Their World? By Mary Walsh

08 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Mary Walsh Originally published in Write On! Magazine, issue 11 When writing a book for children with a plot involving sensitive issues such as racism, sexual abuse, cruelty, neglect and death, do you sugar-coat it to make it appear ‘nicer’ or do you portray the world as it is, warts and all? In ...

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 ...

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