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Our Listener contribution today is from Patricia Mahoney. Patricia was born in Canada but now lives in London. Five of her plays have been professionally produced and she also works in poetry, short stories and flash fiction. She is also involved in Arts administration and management. Her husband is the musician and composer Jamie Moore and you can hear his voice and guitar accompanying Patricia in this piece which is called “Census Time”.

Thank you to Patricia Mahoney for this listener contribution. The guitarist in this recording was Jamie Moore.  You can find out more about Patricia and her work by visiting her website here https://www.patriciamahoney.com/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere . This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.  

Tips to become a #1 best selling author on Kindle Amazon. Listen how a first time author got her book to the top of the Amazon charts. A fantastic insight from Jaclyn Dunne, author of 'Mind, Body, Miracle' Lena and Lisa are here to help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids The Pen To Print weekly podcast is for any budding author, poet creative writer. Join us for exciting interviews and get free support at http://lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint

Our February Showcase is selected and introduced by Niema Bohrayba  With a 20 year career in operational and strategic human resources, becoming a fellow of the chartered institute of personnel and development , Niema is now exploring the world of creative writing and working on her first book. 

Niema’s selections are

Day-After-Day by Alex Mayberry (read by Chris Gregory)

Schoolgirl Crush by Zara Relphman (read by Tiffany Clare)

The Planet is Burning by Michael Gold (read by Chris Gregory)

Enjoying the Natural World During Winter (written and performed by Niema Bohrayba)

You can find out more about the authors of the pieces you heard by following the links below

·      Alex Mayberry on Instagram: @alexmayberrythefirst

·      Zara Relphman via her website: hatchman4.wixsite.com/zararelphman

·      Michael Gold via his website: www.radicalsoapbox.com

 

And you can read more about Niema in this piece from Write On! https://pentoprint.org/write-on-features-shift-formal-creative/ 

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

 

As a writer when an opportunity presents itself to get your book published AND receive FREE mentoring for a year from an established author - then take it! Lena from the Pen To Print team is here to share the common mistakes new authors make when entering the Pen To Print book competition. The Pen To Print team are Lena and Lisa & they help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to creative writing greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids The Pen To Print weekly podcast is for any budding author, poet creative writer. Join us for exciting interviews and get free support at http://lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint

Our June interview is with children and young adults author Sita Brahmachari .

Sita's debut novel ‘Artichoke Hearts’ won the Waterstones's Children's Book Prize and her latest novel ‘When Shadows Fall’ was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Award. 

 

The interviewer was Amber Hall who was alongside Write On! Editor Madeleine White

 

You can find out much more about Sita and order her books by visiting her website

 

https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: 

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition is presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

This podcast is supported using public funding by Arts Council England

Our writing tips this month come from our Editor, author and poet Madeleine White and poet and broadcaster Mab Jones.   Madeleine and Mab are in discussion around poetry and staying true to your voice, even in the face of commercial considerations. Mab Jones has published two poetry collection and has worked as a presenter for BBC Radio 4, especially on programs related to Welsh themes and content.     She has won a number of awards, including the John Tripp Spoken Poetry Audience Prize, the Aurora Poetry Competition, the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize, and the Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.   As well as being the founding Editor of Write On! Madeleine White has two published books: a novel and a poetry collection. 

If you’d like to find out more about Mab Jones and her work you can follow her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/mabjones

And you can follow Madeleine White here https://twitter.com/madeleinefwhite

 We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:  https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To PrintToday’s interview is with novelist, poet, musician and playwright Louis de Bernières.  The interviewer is Write On!’s Eithne Cullen.  The interview was recorded via zoom and we apologise for any sound issues arising from this.  The interview was recorded by Madeleine White and edited by Chris Gregory.

You can find out more about Louis de Bernières and buy his books via his website here https://www.louisdebernieresofficial.com/

You can read the full interview with Louis in our upcoming edition of Write ON! Magazine which will be out on 28th September.  Details here https://pentoprint.org/write_on/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print.

Happy New Year to all our listeners!   Our first podcast of 2025 features writing tips from literary agent Laetitia Rutherford.  With more than 15 years of experience as an agent Laetitia represents many writers in crime fiction as well as award-winning writers in literary fiction.  Her writers have gone on to write for television as well as being widely published in print.

Thank you to Laetitia Rutherford for sharing these writing tips to kick off our 2025 podcasts. 

Find out more about Laetitia and her work as a literary agent here https://www.watsonlittle.com/agent/laetitia-rutherford/

 You can follow Laetitia on X, formerly twitter here https://x.com/laetitialit

Laetitia is a supporter of the Tom Gass Spirit of Adventure Literary Prize, an annual writing prize dedicated to the memory of the late writer and traveller.  Find out more here

https://www.tomgrassprize.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

Our poem of the month this month is Dim Sum at Joy King Lau by Jennifer Wong.  This was originally published in her Nine Arches press collection “Letters Home”

 

You can find out more about Jennifer by following her on X, formerly Twitter  https://x.com/jennywcreative

You can visit her web page here https://jenniferinlondon.wordpress.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

Our October interview is with Rouhi Shafii

 

 Rouhi Shafii is a sociologist, author, translator and women and human rights activist. She has published a number of books in both English and Persian.

 

Since the early nineties, she has presented papers on Iran in various venues including universities, amnesty international UK and side events at the Human Rights Commission in Geneva.  In 2010, she and a number of women activists set up International Coalition Against Violence in Iran.

 

Rouhi is currently chair of Exiled Writers Ink, a British literary charity dedicated to promoting the work of exile and refugee writers and poets.

 

The interviewer is Farzana Hakim who was alongside Writer On! Editor, Madeleine White

 

You can read more about Rouhi Shafii and her work by visiting her website http://www.rouhi-shafii.com/

 

And follow her on X (formerly twitter) here https://twitter.com/rouhi_shafii

 

Find out more about Exiled Writers Ink by visiting their website here https://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/

 

And follow them on X here https://twitter.com/rouhineh

 

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print 

In this edition of the podcast we have an interview with poet Jenny Mitchell whose collection  “Map of a Plantation” was a winner of the Poetry Book Awards 2021 and named one of the top four poetry books of 2021 by Write Out Loud editor Greg Freeman.  

The interviewer is Write On!’s Eithne Cullen, with Editor Madeleine White. 

You can find out more about Jenny Mitchell by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/jennymitchellgo

You can also find out more about Jenny’s collection “Map Of A Plantation” and purchase a copy herehttps://indigodreamspublishing.com/jenny-mitchell  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England.

Our February Interview is with Sharmaine Lovegrove.  Sharmaine is the co-founder, managing director and publisher of Dialogue, a division of Hachette UK.   She was the recipient of the Future Book Publishing Person of the year in 2018 and has also worked in television, PR, as a literary editor and bookshop owner.  She is founding editor of the Black Writer’s Guild.

 

The interviewer is Iole Dexter who was alongside Write On! Editor, Madeleine White

 

Thank you to Sharmaine Lovegrove for being the subject of this months’ interview.  You can find out more about Sharmaine and her work by following her on X, formerly Twitter https://twitter.om/sharlovegrove

And find out more about Dialogue Books which Sharmaine runs here  https://www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

In the December edition of Write On! Audio you can hear

· A festive Reasons To Be Cheerful by Mary Walsh read by Sally Walker-Taylor

· Editor’s Introduction from Madeleine White

· Writing tips from Patrick Forsyth

· An interview with bestselling romantic novelist Sue Moorcroft: The interviewer is Diya Padiyar

· December’s showcase from Eithne Cullen featuring “Tired” by Claire Buss read by Sally Walker-Taylor and “The Approach To Salisbury” by Ray Miles read by Chris Gregory

· A listener contribution from Palak Tewary which is called “Christmas In The Air”

· A look at our Thursday Connectors page introduced by Farzana Hakim. In this section we feature “The Mail Boat” by Eithne Cullen and “Things That Went Wrong For Me in 2021” by Fatima Ahmed both read by Hadiya Morris

The presenter in this edition is Tiffany Clare

The readers are Sally Walker-Taylor, Chris Gregory and Hadiya Morris

Music and production are by Chris Gregory

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print

Coming up in January on Write On! Audio we’ll have our usual range of features, interviews, writing tips and listener contributions. Join us to hear writing tips from Lucy Kaufman and a listener contribution from Bob Thompson.

