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Showcase: White Gold + Redemption

September's Showcases are introduced by Georgina Brown, Manager of The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. In adventure fiction, there is no smooth sailing. The protagonists will always find obstacles in their paths, like in all good stories. Whether it’s a physical obstacle, a geographical one or relationship-based, there will be speed ...

Write On! Interviews Writer Alex Shaw

This week Write On! interviews thriller author Alex Shaw. Alex spent the second half of the 1990s in Kyiv, Ukraine, running his own business consultancy before being head-hunted for a division of Siemens. The next few years saw him doing business for the company across the former USSR, the Middle East, ...

Friday Features: Away With Words (Pun Intended)

By Mickey Mayhew As a youngster, my grasp of prose was, I think, already quite masterful. Often my teachers would flourish praise on me in their footnotes, sometimes embarrassing me by reading my efforts out to the entire class; trying to make me stand up and recite them myself usually met ...

Showcase: The Black Water Code + Reborn, Villanelle Poem

September's Showcases will be introduced by Georgina Brown, Manager of The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. We are confidently riding the adventure wave for another week. In the last weeks, we’ve looked at some of the characteristics of an adventure hero: bravery, resourcefulness and courage. We’ve discussed the idea that an ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Rest + Recharge

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my September ‘Thoughtful Tuesday’ page. We’ve had the summer to rest and recharge our batteries and, if you’ve been following the Extra pages, you’ll have seen that we took a little time to rest during August. So, I thought I’d start thinking about rest and taking it ...

Write On! Interviews Writer James Swallow

This week Write On! interviews BAFTA-nominated scriptwriter and award-winning New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon #1 bestselling author James Swallow. James is the author of over 55 books and writes action-packed espionage thrillers, fast-paced science fiction and tie-in literature, along with radio drama and video games. He's best known for ...

Friday Features: Reading Is Good For You

By Claire Buss Curling up with a good book is something I love to do and the more I think about it, the more I feel that reading must be good for you. So, here are my top ten reasons why you should be reading: Reading is stimulating! Remember the last ...

Showcase: Deadly Twist + I Write

September's Showcases will be introduced by Georgina Brown, Manager of The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. In my second week of editing the Write On! Showcase, I'm continuing the theme of adventure. This week, however, is less about what the idea of adventure means, but what it can do for you. An ...

Monday Moments: Looking Back At A Summer Of Play

Introduced By Holly King September is a dreary month. It signals the end of holidays, sunshine, lie-ins and late nights; of days out and not worrying about the time, of seeing friends and family, beach trips, sun cream and the relaxing of rules. September is when the play ends and work ...