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Friday Features: What A ReadFest!

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By Lena Smith and Lisa Rouiller Alongside the publication of our TENTH issue of Write On! Magazine on 15 September, Online ReadFest 202, was held between 6 and 24 September. Our TENTH Barking & Dagenham book festival, ReadFest is our celebration of literature, normally held in our local libraries. This year’s ReadFest ...

Writer Of The Month: Claire Buckle

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Introduced by Palak Tewary Claire is a short story writer who has been published in women’s magazines such as The People’s Friend, Woman’s Weekly and My Weekly, small press journals, anthologies and annuals and has been shortlisted for and won competitions. Born and raised in Romford, she now lives in Southend-on-Sea. Essex ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases September

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By Claire Buss, Deputy Editor, Write On!  At Write On! and Pen to Print, we want to help connect authors and readers, so we've created a Spotlight page every Saturday, showcasing some of the exciting new reads available. The list has been curated by Lisa Roullier and myself, based on books ...

Friday Features: Hook Readers, Not Agents

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By Rebecca Delphine You’re a new writer and you’ve written the first draft of your novel. It’s likely nowhere near finished yet, but you start thinking about what you’ll do when it’s finally complete. You discover that when applying to literary agents you usually only, at first, send them the very ...

Friday Features: Away With Words (Pun Intended)

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By Mickey Mayhew As a youngster, my grasp of prose was, I think, already quite masterful. Often my teachers would flourish praise on me in their footnotes, sometimes embarrassing me by reading my efforts out to the entire class; trying to make me stand up and recite them myself usually met ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Rest + Recharge

Thoughtful Tuesday
By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my September ‘Thoughtful Tuesday’ page. We’ve had the summer to rest and recharge our batteries and, if you’ve been following the Extra pages, you’ll have seen that we took a little time to rest during August. So, I thought I’d start thinking about rest and taking it ...

Friday Features: Reading Is Good For You

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By Claire Buss Curling up with a good book is something I love to do and the more I think about it, the more I feel that reading must be good for you. So, here are my top ten reasons why you should be reading: Reading is stimulating! Remember the last ...

Monday Moments: Looking Back At A Summer Of Play

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Introduced By Holly King September is a dreary month. It signals the end of holidays, sunshine, lie-ins and late nights; of days out and not worrying about the time, of seeing friends and family, beach trips, sun cream and the relaxing of rules. September is when the play ends and work ...

Friday Features: Writers + Money

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By Palak Tewary Writing is a creative endeavour. To sustain it, there is a need for writers to be financially savvy and have knowledge around the economics of writing. Writers don’t need to enjoy it, nor do they need to be good at it – there are experts for that – ...