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Friday Features: Try

‘You should be writing.’ ‘You could have written more.’ ‘You haven’t sent off anything since…’ Does this sound familiar, that little voice telling you AGAIN to do more? It certainly does to me. A bit like a very insistent sat-nav, but in my own voice. I tell myself I have a full-time job, ...

Friday Features: Rubbing Shoulders With Giants

Rubbing Shoulders with Giants: How I Published My Academic Book On Michael Jackson By Elizabeth Amisu Before publishing my first academic book, The Dangerous Philosophies Of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, And His Artistic Afterlife, I published the Companion To Michael Jackson Academic Studies 2015 for free. This inaugural edition boasted ...

Writer Of The Month: Dagmara Drozdowska

Presented By Ann Dineen I’m delighted to introduce our writer of the month, Dagmara Drozdowska, who achieved second place in the Pen to Print Book Challenge competition in 2019, with her debut novel The City Of Runes: an adventure mystery woven through with Norse mythology. Dagmara is a resident of the Borough ...

Friday Features: Success Never Comes Without Trying

By Fulbahar Ali Begum I started writing as a teen, using the creative process to explore things that were private to me. My writing resulted in me being featured in magazines and performing on stage – even showcasing poetry segments for International Women's Day – all before I turned 19. However, ...

Friday Features: Two Writers, One Book

By Dawn Knox It's rare for a novel to be written by two writers; even rarer when they live some miles apart, and when Covid-19 struck, it meant Colin Payn and Dawn Knox could no longer meet, except online. Luckily, they had written a good deal of the book before the first ...

Writer Of The Month: Ann Dineen

Presented By Farzana Hakim Photo credit: Jimmy Lee It’s National Poetry Month and therefore I’m excited to introduce poet, Ann Dineen, as our ‘Writer Of The Month’. Ann and I have met on numerous occasions and are both proud to be part of the Pen to Print family of alumni. Ann ...

Friday Features: Wellbeing Through Creativity

"I am a visual artist with a BA in Animation, working in painting and printmaking. My art exhibits visions of life-affirming energy and, as a result, people feel inspired, playful and joyful. My exhibitions and events create stimulating and engaging experiences that awaken the senses, memory and curiosity. I have ...