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**ReadFest 2026**Debut Writers Finding An IdentityWhen: 15 September, 5-6pmWhere: Barking Learning Centre & OnlineFREEBook Tickets: pentoprint.org/readfestDebut writers Connor Hutchinson, Kuba Shand‑Baptiste, Lisa Smith and Richard Tyrrell talk to Lucy Popescu about their debut novels and the stories that helped shape them.Connor explores masculinity and working-class communities, Lisa investigates race and class, Kuba confronts belonging and the politics of visibility, while Richard follows one man’s journey of self-discovery.Together they consider how fiction can illuminate the different nuances of identity, challenge them, and explore new possibilities. ... See MoreSee Less

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Every Tuesday we will be sharing a poem from one of our wonderful Pen to Print and Write On! contributors. We hope you enjoy!**My Brain And Its Groove by Kirsty L HoodMy brain within its groove Is a rarity rarer than rare And it would, if it could,Argue it don't belong there It does as it should And refutes being typical It wages war upon itself, The magnitude is biblicalI’ve tried everything myselfContain it, Restrain it, Ignore it, Implore it,Fob it off, Close it off, Shut it up ForeverShut it out, I endeavourI do my best at conforming, I’m inevitably performing Normal life, Normal job, Same old story, same old Sob,It's no use, like a train off track My stifled brain, won’t go backLife as I must certainly improveNow I accept my brain abandoned its groove.(c) Kirsty L Hood ... See MoreSee Less

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Family Challenges

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The Gentleman

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Magpies

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