Also in January our parent organisation, Pen to Print will be offering the usual range of writing courses and workshops. You can find out all about these sessions by visiting the “events and classes” page on the Pen to Print website. We have everything from screenwriting, led by Lucy Kaufman, beginners classes in creative writing and poetry with Ian Ayris and Anna Robinson - to writing for children and young adults with Catherine Coe. You can find details of all these events and book onto them at pentoprint.org – click on events and classes to find out more. We hope you’ll find something inspiring to start your year and spark your creativity.

As always we’d love to hear from you. If you’d like to contribute a piece of writing to the podcast you can contact us via pentoprint.org on the NEW submission page or email the team at pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk

You can find out more about our contributors by visiting their websites or following them on social media

Patrick Forsyth http://www.patrickforsyth.com/

Sue Moorcroft https://www.suemoorcroft.com/

Follow Sue on twitter https://twitter.com/SueMoorcroft

Eithne Cullen https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen

Claire Buss https://clairebuss.co.uk/

Follow Claire on twitter https://twitter.com/Grasshopper2407

Palak Tewary https://palaktewary.com/about/

Follow Palak on twitter https://twitter.com/palaktewary

Farzana Hakim https://twitter.com/farzanahakim

Madeleine White Follow Madeleine on twitter https://twitter.com/madeleinefwhite

Follow Madeleine on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/madeleinefwhite

If you have enjoyed this podcast please subscribe in your favourite podcast app to be notified when new editions are released. We always appreciate rating and reviews, preferably in Apple Podcasts. Reviews help to raise the profile of the podcast meaning that more people can listen and enjoy our content. 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  

 

If you enjoyed our July interview with poet and novelist Brian Bilston here’s a chance to listen to Brian perform some of his poems.  Brian has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. He won the 2015 Great British Write Off poetry prize for a poem disguised in a Venn diagram. ‘You Took The Last Bus Home’ was published by Unbound and shortlisted for the Cost First Novel Award.  His novel ‘Diary Of A Somebody’ was published to much critical acclaim in 2020.

 

If you've enjoyed  listening to these poems, You can find out more about Brian Bilston by visiting his website at https://brianbilston.com/

And follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/brian_bilston

 

Our next podcast features a showcase of Pen to Print competition winners.

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions, so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:  

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

This podcast is supported using public funding by Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

Our December interview is with actor and writer Paterson Joseph.   Currently appearing in BBC TV’s drama Boat Story , Paterson Joseph came to widespread public attention for his role as Johnson in Channel 4’s Peepshow.  His debut novel The Secret Diaries Of Charles Ignatius Sancho was published in 2022. It was shortlisted for the Jhalak prize and won the Christopher Bland Prize.

The interviewer is Thomas Nixon

Thank you to Paterson Joseph for being the subject of our December interview. 

You can purchase a copy of The Secret Diaries Of Charles Ignatius Sancho from Waterstones’s here https://www.waterstones.com/author/paterson-joseph/2282968

And you can follow Paterson on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/ignatius_sancho

As this is our final podcast of 2023 we’d like to wish all our listeners a happy new year.  We’ll see you next week for our first podcast of 2024.

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

This month’s listener contribution is from Maltese poet and playwright Nicole Piscopo.  Nicole is a poet in her twenties whose work is often shared on Instagram where she posts as https://www.instagram.com/maybe_its_fate_poetry/

You can also find Nicole’s work on Facebook at https://m.facebook.com/penguinandpandapoetry

If you’ve enjoyed listening to Nicole’s poetry and would like to share some of your own writing with us we’re always delighted to read your contributions. Please submit your work to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

On the podcast next week, we’ll have a showcase selected by Write On!’s Mirabel Lavelle.  Subscribe by searching “pen to print” in your favourite podcast app.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition is presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Rebecca Seaton has been a teacher for more than 20 years, has tried to get published in the past & finally has taken a BIG leap forward by becoming a finalist in our competition 📚 Pen To Print gives ordinary people the chance to become a published author 📚 The Pen To Print team are Lena and Lisa & they help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to creative writing greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. The Pen To Print weekly podcast is for any budding author, poet and creative writer. Join us for exciting interviews, get free support and find out about forthcoming events on our website lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids SIGN UP TO OUR MAILING LIST bit.ly/PentoPrintNews

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print.

 

Our interview this month is with novelist Lavie Tidhar.  Working across several genres including science fiction and fantasy, Tidhar won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for his novel “Osama” and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize for “A Man Lies Dreaming.”  Born in Israel, he has lived in the UK and South Africa. 

 

The interviewer is Palak Tewary who was alongside Write On! Editor Madeleine White.

 

You can find out more about Lavie Tidhar and find links to order his books by visiting his website here https://lavietidhar.wordpress.com/ 

And follow him on X (formerly twitter) here  https://twitter.com/lavietidhar

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to the Write On! Audio January 2022 edition. As always, our presenter is Tiffany Clare and we have contributions from Arinola Araba, Lucy Kaufman, Mirable Lavelle and Bob Thompson with an interview with award-winning author Frances Hardinge.

Our running order for this edition is

· An inspirational moment from Arinola Araba

· An introduction from our editor, Madeleine White

· Writing tips, “A Year’s Experiment in Writing” by Lucy Kaufman

· An interview with Frances Hardinge. The interviewer is Claire Buss

· This month’s showcase is compiled and introduced by Mirabel Lavelle. The featured pieces are “Deceiving Appearances” by Vic Howard read by Chris Gregory, “Thank You To A Stranger” by Laura MacLennan and “Tram Shelter” by John Holmes both read by Sally Walker-Taylor

· A short story “Carrion” by Bob Thompson

Arinola Araba is an author, entrepreneur and Pen to Print regular.

Lucy Kaufman writes drama for stage and screen. She has had 34 plays performed at venues around the UK and elsewhere and she teaches both stage and screen writing for Pen to Print.

Frances Hardinge came to widespread publication attention when her 2015 novel, The Lie Tree won the Costa Book Award. She has published nine novels and numerous short stories. She has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal twice (not won it twice as we said in our presenter script) and won the Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel for Cuckoo Song. 

Mirabel Lavelle is a writer working on her debut novel and an academic tutor at the University Of Sunderland.

Bob Thompson won a Pen to Print Flash fiction competition in 2020 and has been writing, acting and directing since he was 16. He has completed two full-length stage plays: The Equestrianist and The Richest Jewel. His first published novel is Old Tom and his first screenplay, The Ghost Walk, is in pre-production.

We’d like to draw our listeners attention to some of the writing courses and workshops being run by our parent organisation Pen To Print over the next few weeks. We have a full range of tuition in poetry, fiction and scriptwriting and you can learn about writing for comic books with Wallis Eates and writing the sense with Write On!’s Eithne Cullen.  As usual you can find full details by visiting our events page here  https://pentoprint.org/about/events/

If you’ve enjoyed the writing featured in this edition and would like the chance to hear some of your own words on the podcast please contact us via our email address  pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk   to submit your work. Don’t forget, thanks to our partnership with Bloomsbury, the first two pieces we feature, either as “Listener Contributions” or “Inspirational Moments”, will receive the newly published: A Writer’s Journal by Lucy van Smit. Submit via the submission page here https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Next month on Write On! Audio we’ll bring you another selection of content for writers everywhere. Thank you for listening to this edition which is presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories

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Write On! Audio is part of the Write On! suite of publications, published by Pen to Print, an Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisation, supported by Arts Council England and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

The April 2022 edition of Write On! Audio features an interview with poet Daljit Nagra, Writing Tips from Stewart Ross, a Showcase from ‘Write Back’, poetry from Nicole Piscopo and much more. The podcast is presented by Tiffany Clare.

