Thomas Nixon – Pen To Print

Showcase: Hole! + Within + The Past Where We Once Thrived And The Future We’ll Never Have + Dad’s Home

27 September 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello everyone and welcome to my final week of Showcase for the month of September. It’s been a real treat to have the opportunity to host this page. I’ve been exposed to all kinds of stories – creative fiction and otherwise – and have had the chance to feature a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures

11 July 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to July’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Summer’s here at last! People will be feeling very end-of-term-ish, ready to relax and rest for the remainder of this bright season. This fab image from Afsana Elanko captures the feeling of these lazy, dandelion-filled, summer days. (c) Dr Afsana Elanko, 2023 Our new ...

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) Miranda Siow, 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 ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Power Of Words And Voices

13 June 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen June is such an exciting time, as we feel summer is with us at last. I’ve been to the Hay Festival since I shared the May page with you and I feel inspired by all the voices I heard there. It was a chance to celebrate the power ...

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 ...

Thursday Connectors: Voices And Reflections

18 May 2023 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It's Farzana here, your host for Thursday Connectors, with another month of fantastic writing from you. 'Voices' is our new theme and I can tell you how broad and open this theme can be for a creative, or even non-creative, person! Our voices never leave us. Whether ...

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