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Thursday Connectors: Celebrating Women’s Voices And Stories Part One: Her Story

18 February 2021 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all. It's Farzana, your host, with a new edition of Thursday Connectors. It does seem like a long time since I last connected with you! I blame the never-ending lockdown for this. This virus is too stubborn and just won’t leave us alone. Thankfully, at least, the ...

Friday Features: A Love Story By Farzana Hakim

12 February 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Farzana Hakim There’s always been this romantic vibe about me; even before my writer days. Ha ha… doesn’t it sound weird? But I reckon it’s because of the day on which I was born: 14th February. Without going into too much detail, my parents no doubt romanticised my arrival. I ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Flash Fiction

09 February 2021 Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen This week’s Thoughtful Tuesday is all about stories. We writers tell them, shape them, edit them and love them. We connect with readers who love stories in all shapes and sizes. To begin, this week, I asked the Pen to Print writers whether any of them have Flash pieces ...

Friday Features: Global Dreams – Publishing Internationally by Anika Scott

05 February 2021 News, WriteOn Features

When my phone buzzed, I was enjoying a chocolate sundae and cappuccino at the Italian ice cream café near the German town where I live. It was a couple of weeks after my debut novel The German Heiress had been picked up by publishers in the UK and US. That ...

Monday Moments: Storytelling Week

01 February 2021 Monday Moments, News

Introduced by Holly King I’d like to tell you a story. The first full-time job I had was in an investment call centre. We were given two weeks of training before being let out ‘on the floor’, and even though I only spent six months there, I was given lots of ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases January

30 January 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: Judge A Book By Its Cover by Carol Van Den Hende

29 January 2021 News, WriteOn Features

How Authors Can Inspire Great Design By Carol Van Den Hende, MBA Why design? When we consider storytelling, we usually think of the written or spoken words that make up the tale. However, we shouldn’t underestimate the power of book covers to evoke emotion and spark interest in a story. After all, humans ...

Writer Of The Month: Julie Dexter

25 January 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Patsy Middleton Our writer of the month is poet Julie Dexter. Julie trained as a dancer at a ballet school in Chester, studying many forms of dance as well as choreography. Julie says: "I think choreography and composing have a similarity, as you have to select carefully what you will leave out, ...

Friday Features: It Happened In Essex by Colin Payne

22 January 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Colin Payne It’s not often that two branches of the arts get to work together on a fund-raising drive for NHS volunteers but, recently, Basildon Writers’ Group released a book to help raise much-needed funds for Basildon Hospital Radio, BHR 87.7 FM. The volunteers at the radio station had to leave ...

Thursday Connectors: Hoping For A Jolly New Year

21 January 2021 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim A ginormous warm welcome from me, Farzana, your host, for this, the very first ‘Thursday Connectors’ of 2021. And what big hopes we have for the new year, huh? After the long lockdowns and devastations of 2020, my only wish is that we all have a healthier and ...

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