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Friday Features: Free Writing And Grief

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By Charlotte Baker “So long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.” Carlos Ruiz Zafon Free writing is an established prewriting technique that is known to evoke ‘raw’, often deemed unusable, material. However, only after ten years of being an author and experiencing grief myself, did I start to unlock ...

Showcase: Perseverance + Heritage

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Pass It On This week, in my final Showcase, I explore writers who take me back to my favourite reading as a child, with what we would call 'traditional storytelling'. My first stories were Anansi stories from my parents and relatives and this helped me embrace Ruth Manning Saunders as one ...

Writer Of The Month: Jenny Grant

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Introduced by Mary Walsh Jenny Grant; September 1966 - May 2021 I am both honoured and deeply saddened to introduce Jenny Grant as our writer of the month. Jenny passed away suddenly in May, leaving her husband Jon and her daughter Amber. Jenny was a great friend to me and to all at ...

Write On! Interviews Tamkara Adun

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Tamkara Adun is the Founder of ' Ọdúnìfẹ́ African Language & African History' school, an online educational platform that connects learners of various African languages with qualified language tutors from the African continent. They also teach African history from a decolonised and African-centered point of view. The school's overarching goal ...

Showcase: Jean’s Transformation + Visitor

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The Courage To Persevere And Grow Through Internal Challenges By Iesha Denize Tolerance is a very personal intimate dialogue with ourselves; navigating the landscapes of those judgements we make about others as we go through our daily lives. Like many words in our language, tolerance and judgement have been polarised and seem ...

Write On! Interviews Holly King

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Write On! interviews Bid Writer and Write On! page editor Holly King. Holly holds a First-Class Degree in English Literature and a Masters in Creative Writing. She has written proposals for international businesses across four industries, for both public and private clients, promoting various products and services. When she turns off her ...

Friday Features: Documenting My Mental Health

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By Eché Egbuonu If we were given yearbooks after finishing secondary school, I doubt that I would have received many votes for the 'most likely to get sectioned.' Getting sectioned means being admitted to a mental health hospital, regardless of whether or not you agree to it. During the summer of 2015, ...

Showcase: Patient Data + Olivia’s Accident

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The Courage To Navigate Controversy   This week, I continue to showcase writer perseverance, focussing on how they translate and navigate the continually shifting landscape of our communities and societies through creative expression. Information has always been important; however, the evolution into its digital form (data), presents us with different challenges. During ...