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Friday Features: Fuelling Creativity With The Reading Network + Guild Of Experience

15 October 2021 News, WriteOn Features

This week, Write On! looks at how we can fuel creativity at both ends of the spectrum, with Amy Turtle from The Reading Network explaining how you can donate pre-loved children's books to schools, spreading the joy of reading, and Hugh Prior + Iesha Denize reporting back from their performance ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Writing With Wonder – The World Through Children’s Eyes

12 October 2021 Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my October Thoughtful Tuesday page. As autumn closes in and we’re thinking about the new way we face the world, our theme this month has been concentrating on fresh outlooks, in particular, we’re looking at Writing With Wonder: The World Through Children’s Eyes. It’s amazing what clarity ...

Friday Features: Debut Dagger – A Springboard To Publication For Crime Writers

08 October 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Dea Parkin The CWA Debut Dagger, sponsored by ProWritingAid, is the award to win for would-be crime novelists – or not even win; every year most of the writers who make the shortlist get representation by literary agents. So what’s the competition for, and how do you go about entering ...

Monday Moments: Black History Month, Celebrating Authors And Artists

04 October 2021 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King This October, our Monday Moments page is dedicated to Black History Month and celebrating black authors and artists. To begin with, we have illustrative posters by Charlotte Bouchier-Webb, who tells us: “I was so drawn in by a book I had read: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, I knew ...

Friday Features: What A ReadFest!

01 October 2021 News, WriteOn Features

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

27 September 2021 News, WriteOn Features

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

25 September 2021 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, 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

24 September 2021 News, WriteOn Features

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 ...

Thursday Connectors: The Lowdown On Publishing Internationally

23 September 2021 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi all, it's Farzana here. I'm super glad to be connecting with you again after what seems like a long time. August was our holiday and, although I had planned lots to do with the family, all had to be ditched when I got that dreaded phone call ...

Friday Features: Away With Words (Pun Intended)

17 September 2021 News, WriteOn Features

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 ...

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