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Write On! Features: Who Are You Writing For? by Vic Howard

17 January 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard My early working life was spent in the world of advertising and at that time vocabulary and column width were important factors considered by newspapers. The most important newspaper then was The Times, which had a column width of about two and a half inches (63mm). The most ...

Write On! Interviews: Poet Sanjana Arunkumar

12 January 2025 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews poet Sanjana Arunkumar Sanjana says: "I’m Sanjana Arunkumar. I’m a nine-year-old just finished Year 4 in Gascoigne Primary School in Barking. My family and friends call me a bookworm. I just can't get enough of reading! I’m also known for my fun-loving and friendly nature." WO: How would you ...

Write On! Features: Social Media – Friend Or Foe by Antony Dilleen

03 January 2025 News, WriteOn Features

By Antony Dilleen Modern society is increasingly entwined with digitisation as we adapt the ways we carry out activities; made more efficient and effective with the benefit of technology and its devices. In the field of communication, undoubtedly the largest is social media. As we are all aware by now, this ...

Write On! Interviews: 2024 Writing Advice From Writers

29 December 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

As we near the very end of 2024, it’s the perfect time to look back at all the insightful advice we’ve had this past year from the 32 authors we’ve interviewed. "Enjoy the process. Have aims, but don’t be so fixed on a particular idea of success that you lose the ...

Write On! Interviews: Jenny Mitchell – Poetry, Passion and Power

22 December 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On!'s Eithne Cullen interviews Jenny Mitchell I first met Jenny when I attended of one of her workshops, having been drawn by Her Lost Language, Map Of A Plantation and Resurrection Of A Black Man, collections that have won multiple awards. She is outspoken; so, unsurprisingly, her workshops challenged. Not ...

Write On! Features: The Write On! Team Share Their 2024 Wins & Losses

20 December 2024 News, WriteOn Features

Edited by Claire Buss Every year, I invite the Write On! regulars to share their creative wins and losses over 2024. It always amazes me how we are suddenly in December and I often panic – did I do enough this year? Have I achieved what I wanted? Do I need ...

Write On! Issue 23 OUT TODAY

12 December 2024 News

Write On! 23, sponsored by the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, is out today. You can see it digitally, or get your physical copy from libraries and other outlets up and down the country. This issue explores the power of creativity to communicate ‘Difference.’ The theme reminds us that, although we ...

Write On! Interviews: Writer Curtis Brown

08 December 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews writer Curtis Brown. Curtis Brown is a playwright, poet and multi-disciplinary artist based in London, UK. His poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including: Masque & Spectacle, Wildfire Words and Under The Radar. His poetry films have been selected for several film festivals around the ...

Write On! Features: Using Archives To Tell Stories by Rachel Webb

06 December 2024 News, WriteOn Features

By Rachel Webb My mother and grandmother were both only children, and so was I for the first five or six years of my life until my baby sister came along. My mother’s grandmother, though, was one of five sisters, providing me with a whole community (several generations of 'aunties' and ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Isac Jacob

24 November 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Isac Jacob Isac Jacob, a graduate of King’s College London, is a London-based author and 'book maker' known for his innovative early speaking skills storybook, Who Will We See?. Born and educated in Westminster, Isac combines writing, illustrations and papercraft to create engaging, interactive books for young ...

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