In this edition of Write On! Audio you can hear:

· A poem from Lauren Michelle

· The Editor’s introduction by Madeleine White

· Writing Tips from Stewart Ross

· An interview with Daljt Nagra (Daljit was in conversation with Juneha Chowdhury)

· The April showcase; selected by Blessings and Manusha from ‘Write Back’ featuring:

o Chameleon by Toki read by Holly Skinner

o Period by Hazel read by Holly Skinner

· A Listener Contribution featuring poems by Nicole Piscopo

· A look forward to future editions

Here are some links to help you to find out more about our contributors:

Visit Lauren Michelle on Instagram here: instagram.com/iamlaurenmichelle

Visit Stewart Ross’s website here: stewartross.com

Find out more about Daljit Nagra and his work here: daljitnagra.com

And learn more about interviewer Juneha Chowdhury here: junehachowdhury.com

And read the full interview along with all our other content at: pentoprint.org

Visit Write Back’s page to find out more about their work here: write-back.org

And check out Nicole Piscopo’s poetry on Instagram here: instagram.com/maybe_its_fate_poetry

See a written version of Juneha’s conversation with Daljit in issue 12 of Write On! Magazine by visiting our website here pentoprint.org. That’s also where you’ll find the Showcase pieces, as well as being able find out more about Pen to Print’s workshop and events.

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

The next edition of Write On! Audio will be out on 31 May so do subscribe to have it delivered to you the moment it is released.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

This week we’re sharing the winning entry in the 2023 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition.  Ark is a comedy murder mystery set aboard Noah’s Ark and it is written by writer, actor and improv-performer Stephanie Weston

In Ark by Stephanie Weston you can hear

 

 Tiffany Clare as Parphia

Charlie Richards as Japhet

Emily Inkpen as Olla

Stephanie Weston as Leah

And Chris Gregory as Ham
Ark was directed by Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen 

 Sound design, music and editing were by Chris Gregory 

Ark was recorded at Orpheus Studio in London and by Richard Campbell 

 

Ark by Stephanie Weston was the winner of the 2023 Pen to Print Audio Play competition.  If you would like to enter the 2024 competition which is aimed at new and first time writers you'll need to be a resident of the UK and submit a script of approximately half an hour.  You'll find a full set of regulations and more details about the competition on the pen to print website  https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions-2023/

 

You can find out more about Stephanie Weston by visiting her website https://tabb.cc/stephanie-weston

And you can follow Stephanie on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stephanie__weston/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

In this edition we once again feature novelist  Louis de Bernières. If you enjoyed our interview with Louis back in September you 'll recall that he talked about the importance of music in his life.  With this in mind we asked Louis if he would be willing to share some of his songs with us and the podcast you're about to hear features three songs and some thoughts from Louis on the song writing process

The songs you can hear in this podcast are

River Water, Your Little Paradise and Foxes in the Park all written and performed by Louis de Bernières

You can find out more about Louis’s writing and music and buy a copy of his latest album “Dispatches” via his website

https://www.louisdebernieresofficial.com/

The songs in todays podcast were recorded by David Booth at Louis’s home and mixed at his studio The Recording Booth in Framlingham, Suffolk    https://www.therecordingbooth.co.uk/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Our September showcase is selected and presented by Write On’s Juneha Chowdhury.  

Juneha is a teacher and writer from east London. She won the Pen to Print Book Challenge in 2018 and is a regular contributor to Write On! magazine and Write On! Extra.  You can hear Juneha in the podcast introducing each of the pieces in the showcase.

You can find out more about Juneha by visiting her website  https://junehachowdhury.com/

Following Juneha on twitter https://twitter.com/JunehaChowdhury

You can read poems from this podcast and some additional pieces in Juneha’s showcase here: https://pentoprint.org/showcase-paris-library-out-of-season-flower-hats-so-cold/

Thank you to Juneha Chowdhury for selecting this month’s showcase.  

The pieces you heard were:

“The Co-Existence Equation” by Danny Baxter

“Landing Place” by Bee McCormack-Henderson

“Out Of Season Flower” by Palak Tewary

The haiku were by Robin Nixon, Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh.

Our readers were Chris Gregory and Sally Walker-Taylor and the podcast was presented by Tiffany Clare.

Join us on Write On! Audio in October for more poetry as we celebrate the UK’s National Poetry Day which is on Thursday 6th October.

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.  The Producer is Chris Gregory

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Our August showcase features winning entries from the 2024 Pen to Print Awards.

 

We start with   ‘Grandmother as Flamingo’ by Christian Ward which won the poetry competition.  It is read by Chris Gregory.

 

The audio play competition was won by Emma Griffith for her script ‘The Earth Serenades.’  This recording of an excerpt from the play features the voices of Tiffany Clare and Emily Inkpen.

If you would be interested in finding out more about Pen to Print and the awards please visit the pen to print website here https://pentoprint.org/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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Our listener contribution this month is from Millie Murray.  Born in 1958 to Jamaican parents. Millie has lived all of her life in the east of London.  She writes fiction and non-fiction for both young people and adults. Her first attempt at short story writing, ‘The Escape’, was published in the 1986 anthology Watchers and Seekers. Many other short stories followed, including ‘A Passage of Time’ for Radio Four’s Caribbean Drift.  Millie;s career has spanned, acting, dance and theatre production.  She works with Community and Youth Services in the London Boroughs of Newham, Barking and Dagenham offering creative writing and motivational development workshops in schools.  

 

You can follow Millie on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/milliemurray_writes

 

Find out more about Millie Murray’s books at her Goodreads page here

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/566833.Millie_Murray

 

and visit her Royal Literary Fund biography here https://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowships/millie-murray/

 

  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

 

 

Welcome to the launch of the Pen To Print podcast with the team that heads up this amazing initiative. Lena and Lisa are here to help make your writing dreams come true, build up your confidence and guide you to greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids Want to become a published author? Want to learn how to be a best selling amazon author? Maybe you’re in need of some inspiration from established poets, writers and authors? How did they turn their passion into a paying job? The Pen To Print weekly podcast is for any budding writer. Join us for exciting interviews and keep up to date at http://lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint

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In this edition of Write On! Audio we have an interview with writer and academic Lisa McKenzie 

 Lisa was born and grew up in Nottingham before becoming an academic at Durham University.  She is a working class writer and during the pandemic she co-founded the Working Class Collective, a group of writers and artists setting out to tell stories about the lives of working class people during the Covid lockdowns.  She is the author of “The Estate we’re in : how working class people became the problem”    

Content warning : Please note that there is some swearing in this interview. 

 

The interviewer is Amber Hall and parts of this interview originally ran as part of Amber’s edition about working class writers on the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast (Listen here - https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/12124929) 

 

You can find out more about Lisa and her work by visiting her website here https://lisamckenzie1968.wixsite.com/website 

You can follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/redrumlisa 

 

Find out more about The Working Class Collective here https://www.workingclasscollective.co.uk/ 

And follow the collective on twitter here https://twitter.com/WorkingClassCol 

 

Join us next week for writing tips from poet and teacher Abiodun Abdul. 

  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:  

  

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Our August writing tips are from writers nominated for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and are introduced by the Prize manager at the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation, Charlotte Maddox 

The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation established in 2015 by the late bestselling author Wilbur Smith and his wife, Niso. The Foundation empowers writers, promotes literacy and advances adventure writing as a genre, working to uplift, inspire and educate writers and readers of all ages across the world. The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is their flagship programme, and is a global prize that supports and celebrates the best adventure writing today. 

You can find out more about the Prize here: https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/awards/intro and can follow them on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/adventurewritingprize/  

C.E. McGill was born in Scotland and raised in North Carolina. Their fiction has appeared in Fantasy Magazine and Strange Constellations, and they are a two-time finalist for the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing. Visit Charlie’s website here: https://cemcgill.com/ 

Leo Vardiashvili came to London with his family as a refugee from Georgia when he was twelve years old. He studied English Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Hard By A Great Forest is his first novel. Follow Leo https://twitter.com/L_Vardiashvili 

Francesca de Tores is a novelist, poet and academic. She grew up in Lutruwita/Tasmania and, after fifteen years in England, now lives in Naarm/Melbourne. Francesca is the author of four previous novels and a collection of poems. Saltblood is her first historical novel. Visit Francesca’s website here: https://francescahaig.com/   

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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Our showcase this month is selected by Jilly Henderson Long.   Jilly is a published author of fiction, non-fiction and poetry and lives in Southend-on-Sea in Essex.  When not writing, Jilly enjoys photography and of course, reading. 

