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Write On! Features: Ten Stories (just waiting to be written) by Jilly Henderson-Long

19 May 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long PROCRASTINATION – one of the writer’s worst enemies! We all know how it is, and there is no point pretending we don’t, because we’re fooling nobody but ourselves. We go out of our way to set aside some writing time, the chores are done, the kids are in ...

Write On! Features: Diversity in Publishing: How Can We Level The Playing Field? by Amber Hall

12 May 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Amber Hall Today, diversity is a hot topic. This is fantastic, obviously. It’s great that we’re starting to talk about the ways things such as race, gender, sexuality, class and religion impact the opportunities we have. It is not, after all, a level playing field. And though the myth of ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Hearing Voices

09 May 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen May’s Thoughtful Tuesday page is very much about our current theme of Hearing Voices: Inner Voices, Outer Voices, Connected Voices and I have some fabulous writing to share with you today. First, though, I’d like to acknowledge and greet the arrival of spring. The month of May is going to ...

Write On! Features: Proud To Be Self-published by Emma Rosen

05 May 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Emma Rosen I’m sitting behind a table, my books laid out in front of me. To my right and left sit local authors I’ve known for a number of years. The day is gloriously hot and people are thronging to the festival we’re part of. A man walks past stalls, ...

Monday Moments: Elevating Voices

01 May 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month marks the start of our new theme, which is ‘Hearing Voices: Inner Voices, Outer Voices, Connected Voices.’ I’ve been thinking about how writing allows us to hear such a diverse range of voices, and connect with different stories and perspectives from all over the world. ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases April 2023

29 April 2023 News, Saturday Spotlight

By Claire Buss, Deputy Editor, Write On! At Write On! and Pen to Print, we want to help connect authors and readers, playwrights and audiences, so we've created a Spotlight page on the last Saturday of the month, showcasing some of the exciting new reads and plays available. The curated list ...

Write On! Features: A Guide To Hay Festival 2023 For Budding Writers by Julie Finch, Hay Festival CEO

28 April 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Julie Finch, Hay Festival CEO It’s that time of year! Books are arriving by the crate load in Hay-on-Wye and our Hay Festival 2023 programme is hot off the presses. As festival goers everywhere are making their selections of what to see and do at the world’s best-loved book event, 25 ...

Writer Of The Month: Akshitha Ramalingam

24 April 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Laura Maclennan From short poems about love to more detailed pieces of writing about race, difference and a societal inability to stop pitting the human race against each other, reading Akshitha’s work ahead of this introduction I was, as Akshitha herself hoped I’d be, left holding my breath as ...

Write On! Features: A Poet’s Tit For Tat by Gertcha Cowson

21 April 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Gertcha Cowson I hear what you’re all asking, “Why does a bipolar-fuelled, loudly dressed, eccentric poet need to wear a wide-brimmed hat on a cloudy day?” Well, for one thing, I am now 50-odd years old and my eyes work perfectly fine, thank you very much, proper 20/20 and, quite frankly, I ...

Write On! Features: My Mentorship Experience by Filippo Rossi

14 April 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Filippo Rossi Notepad at the ready, Zoom launches on the screen and cows graze peacefully outside my window. As I wait for the first digital meeting of my mentorship to begin, I find myself thinking about my journey so far. Only one year before, almost to the day, I had ...

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