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🎧 New episode alert 🎧 This week on Write On! Audio, you can enjoy:➡️ Listener Contribution from Ruthvika Rao.For this episode Ruthvika is sharing some background and a reading from her novel 'The Fertile Earth' Ruthvika Rao is from Hyderabad, India. Her debut novel, The Fertile Earth, was nominated for a number of international literary prizes was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Chautauqua Prize, the Crossword Book Award, and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Most recently, it won the 2026 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.Ruthvika has taught creative writing at the University of Iowa and the University of Toronto. Her second novel, All Our Evenings, was published September 2026. Find out more about Ruthvika Rao and order copies of her books via her website here ruthvikarao.com/ Listen to this episode here: pod.link/1434232412Or on your favourite podcast streaming platform ...

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Pen to Print

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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Fractured Change bit.ly/2VW4YlD Page Editor Eithne Cullen says "Welcome to the October Thoughtful Tuesday page. Summer is definitely at an end; I am getting up to darker mornings and feeling the drop in temperature creep in. I’m also aware of routines coming back… school up and running after an exciting back to school rush, routines back to normal after the long break. Life is purring along in its groove. However, not everything runs smoothly and we often have to think on our feet or respond quickly to the changes we see around us. So, our theme ‘Fractured’ can be seen as apt in this time of change."Thoughtful Tuesdays features the following pieces:Rude Awakenings by Nicholas VaughanPoetry & Quotes by Akshitha RamalingamA Unique Fury by Lucy SingerRepair Cafe by Eithne CullenRead Write On! magazine pentoprint.org/product/see-write-on-issue-30-here/ Listen to Write On! Audio bit.ly/3o2QFsm ...

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Pen to Print

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Here is a roundup of upcoming events we thought you might be interested in:The movie 'Derek vs Derek' is being screened across the country - including at Lumiere Community Cinema in Romford. It follows two neighbouring landowners (who both happen to be called Derek) with very different ideas about how to manage their farms.Find out more here: www.lumiereromford.com/about-and-pricing**Eastbrookend Apple Day is Wednesday 28 October, 11am-2pm, Eastbrookend Country ParkThere will be a range of apple-themed, family-friendly activities taking place throughout the day, including the always popular 'Apple Shy' tent.**How To Compost WorkshopSaturday 17 October, 12.30-2.30pmEast Barking Allotment, BeacontreeFind out more: www.eastlondonwaste.gov.uk/events/Events/How%20To:%20Compost%20workshop%2017%2010%202026**Keeping it Wild Collective - Rewilding East London Poster Workshop by London Wildlife TrustSaturday November 14, 12pm, Eastbrookend Discovery CentreFind out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-it-wild-collective-rewilding-east-london-poster-workshop-tickets-1...**60 years of celebration: When Barking & Dagenham won the World Cup!Free Exhibition at Valence House until 28 NovemberFind out more: valencehousecollections.co.uk/events/60-years-of-celebration-when-barking-dagenham-won-the-world-cup**Unlocking Writer's Block with Andrew WrightWriters' & Artists'13 October, 7-8.30pm, OnlineFind out more: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-courses/unlocking-writers-block**Writing Your Children's Book 2026 with Lesley ParrWriters' & Artists'20 October to 24 November, OnlineFind out more: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-courses/writing-your-childrens-book-2026**On Bonds and Boundaries: Making the Best of Author-Translator RelationshipsNational Centre for WritingTuesday 13 October, 4.30-5.30pm, OnlineFind out more: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/on-bonds-and-boundaries-making-the-best-of-author-translat... ...

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