 

The pieces featured in this showcase are

 

• Alice Ayres by Greg Pidgeon
• Baby by Tavinder New
• A Place Between by May L Walsh
• Who Knows” by Jilly Henderson Long

 

The readers are Chris Gregory and Tiffany Clare

The music used in this showcase was composed and recorded by Chris Gregory

Find out more about Jilly Henderson Long by following her on X, formerly Twitter https://twitter.com/Jilly66408011

Find out more about Tiffany Clare and her acting and voice work by visiting her website here https://www.voicebytiffany.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

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Today at the Pen To Print HQ was our author talks event with Amazing Angel. This young lady is only 10 years old, she's a motivational speaker and has just launched her first book called 'Make It Happen - 5 Steps To Dreaming Big' Want some writers motivation? Then Amazing Angel will definitely leave you feeling inspired to start writing your very own book. The Pen To Print team are Lena and Lisa & they help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to creative writing greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. The Pen To Print weekly podcast is for any budding author, poet and creative writer. Join us for exciting interviews, get free support and find out about forthcoming events on our website http://lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids SIGN UP TO OUR MAILING LIST http://bit.ly/PentoPrintNews

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For our final podcast of 2024 and to celebrate the festive season we are teaming up with the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast to bring you a series of monologues inspired by midwinter.  

 

In “Midwinter Monologues ” you can hear

 

 “The Hidden People” by Bean Swayer performed by Sally Walker Taylor

“To All A Good Life” by Lewie Watson performed by Lewie Watson

“Winter Monologue” by Marie-Claire Wood performed by Marie-Claire Wood 

“Home for the Holidays” by Jackie Jorgenson performed by Jackie Jorgenson

“The Sunday Morning Club” by Sally Goble read by Tiffany Clare 

“The Golden Ball” by Gessica Sakamoto Martini performed by Sally Walker-Taylor

“Turkey Story” By Jude Whiley-Morton read by Jude Whiley-Morton

“The Pond” by Carolyn Stockdale read by Tiffany Clare 

“Solstice” by Daniel Draper read by Daniel Draper 

“Monologue” By Ford Dagenham read by Chris Gregory 

“Trouble and Strife” By Janet O’Donnell read by Janet O’Donnell

“Unread Stories” By Maggie Sawkins read by Maggie Sawkins

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

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Farzana Iqbal was a previous Pen To Print winner and in this episode she shares how you can become a published author. Farzana was a stay at home mum and by entering Pen To Print writing competition she has not only turned from an aspiring author to a published author - she boosted her confidence and really changed her life. The Pen To Print team are Lena and Lisa & they help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to creative writing greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes & playwriting workshops. The Pen To Print weekly podcast is for any budding author, poet creative writer. Join us for exciting interviews and get free support at http://lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  

 

This month’s showcase is selected by Afsana Elanko  

 

Artist and writer Dr Afsana Elanko is also an award-winning doctor, with a special interest in oncology, educationalist, leader, policy maker  and innovator. Part of the Write On! team for the last couple of years, she combines a passion for promoting advances in medicine with a love of the arts.  Other than writing for Write On! Dr Afsana’s work has appeared in the Guardian as well as other main stream publications and medical journals. 

In the showcase you can hear the following pieces  

Realities and Perceptions of the World by Sebastian Elanko  

A.I by Nayesh Radia  

To Retire or Not to Retire?  That is the Question by Tony Dileen 

Here You Are by Ladyray 

The readers in this showcase were Sally Walker-Taylor and Chris Gregory 

 Join us next week for an interview with novelist Elen Sentier  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: 

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England 

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Our writing tips this month come from Hema Macherla   Hema is the author of three novels,  Breeze from the River Manjeera, Blue Eyes and Letters in the Sand all of which are published by Linen Press.  

 If you’d like to learn more about Hema, buy her books and read her articles you can visit her website  https://hemamacherla.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

 

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This month's poem of the month is from Nicole Piscopo - a young Maltese poet who we featured on the podcast back in 2022.  Nicole Piscopo is reading her poem "Wrote a Love Letter- Turned it into an Airplane"

 

You can find Nicole on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/maybe_its_fate_poetry/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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Our interview this month is with British / Irish writer and broadcaster Kit De Waal.  Born in Birmingham to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, she initially pursued a career in law working alongside foster carers and the social care sector before turning to writing and broadcasting. Her debut novel ‘My Name Is Leon’ was shortlisted for the Costa Book award. Her short fiction has been nominated for - and won - numerous prizes.  Soon after the publication of ‘My Name Is Leon’ she began working on The Kit De Waal Creative Writing Scholarship which provides a fully funded place for a disadvantaged writer on the creative writing MA course at Birkbeck College in London

 

The interviewer is Iole Dexter who was alongside Write On!’s editor Madeleine White

 

If you’d like to find out more about Kit De Waal and her writing you can visit her website here https://www.kitdewaal.com/

 

To read Iole Dexter’s blog go here https://iolewrites.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

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Our October showcase is selected by Write On’s Diya Padiyar.  Diya is a writer from Goa in India and this is her second showcase for Write On!

The pieces Diya selected for this showcase are

     ‘Where is Home?’ By Diya Padiyar

     ‘Right Now You are my Home’ by Jazziel Fernandes

     ‘The Wind’s Embrace’ by Nadia Sadiq

     ‘Looking for Home’ by Nadia Sadiq

The reader in this showcase is Sally Walker-Taylor

You can find out more about more about Diya by following her on Instagram where she posts as https://www.instagram.com/teenagerwritings/

And you can read Diya’s selections for this showcase on the Pen-to-Print website here https://pentoprint.org/showcase-ode-home-roof-heart-you/

Next week on Write On! Audio we’ll bring you an interview with the academic and author of The History of Wales in 12 Poems, Professor M. Wynn Thomas

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This month’s interview is with Julie Finch, Chief Executive Officer of the Hay Festival.  Hay is one of the world’s biggest annual literary and book festivals taking place at Hay-on-Wye in Wales.  With a wide range of events and guests from the world of books and writing, it is an important annual touchstone for the worlds of publishing and literature. 

 

Find out all about the 2023 Hay Festival by visiting the festival website here: www.hayfestival.com/

 

And watch out for more Write On! content from the festival in the coming weeks.

 

The interviewer was Juneha Chowdhury who was alongside Write On! Editor, Madeleine White.

 

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions, so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast, do get in touch. Please submit to: pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is made using public funding from Arts Council England.

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In this week’s podcast we bring you writing tips from Helen Aitchison.  Hailing from the north-east of England, Helen combines writing with her work as the director of a Community Interest Company, ‘Write On The Tyne,’ which provides creative writing courses and mentoring with a focus on engaging marginalised people in the area.   Helen also teaches for her local council, is a freelance writer for Story Terrace and an on-line journalist for Radio Gateshead.

 

Find out more about Helen by visiting her website: https://helenaitchisonwrites.wordpress.com/

 

And you can follow Helen on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/aitchisonwrites

 

Helen is a director of Write On The Tyne and you can find out more about this organisation here: https://writeonthetyne.com/

 

 

 

Join us next week for a Showcase selected by Write On’s Mirabel Lavelle.

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. You can submit to: 

 

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

  

This podcast is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

 

 

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Our July showcase is selected by Dr Afsana Elanko

 

Artist and writer Dr Afsana Elanko is also an award-winning doctor, with a special interest in oncology, she is an educationalist, leader and innovator. Part of the Write On! team for the last couple of years, she combines a passion for promoting advances in medicine with a love of the arts.  Other than writing for Write On! Dr Afsana’s work has appeared in the Guardian as well as other main stream publications and numerous medical journals.

