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As A… Writer: Alison Booth

News, WriteOn Interviews
This week, Write On! chats with historical fiction author, Alison Booth. Alison has worked in the UK and in Australia as a professor and a novelist. Her most recent novel, The Philosopher’s Daughters, is set in the 1890s in London and Australia. Her previous novels include A Perfect Marriage, a work of contemporary fiction, ...

The Book Challenge 2019 Winner Announced

News
Thursday 25 June 2020 was supposed to be the Pen to Print Awards ceremony, unfortunately we have had to postpone the ceremony, but this hasn't stopped us announcing the winner of The Book Challenge 2019 on Facebook. All the finalists worked on their idea for a novel with a writing professional ...

Write On! Extra Standing Together

News
By Cllr Saima Ashraf, Chair of the Pen to Print Advisory Panel. As chair of the Pen to Print Advisory Board it has been an honour to contribute to the work of the programme. BAME and LGBTQ+ writers, and writers from working-class backgrounds, have long been underrepresented in the publishing industry.  ...

Thursday Connectors: Hear BAME Voices

News, Thursday Connectors
Hi, all. It’s Farzana here. This week, though it’s not my most topical Thursday Connectors, my message is simple: in celebrating the work of BAME writers, it’s important to talk about standing together as writers and the problems we face in terms of getting traditionally published. Today, I want to spell ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Standing Together

Thoughtful Tuesday
by Eithne Cullen This week, our theme is ‘Standing Together’ celebrating BAME voices and I have some fabulous pieces to share. I’m lucky to have been sent pieces from people I work with and share my writing with, in a group we all belong to. ‘Write Next Door’ currently meets weekly on ...

Monday Memoirs: Standing Together

Monday Moments, News
Introduced by Holly King In the midst of a pandemic that has infected the world, taking family members and friends, co-workers and neighbours from us in every community, ingrained prejudices and hardships are still more present, frightening and damaging to some humans, based on nothing more than the colour of their ...

In Conversation With Kia Abdullah

News, WriteOn Interviews
by Claire Buss The coronavirus and the country-wide lockdown have resulted in many changes and adaptations to our daily lives; not least the temporary closure of libraries and the delay in producing the print version of Write On! magazine. In response to this, the team here shifted our focus to a ...