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Thursday Connectors: The Nature Of Women

17 March 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hear My Voice Workshop Showcase Hi all, it’s Farzana, your host for a most special edition of Thursday Connectors. It’s March and Women’s Empowerment and Women’s History Month are being celebrated around the world. We also had International Women’s Day last week and soon it will be Mother’s Day ...

Write On! Features: Pen To Print The Hard Way by Vic Howard

11 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard Printing and publishing have come a long way in the past 50 years. We have Rupert Murdoch to thank, if thank is the right word, for revolutionising the way newspapers are printed. Today, the printed word goes from computer to printing press without touching paper. Everything is carried ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Nature Inspiring Creativity

08 March 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to March’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Our theme for the month is Nature, Inspiring Creativity: Past, Present And Future and on today’s page, I’d like to turn the theme around and use this as a starting point to look at the nature of creativity – particularly pertinent, as it's ...

Monday Moments: Fantastical Nature

07 March 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King In this Monday Moments, we are focussing on how writers and artists take the theme of nature and inject fantasy into it. Art, I believe, is our way of trying to communicate and connect: to each other, to ourselves, and to our world. By making nature fantastical, ...

Write On! Features: The Evolution Of Wildlife Art – From Cave Paintings To Artivism by Michelle Sutton

04 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Michelle Sutton Years ago, when I was an A-Level art student, while everyone else was choosing Pop Art, Surrealism, or Van Gogh for their coursework project, I chose to do Wildlife Art. My teachers tried everything to dissuade me. This was my first experience of art snobbery. When I introduce myself ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases February

26 February 2022 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 every Saturday, showcasing some of the exciting new reads and plays available. The curated list is based on books and ...

Write On! Features: From Burnout To Powerhouse by Meriam Boldewijn

25 February 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Meriam Boldewijn In 2003 I had burnout while taking care of my husband. He was a diabetic, on dialysis and finally had kidney-pancreas transplant surgery. Besides caregiving, I worked full-time and was also the cook, cleaner, driver and more. Not only that, but he had so many other surgeries that ...

Writer Of The Month: Ola Awonubi

21 February 2022 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by K.J. Quinn It’s an honour to welcome Ola Awonubi as February’s Writer Of The Month. Ola has been writing since 2008, when she studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University Of East London. Since then, Ola has published three novels, two novellas, a book of short ...

Write On! Features: Inspiration, Nature, Writing, And Residences by Mab Jones

18 February 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Mab Jones 'Inspiration’ is probably the most tricky thing to tap into as a writer. We know what research is; we understand the need to practice, to read, to experiment with new techniques. But inspiration seems like a random, arbitrary happening; something that isn’t directed by us but comes to ...

Thursday Connectors: The Story Of Me

17 February 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Nature Through The Eyes Of Year Three Children: The Story Of Me Project Hi, all. Welcome to another special edition of Thursday Connectors. I’m extra-excited today, because I’ve got such a treat lined up! If you’ve been following my page, you should know by now that I’m an avid advocate of diversity ...

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