 

Afsana’s selections for this showcase are:

 

The Storm Blew by Akshitha Ramalingham

Posthumous Literary Surprise by Sebastian Elanko

Our Match – a collaborative piece by the group A4A at Aphasia Reconnect

A Tree Falls in a Silent Forest by John Holmes

Guilty Pleasures by Mary Walsh

 

The readers are Sally Walker-Taylor and Chris Gregory

 

If you’d like to find out more about Aphasia Reconnect you can visit their website at https://aphasiareconnect.org/

And follow the group on twitter https://twitter.com/Aphasiareconne1

And Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aphasiareconnect/

 

You can read more about Afsana Elanko’s  showcase selections here https://pentoprint.org/writeon-showcase/

 

 

Join us next week for an interview with poet Brian Bilston.

 

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Our Writing Tips for October are from Renee and Zara Okocha. 

British born Nigerian authors Renee and Zara Okocha are writers and illustrators of childrens’ books with over 65 titles to their name.  Themes in their work include spreading the word about climate change and the importance of education to children.  The Okocha Sisters are also founders of the “I Am The Future Of Nigeria Youth" initiative.

You can find out more about the Okocha Sisters and their work by following them on social media via the following linksInstagram: @OkochaSistersBooks | Twitter/X: @OkochaSisBooks | TikTok: @OkochaSistersBooks 

You can find out more about the "I Am The Future Of Nigeria Youth" initiative here  www.iamthefutureofnigeria.com  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

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This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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This month’s interview is with novelist, poet, spoken word artist and historian Jaspreet Kaur.  Passionate about gender issues, taboo subjects and effecting social change across the South Asian community and wider society, her book ‘Brown Girl Like Me has’ been described as “an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women with the confidence and tools they need to navigate the difficulties that come with an intersectional identity.”

Find out more about Jaspreet by visiting her website https://www.behindthenetra.com/

Follow Jaspreet on Twitter. https://twitter.com/behindthenetra

And Instagram https://www.instagram.com/behindthenetra/

The interview is lead by Write On!’s Diya Padiyar, with support from Madeleine F  White https://www.instagram.com/teenagerwritings/

Jaspreet features as the lead interview and cover star for Write On! issue 15. Coming to pentoprint.org and libraries and other distribution networks on 13 December.

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Our next edition will be out on 6th December and features writing tips from novelist and audio dramatist Cailean Steed 

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Our October Poem of the Month is “Bucket Lanterns” by Anya Wikramanayake read by Sally Walker Taylor. 

This poem was originally featured on the podcast in November 2021 and you can find out more by reading this Write On! Showcase from then https://pentoprint.org/showcase-chasing-taboos-girlhood-disordered-house-two-candles/ 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

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Packed full of tips from our Pen To Print finalists to get you motivated to keep writing. Some great advice for new writers & aspiring authors. Know any new authors that are struggling with writers block? Make sure you share this episode with them :) The Pen To Print team are Lena and Lisa & they help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to creative writing greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. The Pen To Print weekly podcast is for any budding author, poet and creative writer. Join us for exciting interviews, get free support and find out about forthcoming events on our website lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids SIGN UP TO OUR MAILING LIST bit.ly/PentoPrintNews

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Today’s writing tips come from novelist and audio drama writer Cailean Steed

Cailean is the author of “Home”,  their debut novel which will be out with Raven / Bloomsbury in January. They were also the winner of the 2021 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition with “Real Boy”

Find out more about Cailean Steed by visiting their website here  https://www.caileansteed.com/

You can follow Cailean on twitter here https://twitter.com/CaileanSteed

And pre-order a copy of “Home” from Bloomsbury here

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/home-9781526641663/

You can listen to Cailean’s audio drama “Real Boy” over at Alternative Stories here

https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/9690521-real-boy-an-audio-drama

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

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Our next edition features an original audio monologue by Tony Ballantyne

If you’re interested in writing for audio you may wish to consider signing up for the Pen to Print audio season of workshops led by Write On! Audio producer Chris Gregory.  There’ll be everything from audio drama to monologue writing and we’ll have sessions on poetry, podcasting and tips on recording and voice acting. Find out more and sign up to all or some of the 6 free sessions via the link below

https://pentoprint.org/about/events/

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This month's showcase is selected and introduced by Zara Relphman.  Zara is a writer of blogs, short fiction and non-fiction.  She is a member of the Write On! editorial team and is currently studying creative and professional writing at Christ Church University in Canterbury.

The pieces you can hear in the showcase are

• “And I cried” by Patsy Middleton
• “Pound Hugs” by Amber Hall
• “Petals” by Akshitha Ramalingam  all read by Sally Walker Taylor
• “Where are you from?”  by Hong Wei read by Chris Gregory

Follow Zara Relphman’s blog here https://medium.com/@zlrelphmanYou can also follow Zara on social media here https://twitter.com/zlrelphmanhttps://www.instagram.com/zlrelphman/

Join us next week for an interview with novelist and audio drama writer Cailean Steed.

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

Thank you for listening to the Write On! Audio February 2022 edition. As always, our presenter is Tiffany Clare and we have contributions from Palak Tewary, Eithne Cullen, Danny Rhodes, Cailean Steed, Charlotte Webb and Jonathan Hirons

Our running order for this edition is

· Inspirational moments from Palak Tewary and Eithne Cullen

· An introduction from our editor, Madeleine White

· Writing tips from Danny Rhodes

· An interview with the 2021 Pen To Print Audio Play Competition winner Cailean Steed

· This month’s showcase is compiled and introduced by Charlotte Webb . The featured pieces are “Stay” by Shahema Tafader , “The Storyteller’s Souk” by Claire Buss and “From Hate To Love” by Danny Baxter. The readers were Sally Walker Taylor and Chris Gregory.

· A listener contribution from Jonathan Hirons in which he describes the aphasia he now suffers from as a result of a stroke and his subsequent change of career to become a film maker. The section ends with a short extract from one of Jonathan’s films.

Palak Tewary is a writer who has frequently contributed to Write On! Read more of her work here  https://pentoprint.org/tag/palak-tewary/

Eithne Cullen is a poet, teacher and member of the Write On! Team. You can read her Writer of The Month feature in Write On! here https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-eithne-cullen/

Danny Rhodes is a novelist, short story writer and creative writing lecturer. You can find out more about Danny and his work via his website http://www.dannyrhodes.net/

Cailean Steed is a novelist and audio dramatist from Scotland. You can listen to her award winning audio drama Real Boy here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/9690521-real-boy-an-audio-drama

And follow Cailean on twitter here https://twitter.com/caileansteed

Charlotte Webb is am artist and illustrator from Wolverhampton.  You can visit her website to find out more about her work here https://cbwillustration.wixsite.com/illustration

Find out more about film-make Jonathan Hirons and his work here https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7997253/

And about Aphasia here https://www.stroke.org.uk/what-is-aphasia

You can find full details of all the upcoming events workshops and courses offered by our parent organisation Pen To Print via this link by visiting our events page here  https://pentoprint.org/about/events/

If you’ve enjoyed the writing featured in this edition and would like the chance to hear some of your own words on the podcast please contact us via our email address pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk  to submit your work via the submission page here https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Next month on Write On! Audio we’ll bring you another selection of content for writers everywhere. Thank you for listening to this edition which is presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories

Write On! Audio is part of the Write On! suite of publications, published by Pen to Print, an Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisation, supported by Arts Council England and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

Today’s showcase is selected by historical novelist, Dan Cross.   Dan's first novel "Caesar of Mercenaries" was shortlisted for the 2018 Wilbur Smith adventure Writing Award and his second, "The Lioness of the Flame" was shortlisted for the same award in 2020.

You can find out more about Dan by visiting his website https://www.dan-cross.com/ where you’ll find more about his writing, his author coaching work as The Open Book Editor and find links to his social media accounts.

