Write On! Issue 27 OUT TODAY

Write On! 27, is out today. Sponsored by The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, this issue explores the theme of ‘(R)Evolution’: Creativity And The Art of Change… Creativity, like nature, is never still. Writers evolve, sometimes gently, through reflection and growth – sometimes radically, through reinvention. Our theme captures both: the quiet cycles of creative change and the sparks that transform us. Through it, we explore how observation, experience, and uncertainty shape the act of making. Change can be slow or sudden – but both are vital parts of a living, creative ecosystem.

With that in mind, in our cover interview award-winning eco-poet and journalist Sarah Westcott is in conversation with Thoughtful Tuesday editor, Eithne Cullen. Here she’s sharing her take on her own writer’s evolution:

“I’ve always loved the freedom of poetry. You don’t have to behave or be good, you can go where you want, do what you want. For years my journalistic writing took precedence, but eventually they switched, the poetry becoming more important. It was a natural process – I wasn’t trying to control it all.”

On our sponsor page, Georgina Brown, Director of The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, speaks to author Nick Burdett about how the adventure-writing genre is changing. They are joined by Adventure Prize manager, Charlotte Maddox.

Issue 28, themed ‘Choices’ with headliner, bestselling historical novelist Alison Weir, is sponsored by Hay Festival and will be out 16 April 2026.

This theme will also inform content for the digital Write On! Extra (accessible through this website) and Write On! Audio. (This podcast can be accessed on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.) Just type pen to print into your browser. Alternatively, find us via our Spotify Podcast hosting site.

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Launched in April 2019, Pen to Print’s Write On! continues to reach new readers as Barking & Dagenham’s Arts Council England Library NPO (National Portfolio Organisation) magazine. United by a desire to come together beyond boundaries of geography, culture and expectations, Write On! is created by and for writers. Write On! is available digitally and through Barking and Dagenham libraries and other libraries and centres in different parts of London, Devon, Manchester, Birmingham, Kent, Newcastle, the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Sunderland and Essex. University distribution points include Christ Church Canterbury, Sunderland and Goldsmiths. Increasingly, we are sharing the printed magazine with writers from across the UK who are asking for copies for their writing groups and local bookstores.

Pen to Print is part of Barking and Dagenham Libraries, which means the ethos of the organisation is founded on promoting an inclusive community spirit. Due to the reach of our publications, which include Write On! Audio and Write On! Extra in the digital sphere, we connect beyond Barking & Dagenham to create wider ripple effects. We are therefore delighted that this has encouraged 333,000+ users from 198 countries to respond to the ideals of engagement transparency, connection and inclusion.

A Call To Action:

1. 1. For up-to-date editorial information, including how to submit to the Write On! suite of publications, including audio, see:  Editor’s Introduction.
   2. Partnerships: Write On! has already facilitated partnerships and co-operation with The Hay Festival, The RNA (Romantic Novelists’ Association), All Stories, Bloomsbury, Penguin, the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, Write Back UK, the Curtis Brown Agency, The Margate Bookie, Libraro, The University Of Sunderland, Christ Church University Canterbury, the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast, LoveReading, The Turner Contemporary, Libraries Unlimited (Devon), Dudley Libraries, Nottinghamshire Libraries, The London Library and Becontree Broadcasting Station, with many others currently being explored. If you would like to discuss ideas, please do get in touch at: pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk
   3. To advertise online or in the next issue, please see Write On! Together magazine, with demographics, testimonials and lots of information.