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Friday Features: Leaving A Childhood Faith Behind

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By Jaye Viner I was always curious about those people who marry their adolescent sweethearts. The things that make a relationship work when we’re teens are not the same things that make a relationship work in our thirties. And yet, people do this. I wonder about them. Are they fundamentally the ...

Write On! Issue 9 OUT TODAY

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  Storytelling From East London To The World Write On! 9 is out today (see digital version here). Over two years ago in April 2019, Arts Council England Library NPO (National Portfolio Organisation) Pen to Print launched its first print magazine. Write On! continues to go from strength to strength and, as such, ...

Showcase: The Silk Thief

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Welcome to my fifth and final showcase this month. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed showcasing such wonderful and diverse pieces of writing which illuminate what it is to be human. This week I am showcasing an extract from one of the Write On! team’s brand-new novel, which was released earlier this month. From ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases June

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By Claire Buss, Deputy Editor, Write On!  At Write On! and Pen to Print, we want to help connect authors and readers, so we've created a Spotlight page every Saturday, showcasing some of the exciting new reads available. The list has been curated by Lisa Roullier and myself, based on books ...

Friday Features: A Way To Showcase Your Work

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Patrick Forsyth reviews the rewarding process of producing an anthology Most writers want to be read – and be published – and publication may not be easy to achieve. Of course, it is possible to self-publish, though widespread sales are uncertain and the whole process is likely hard work. So for ...

Thursday Connectors: The Never Ending Covid Story

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By Farzana Hakim Lockdown, Red lists, Quarantines And Second Waves    Hi, all. Welcome to this month’s Thursday Connectors, with me, your host, Farzana Hakim. I’m super glad the sun has been out and shining brightly over the UK skies, bringing some joy back into our lives! I’m finally beginning to enjoy the simple ...

Showcase: Dear Henry

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Welcome to my fourth showcase for June. If you’ve been following this page each week, you will know I've been bringing you writing which explores human transformation. In the first week, I brought you an extract from my own novel, in which two real Barking children are just ‘expectant buds’ ...

Reshaping The Windrush Narrative

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By Iesha Denize This week at Pen to Print and Write On! we acknowledge Windrush Day in the context of our theme, 'Transformation'. I am sharing a series of articles that explore a Windrush perspective on personal transformation, in essence, a ‘poetic’ Windrush focus on the release and a reshaping of ...

Friday Features: Turning Yourself Into A Book

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By Sarah Tinsley I never thought of myself as a non-fiction writer. It felt horribly pretentious to imagine that anyone would want to read about something I’d done. Not only did I feel too young to share anything that amounted to wisdom, I also thought it would be too personal to ...

Showcase: Cashmere + The Wig Show

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Welcome to my third showcase of writing on the theme of human transformation. Last week, I showcased a short story by Meg Hung which focused on a difficult father-son relationship. This week, I’ve chosen a short story by Laura Pitman, Cashmere, which is centred on a sticky mother-daughter relationship currently undergoing ...