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Showcase: Yesteryear + Greet My People For Me + I Notice… Strongly, Slightly, Not At All

20 November 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again! I’m Charlotte, your Showcase editor for November. I've thoroughly enjoyed sharing the fantastic writing from our contributors under this month’s theme of ‘Difference’. The pieces have offered the opportunity to consider how difference can arise and manifest, how difference can lead to new connections and understandings, and how ...

Write On! Features: So You Want To Be A Writer? by Nicola Garrard

15 November 2024 News, WriteOn Features

By Nicola Garrard FIVE early steps to make your writing dreams come true! Publishing is tough. Being lucky enough to have your book published feels like a strike of lightning. If you tell your family you want to be an author, they’ll most likely pat your head and say, "Remember when you ...

Showcase: Breathless Air + O Mapa + What’s The Difference?

13 November 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again! I’m Charlotte, your Showcase editor for November. This month, we’re thinking about the theme of ‘Difference’. As Prize Manager of The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, I spend a lot of time reading and thinking about fictional differences: different cultures, different people and different times. In fact, in ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Recognising Difference

11 November 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to November’s Thoughtful Tuesday page, continuing on the theme of ‘Difference.’ I was looking at an old photo with my granddaughter recently and was interested to see how she recognised family members, even though their appearances have changed: going from beard to clean shaven and from long ...

Showcase: The Selene Project + Odder Still + You’re Not My F*cking Mother

06 November 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, and welcome to November’s first showcase! I’m Charlotte, and I’m the Prize Manager at the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, which is awarded by The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. Established in 2015 by the late adventure author Wilbur Smith and his wife, Niso, the Foundation champions literacy and ...

Write On! Features: A Glimpse Of Anglo India by Clare Jenkins

01 November 2024 News, WriteOn Features

By Clare Jenkins As a journalist, I’ve always written. I’ve also interviewed many writers, including Margaret Atwood, Melvyn Bragg, Jackie Collins, Margaret Drabble, PD James… When I interviewed Rumer Godden, who wrote wonderful novels about India, including Black Narcissus, she told me: “I was born with a gift for telling stories. ...

Showcase: Legend Of The White Hanky + I Was Almost Asleep + Bad Relations

30 October 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, I'm Zoe Molloy, a writer from east London, with an interest in people and their stories. Welcome to my final October Showcase. I've so enjoyed sharing some fantastic writing that has been contributed under 'Difference.' As we step into Autumn, with visible differences in the colour of the leaves and ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases October 2024

26 October 2024 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 on the last Saturday of the month, showcasing some of the exciting new reads and plays available. The curated list ...

Thursday Connectors: Differences And Life’s Musings

24 October 2024 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi all, it's Farzana, your host, with a huge welcome to Thursday Connectors. Our theme is 'Difference' and I can already feel the difference in the climate since our last Connectors. Here in the UK, as the weather is getting cooler and the hues and the shades of nature ...

Showcase: Difference + Duality + I’m Still One Of You + The Home For Lost Souls

23 October 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, I'm Zoe Molloy, a writer from east London with an interest in people and their stories. Our theme remains 'Difference' and I have an exciting range of four compelling pieces for you to enjoy this week, from poetry and prose to novel excerpts. First up, is this powerhouse work of ...

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