The pieces you heard were

· "Weeds Unwilled" by Patsy Middleton read by Sally Walker-Taylor

· “The Circle of Grief” by Thomas Nixon read by Chris Gregory

· “Aberfan Angels” by Tammy Griffiths Palmer read by Sally Walker-Taylor

· “The Homecoming” by Raymond Miles read by Chris Gregory

· "Sonnet Number 1 of the year 2022" by Mary Walsh read by Sally Walker-Taylor

If you have been affected by any of the issues Dan discussed in this podcast  the link below has links to organisations in the UK  that can help with cost of living support along with other support organisations: https://pentoprint.org/about/advice-support/

Join us next week for an interview with novelist Jessica Andrews

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

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Today’s listener contribution is from London-based writer, photographer and spoken word artists Ovyuki.  You can find out more about  and her work by visiting her website

www.ovyuki.com

Ovyuki is the founder of Hidden Literature, a platform for poets, spoken word artists.  Find out more by visiting the Hidden Literature website

www.hiddenliterature.com

Follow Ovyuki on social media here

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We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. Poems were introduced written and performed by Ovyuki.  This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

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Our writing tips for October are from Daisy Buchanan and Andreas Loizou of the Margate Bookie Literary Festival.  The festival runs from 19th to 22nd October in the town of Margate in Kent. You can find out more about the festival by visiting the website here https://www.margatebookie.com/

 

Follow Margate Bookie on X (formerly Twitter) here https://twitter.com/margatebookie

And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/MargateBookie/

Follow Daisy Buchanan on X here https://twitter.com/NotRollergirl

And listen to Daisy’s “You’re Booked” podcast here https://shows.acast.com/booked 

Visit Andreas Loizou’s Google Books page to find out about and order his books here  https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Story_is_Everything.html

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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Our March listener contribution comes from Whitney Love.  Whitney Love is a wife, mother and known for her love of animals. The great outdoors is a space where she finds a lot of inspiration.  Whitney always dreamed of becoming an author from a very young age, keen to story-tell on topics that would challenge her readers to see varying degrees of life and enable them to imagine what that could potentially mean for someone else. Her dream of writing has now come to life with the publication of her debut novel  "She Set Him Up" which was published in January this year.    For this week’s podcast we have the first chapter of the book read by Whitney herself.

 

You can buy a copy of Whitney’s book direct from the publisher, Troubador, here https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/she-set-him-up

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

The May 2022 edition of Write On! Audio features writing tips from Erin Kelly, an inspirational moment from Andreas Loizou, a showcase by Libraries Unlimited and a listener contribution from Danny Baxter. As usual, the presenter is Tiffany Clare

In this edition of Write On! Audio you can hear

· Inspirational moments from Andreas Loizou

· Writing tips from Erin Kelly

· A listener contribution featuring three poems by Danny Baxter

· The May showcase which is selected by Libraries Unlimited and features

o An excerpt from “A Chapter on Grief” by Rue Ronan read by Sally Walker Taylor

o A poem “How Are You?” by Filippo Rossi read by Chris Gregory

· And a look forward to future editions

Here are some links to help you to find out more about our contributors

You can visit Erin Kelly’s website at https://www.erinkelly.co.uk/

You can connect with Danny Baxter on Instagram @dan_lbbd

Libraries Unlimited https://www.librariesunlimited.org.uk/

Find out more about Andreas Loizou here https://thanetwriters.com/writer/andreas-loizou/

And visit the Margate Bookie website here https://margatebookie.com/

You can read our showcase pieces and find out more about Pen To Print’s workshops, and events by visiting our website here https://pentoprint.org/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Starting in June we’ll be experimenting with a weekly format for Write On! Audio so please subscribe to have our editions delivered to you the moment they are released.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print In the second of our “Write On! Audio and Friends” features we’re revisiting an interview with novelist and short story writer Zoe Gilbert.  The winner of the 2014 Costa short story award, Zoe has since published two acclaimed novels – Folk (2018) and Mischief Acts (2022). 

In this interview, originally part of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast, Zoe talks about the art of storytelling and the ways in which she weaves influences from folklore and fantasy into her work. 

The interviewer is Chris Gregory and excerpts are read by Sally Walker Taylor and Tiffany Clare 

You can find out more about Zoe Gilbert and her work by visiting her website here http://zoegilbert.com/

You can follow Zoe on X, formerly twitter here https://x.com/mindandlanguage 

You can listen to all episodes of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730

Find out more about Alternative Stories here https://alternativestories.com/

And follow them on X here https://x.com/StoriesAltAnd Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/  

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England 

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This month's interview is with playwright, actor, comedian and scriptwriter Gill Adams.  In a highly successful career Gill has had numerous stage and radio plays produced.  She has been writer in residence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and at the University of Hull and won a Fringe First Award.  For television Gill has written for Emmerdale and Doctors and appeared in the mockumentary, Meet the Richardsons’, in which she plays the mother of her real-life daughter, the comedian Lucy Beaumont.

The interviewer is Lucy Kaufman who was alongside Write on editor Madeleine White

You can hear more on the process of writing from Gill via this interview from Full Flava TV on YouTube https://youtu.be/j9u6_dTGQR4

 

Find out more about Gill by visiting her IMDB page here https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171478/

 And on Linkedin here https://www.linkedin.com/in/gill-adams-b647261b/

 

 We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:  

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

  

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

This podcast is supported using public funding by Arts Council England

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Our Listener contribution for November is from poet and Write On! regular Eithne Cullen.  In this piece, Eithne discusses the power of poetry and shares some of her favourite verse including poems by Mary Oliver and Wendy Cope. 

 

You can find out more about Eithne by following her on social media via the following links

https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen

https://www.instagram.com/eithnecullen57/

 

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

The multi-talented Hanna Ali shares her biggest tip for writing short stories. Hanna is a photographer, festival director, listed as number 4 in Buzz Feed’s “21 Black British Muslims You Should Know About” and was a part of Trailblazing Muslim Women 2018. She recently spoke at our ReadFest event in London and spoke about her incredible journey so far. The Pen To Print team are Lena and Lisa & they help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to creative writing greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids Find out more at http://lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint Don't forget you can also tweet us at @Pen_To_Print

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Our April Showcase is selected and introduced by Hannah Rooney – a student in the second year of her creative writing course at the University of Sunderland.  As Hannah explains, the overarching theme of this Showcase is one of optimism.  The readers in this showcase are Sally Walker Taylor and Chris Gregory. 

Hannah’s selections are as follows:

 

Anxious Mind by Gloria Maloney

Parahumanity (excerpt) by Hannah Hoare

Vitalite Nights (excerpt) by Kristine Allen

Heckler by Hannah Rooney

The Gift by Thomas Dale

 

Thank you to Hannah Rooney from the University of Sunderland for selecting and introducing this showcase. 

 

If you’d like to find out more about the Creative Writing course at the University of Sunderland please follow the link below

https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/study/english/undergraduate-english/

 

And to follow Hannah Rooney on Instagram go to https://www.instagram.com/hannahrooney.x/

 

Hannah referenced publishers and creative writing organisation, Write-On-The-Tyne, run by Helen Aitchison who has also appeared on this podcast.  To find out more go to www.writeonthetyne.com

The final selection in the showcase “ The Gift” by Thomas Dale was published in the Write on The Tyne Recovery Voices anthology – find out more and buy a copy here http://www.recoveryconnections.org.uk/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast do get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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Our April writing tips are from Abíọ́dún ‘Abbey’ Abdul Abbey is a Yorùbá-Nigerian writer and UNESCO Cities of Literature Global Poetry Slam Champion 2022. Fascinated by how grammar could be bent to facilitate new meaning and enhance creative expression, she has worked for several years in higher education as an English Language Lecturer & Assessor across the globe. Her expressive writing includes life essays and autoethnographical memoir-polemics encompassing her schooling across Africa, Europe and Asia. She also writes Yorùbá-centred short stories and poetry on social justice and topics celebrating our common humanity. Her work has been published in anthologies, she presents at academic conferences, and performs at literary festivals and events. 

