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Showcase: A Lifetime Of Reading For Pleasure + Will + Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures + A Tree Falls In A Silent Forest + Gypsy Poem

12 July 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dr Afsana Elanko The sun is shining, birds are singing and the hum of traffic is in the background as I sit here reading all these lovely pieces and I realise I'm transported into glimpses of people’s lives and experiences. What a joy! In this Showcase, I want to explore what ...

Showcase: Guilty Pleasures + A Day Out + You’re Not Good Enough + Joe’s Garden + A Robot + In Search Of The Perfect Cake

05 July 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dr Afsana Elanko I'm really excited about this first of four Showcases in July, based on the theme of Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures. The theme of guilty pleasures intrigues me: who decides what is a guilty pleasure? It’s just a perspective, an opinion, society’s opinion and, as such, there are ...

Showcase: Veterans’ Voices + Long Distance Call + Doesn’t Sound Right + Our Future + A Model Setting + Housekeeping + One Step For Humanity + The Slip Away Tree + The Eternal Trend + Save The Wye

28 June 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle (c) E.M. Blake, 2023 Welcome to my last June Showcase. It’s been an honour to introduce new voices and showcase returning ones this month. Next week, I'll be sending off the first draft of my children’s book to my editor, so wish me luck! Saturday 24 June marked Armed ...

Showcase: Windrush + Loving The Children + Breaking Bread + If I Told You, You’d Go Mad + Island Nation + Bismillah

21 June 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to the third June Showcase. On the 22nd of this month we commemorate National Windrush Day. It was 1948 when The Empire Windrush ship arrived at Tilbury Docks and hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean and other nations stepped onto British soil. I would like to mark this ...

Showcase: Life’s Vessel + Wizard Beano And Pals + Daydreams + In Command + Changing The World With A Voice + Insecure Voices + Just Sit With Me + The Draw Of The Souk

14 June 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome. I've just returned from the Hay Festival, where I spoke on the Write On! panel about co-creation and my experience of it through this magazine and Pen to Print. I'm ending this Showcase with a poem I wrote while in Wales, inspired by the very hot weather ...

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: Meanings + Annoying List + Shot! + A Woman’s Voice, A Woman’s Words + Just To Say Thank You

31 May 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Amelia Cave As May draws to a close, the pieces I’ve selected for this month’s final Showcase emphasise voices in all forms: from the voices we hear aloud to those within ourselves. The first piece I would like to present is by Julie Dexter. Meanings Ink on fresh paper, flowing from the pen's nib ...

Showcase: Blissful Wistful + I Want Your Sandwich

24 May 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Amelia Page When you listen closely enough, you'll realise voices are all around us. In our everyday lives, we hear many different external voices, as well as internal ones. Some people use their voices powerfully, to speak out and make a difference, while others don’t speak enough. The pieces of work ...

Showcase: Chemical Baptism + The Slip Away Tree + Insecure Voices + Hijabi + The Lost And Found

17 May 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Haley Pittman & Amelia Cave Writing about mental health has united writers across different backgrounds and allowed for a more nuanced perspective of how we view 'silent' struggles. This collection of work displays a small portion of specific stories in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week. Many of these pieces ...

Showcase: It Was Meant To Be + The Questioner + I Made Friends With The Tornado + The Woman Across The Room + Mikvah

10 May 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Haley Pittman In the second week of May, the voices we hear continue to echo as loud as in the first. Many occurrences, including the beginning of the Foster Care Fortnight, remind us to actively listen to the voices of those who are overlooked and forgotten. The thought-provoking pieces of ...

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