  

You can read more about Abbey and sample some of her writing here  https://www.yorubayonder.com/p/home.html 

You can follow Abbey on twitter here  https://twitter.com/Abiodun_Abdul01 

 

Join us next week for a listener contribution from poet, novelist, teacher and Write On! Thoughtful Tuesday Editor Eithne Cullen  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: 

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

 Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

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Today’s showcase is selected by Julie Dexter.   Julie is a writer and specialist teacher from London and Kent. She has recently had a poetry Pamphlet published with Arts Council funding through attending workshops with Pen to Print. 

You can find out more about Julie Dexter by visiting her website here  https://julieadexter.wordpress.com/

You can follow Julie on twitter here https://twitter.com/JulieADexter

The pieces featured in the showcase are

“Snow” by Claire Buss read by Sally Walker-Taylor

“Sherry Trifle” by Clare Cooper read by Sally Walker-Taylor

“Home” by Jo Renton read by Chris Gregory

“Stardust” by Chris Plato performed by Chris Plato and friends

“The Last Train Home” by George F Brown read by Chris Gregory

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. 

Please submit to:https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Our first edition of 2023 will feature writing tips by novelist Janet Skeslien Charles and you’ll be able to download it on Tuesday 3rd January.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

So many different ways to market yourself as an author, poet or aspiring writer. Lisa from the Pen To Print team is here to share all her secret tactics that Authors can use to promote themselves and really start building their brand. Social media is fantastic but think how you can use traditional marketing to promote your shiny new book too. The Pen To Print team are Lena and Lisa & they help make your writing dreams come true and guide you to creative writing greatness. Veena V hosts the podcast and gets established authors and Pen To Print finalists to share their top writing tips. What is Pen To Print? It's an amazing initiative set up by Barking & Dagenham council in the UK and is funded by the arts council. It gives people the help to become a published author & offers FREE poetry classes, playwriting workshops and writing competitions for kids. Get involved now at http://lbbd.gov.uk/pentoprint

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  

 

Our July interview is with poet and novelist Brian Bilston.  Brian has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. He won the 2015 Great British Write Off poetry prize for a poem disguised in a Venn diagram. His first published work, ‘You Took The Last Bus Home’ was published by Unbound and shortlisted for the Cost First Novel Award.  His novel ‘Diary Of A Somebody’ was published to much critical acclaim in 2020.

 

The interviewer is Eithne Cullen, with some input from Write On! Editor Madeleine White.

 

Thank you to Brian Bilston for being the subject of this month's interview.  If you've enjoyed this chat with Brian ,we'll be sharing some of his poetry in our August listener contribution.   You can find out more about Brian by visiting his website at https://brianbilston.com/

And followBrian on twitter here https://twitter.com/brian_bilston

 

Join us next week for writing tips from our producer Chris Gregory

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: 

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

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Welcome to the first of our new series of weekly podcasts.  This first edition features Bernie Morgan.

Bernie is an author, public speaker, presenter and podcaster.  She’s the author of  “The Amazing Life of Cecilia Chattergee” which is based on the life of Bernie’s great grandmother a lawyer and fighter for women’s rights and independence in India under British rule.  You can hear an excerpt from the book read by Bernie in this podcast.

You can find out more about Bernie and her book via her website.

https://www.amazingwomeninvisiblelives.com/

You can read our showcase pieces and find out more about Pen To Print’s workshops, and events by visiting our website here

https://pentoprint.org/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print.  

 In this edition we bring you writing tips from writing coach, author and podcaster Alexa Whitten.  Alexa has been coaching authors for ten years and her business, The Book Refinery, has worked with hundreds of authors to get their books out of their heads and into print. 

 

 Alexa’s writing tips are introduced by Write On! Editor Madeleine White.  

 

You can find out more about Alexa Whitten by visiting her Book Refinery page here https://www.thebookrefinery.com/author/alexa/ 

And you can follow Alexa on Twitter here https://twitter.com/yourbookcoach 

 

Join us next week for a Listener Contribution from author Pamela Haynes. 

  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast , do get in touch by submitting to:   https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/  

  

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.  

 

This podcast is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

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Our Poem-Of-The-Month for September is “Evening Class” by Allan Lochead which was originally broadcast on this podcast in October 2022.   

Allan Lochead, is an engineer and actor from south London. Originally training as an engineer, the door opened to the world of poetry and drama when he attended a public speaking evening class run by the actor George Pensotti, at the Mary Ward Centre in London and this poem describes that experience.

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England 

Winning Poem form the 2021 Pen to Print Poetry Competition.

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Our interview today is with Patrice Lawrence.  Born to Italian and Trinidadian parents, Patrice grew up in Brighton.  Her work has included writing acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and young adults with her novel “Eight Pieces of Silva” winning the inaugural Jhalak Prize for children and young adults books in 2021

The interviewer is Farzana Hakim

You can find out more about Patrice and her work by visiting her website here https://patricelawrence.wordpress.com

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

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Our interview this month is with Melanie Reid .   Melanie is a journalist and columnist for The Times newspaper.  She broke her neck in a riding accident in 2010 and since then has been a tetraplegic.  Her weekly musings on her life as a disabled person ‘Spinal column’ appear in The Sunday Times magazine.  As well as her newspaper work Melanie is a published non-fiction author and was awarded an OBE in the 2016 birthday honours. 

 

You can read Melanie’s work for The Times Newspaper here (these pieces are behind a paywall)

https://www.thetimes.com/profile/melanie-reid

 

Follow Melanie on X here https://x.com/mel_reidtimes

 

Melanie was in conversation with Dr Afsana Elanko and Write On! Editor, Madeleine White

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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This month’s showcase is selected by Helen Aitchison.  Hailing from the north-east of England, Helen combines writing with her work as the director of a Community Interest Company, ’Write On The Tyne’, which provides creative writing courses and mentoring with a focus on engaging marginalised people in the area.   Helen also teaches for her local council, is a freelance writer for Story Terrace and an on-line journalist for Radio Gateshead.

The pieces selected by Helen are

•      The Strange Magic Of New Beginnings, by Christian Ward

•      After Print, by Viv Fogel

•      A snippet from Duty, a memoir by Jeff Stephenson

•      Enough by Helen Aitchison

The pieces are read by Chris Gregory and Sally Walker-Taylor and introduced by Helen Aitchison. After Print is part of the poetry collection Imperfect Beginnings, published by Fly On The Wall Press. It is available from Amazon and good bookshops.

Thank you to Helen Aitchison for selecting this month’s showcase.   You can find out more about Helen by visiting her website https://helenaitchisonwrites.wordpress.com/

 

You can follow Helen on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/aitchisonwrites

And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/helen.aitchison_writes/

 

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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Our listener contribution this month comes from Gloria Maloney.   Gloria is a poet and prose writer who finds her inspiration during walks through the countryside. She was honoured with first prize in the Pen to Print Poetry competition in 2021 and served as a judge the following year. Her work has been featured in various online and print magazines, including The London Garden Society, Autumn Voices, and Write On!.

Gloria’s poetry is also included in several anthologies, such as the eBook ‘Lamb Spectator’ by Northumberland Library (2023) and ‘Out of Excuses’ by Quaker Arts (2023).   Gloria's work was Highly Commended in the RSPB's Hengistbury Head Writing Competition in 2021.

The poems in this podcast are written and performed by Gloria Maloney. You can read an interview with Gloria and find out more about her work here https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews-writer-gloria-maloney/  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/  

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.  This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

In the November 2021 edition of Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere we have reasons to be cheerful from Palak Tewary and Lucy Kaufman, writing tips from Claire Buss and an interview with author Sara Grant. Our showcase this month is presented by Diya Padiyar and we have a short story from writer H B O’Neill. We feature our Thoughtful Tuesday with Eithne Cullen and look forward to writing courses and workshops from Pen to Print

In this podcast you can hear the following

• The editor’s introduction from Madeleine White
• Reasons to be cheerful with Lucy Kaufman and Palak Tewary
• Writing tips from Claire Buss.
• An interview with author Sara Grant. The interviewer is Charlotte Webb
• Our November showcase with Diya Padiyar includes the following pieces:
• “Bucket Lanterns” by Anya Wikramanayake,
• “There’s Blood On The Sands Of Tunisia” by Fred Herbert Courtney Bouchier
• “The House With Two Candles” By Erin White. The reader is Sally Walker Taylor
• Listener of the Month – This month we feature the short story “Unshackled Then Freed” by H.B. O’Neill. It is read by Carl Wharton.
• Thoughtful Tuesday presented by Eithne Cullen.
• An overview of upcoming courses and workshops from Pen to Print.

The podcast is presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories.

You can find out more about our guests and contributors via their websites here:

• Lucy Kaufman https://lucykaufman.wordpress.com/
• Palak Tewary https://palaktewary.com/
• Claire Buss https://clairebuss.co.uk/
• Sara Grant https://www.sara-grant.com/
• Diya Padiyar https://www.instagram.com/teenagerwritings/
• H.B O’Neill https://hboneill.com/
• Eithne Cullen https://eithnecullenpoet.wordpress.com/

Read the printed version of Write On! via the Pen to Print website here https://pentoprint.org/

If you would like to book onto any of the courses and workshops mentioned in this podcast please click the link below to find out more and reserve a place subject to availability

https://pentoprint.org/about/events/

• If you would like to write to us please contact us at pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk
• Follow Pen to Print on Twitter here https://twitter.com/Pen_to_Print
• And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/officialpentoprint/

Please join us for the December edition of Write On! Audio. Subscribe in your favourite podcast app to have the podcast delivered to your feed the moment it is released.

Write On! Audio is part of the Write On! suite of publications, published by Pen to Print, an Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisation, supported by Arts Council England and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

Our listener contribution today is from Diya Padiyar, a writer from Goa in India who is a regular contributor to Write On!

Diya’s poems in this edition are called

Comfort Zone

Solitude

The Other Side

Where is Light?

All poems were read and introduced by Diya herself. The soundscape music was written by Chris Gregory

You can find out more about Diya by following her on Instagram where she posts as https://www.instagram.com/teenagerwritings/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Today’s showcase has been chosen by London-based writer Amber Hall. You can connect with Amber on Instagram (@amber.marie.123) and Twitter (@amber_marie_123).

Read Amber’s first showcase at pentoprint.org here: https://pentoprint.org/showcase-worlds-apart-moon-watch-trees/

The pieces featured in this podcast are ‘Grandma’ by Amber Hall, ‘Worlds Apart’ by Tavinder New “You Watch” by Jack Tattersall and ‘Moon’ by Akshitha Ramalingam.

The readers were Sally Walker Taylor and Chris Gregory

The presenter of Write On! Audio is Tiffany Clare,  the editor is Madeleine White and production was by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories

To submit your work, please visit https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

Our February interview is with novelist and audio drama writer Cailean Steed.  Cailean’s debut novel “Home” was published by Raven Bloomsbury in January and their audio drama “Real Boy” won the 2021 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition.  The interviewer is Chris Gregory and this interview was originally broadcast on the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast in the week of publication.

You can find out more about Cailean  and purchase a copy of “Home” by visiting their website here  https://www.caileansteed.com/

You can follow Cailean on twitter here https://twitter.com/CaileanSteed

And you can listen to Cailean’s prize winning audio drama “Real Boy” here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/9690521-real-boy-an-audio-drama

Join us next week for writing tips from Claire Buckle

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. 

Please submit to:https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

Our listener contribution this month comes from Jenny Tinghui Zhang.  Jenny is a Chinese American author, originally from Changchun China but now based in Austin Texas.  Her debut novel “Four treasures of the Sky” was a New York Times Book Review editors choice and reviewed in the Washington Post, Publishers Week and on National Public Radio.

 

You can find out more about Jenny by visiting her website here https://www.jennytinghui.com/

 

And follow her on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/sunspotletters/

 

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

 

Our listener contribution this month is from Write On’s Eithne Cullen  

 

Eithne Cullen was born in Dublin and moved to London when she was six. She has had poems published in anthologies and magazines. She has published two novels: The Ogress of Reading and Never not in my Thoughts and a volume of short stories called Pencils and other Stories. She has had some success as a poet, was Hysteria Poet in residence in 2020 and published a pamphlet in 2021, called The Smell of Dust and was crowned Poet Laureate of Plumstead in 2022. She’s recently written some poetry which was used in the creation of a musical piece, A Better World is Possible. 

Eithne is a page editor for Write On! Magazine’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. She’s had stories, poems, interviews and articles in the magazine. She’s also delivered creative writing classes online for Pen to Print.  She lives with her husband in East London. She is unashamedly proud of her three grown up children and endeavours to embarrass them as often as she can. 

Find out more about Eithne and read some of her work by visiting her Write On! Writer of the Month page here https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-eithne-cullen/ 

 You can follow Eithne on twitter here https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen 

And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/eithnecullen57/ 

 

 Join us next week for a showcase selected and introduced by Claire Buckle 

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:   https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print 

Our listener contribution for Black History Month is from poet Jenny Mitchell whose collection  “Map of a Plantation” was a winner of the Poetry Book Awards 2021 and named one of the top 4 poetry books of 2021 by Write Out Loud editor Greg Freeman.  

For this contribution we are featuring, ‘Black Men Should Wear Colour’ and ‘Why I Think Culture Matters.’Both pieces were originally broadcast on the Poetry Matters YouTube channel and have been written and performed by Jenny Mitchell. 

You can find out more about Jenny Mitchell by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/jennymitchellgo

You can also find out more about Jenny’s collection “Map Of A Plantation” and purchase a copy herehttps://indigodreamspublishing.com/jenny-mitchell 

You can find out about Black History Month herehttps://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print 

Our writing tips this month are once again from Write On’s Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh.  For our recording, Eithne and Mary are in conversation at the Hay Festival where they were part of the Write On! Team attending the event.   They chat about the inspirational and informative nature of the festival and the various writers they have heard speaking during the event.  

Find out more about Eithne Cullen by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen 

And read Mary Walsh’s Writer of the Month feature from Write On! Here  https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-mary-walsh/ 

Find our more about the Hay Festival by visiting the festival’s website here https://www.hayfestival.com/home 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/  

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio.

This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.

The original location recording was made by Eithne Cullen.  

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print.  

 

In this special edition of the podcast we are at the Hay Festival where we hosted a live panel discussion on co-creation.  The panel members are Ian Ayris, Eithne Cullen and Mirabel Lavelle and the panel chair is Write On! Editor, Madeleine White.

 

Thank you to the Hay Festival for allowing us to host this panel and for recording the session for us.

 

Our panel members were

 

Ian Ayris:  https://www.ianayris.org/ , https://twitter.com/ianayris                                     

Eithne Cullen:                                            https://twitter.com/CullenEithne

Mirabel Lavelle:                                        https://twitter.com/Mirabel20287342

And the chair was Madeleine White:   https://twitter.com/madeleinefwhite

 

Join us next week for writing tips from author and teacher Helen Aitchison.

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions, so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast, please get in touch. You can submit to: 

 

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

 Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

This podcast is supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print In this edition we revisit an interview with novelist and audio drama writer Cailean Steed.  Cailean’s debut novel “Home” is published by Bloomsbury and has received considerable critical acclaim since publication.  In this interview, recorded on the day of Home’s launch Cailean talks about inspiration, research and balancing writing with the rest of their life. 

Excerpts from the audio book of "Home" are read by Paula Masterson

Find out more about Cailean by following their twitter account here https://x.com/CaileanSteed

And visit their website here https://www.caileansteed.com/

You can order a copy of Cailean’s novel “Home” by searching for it on all good online book retailers. 

You can listen to all episodes of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730

Find out more about Alternative Stories here https://alternativestories.com/

And follow them on X here https://x.com/StoriesAltAnd Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/  

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

Our November poem of the month is “Snow” by Claire Buss.  This was originally a selection of Julie Dexter in a showcase in 2022 and you can hear Julie introducing the poem in this podcast.  

The poem is read by Sally Walker-Taylor

 

Find out more about Claire Buss by visiting her website here https://clairebuss.co.uk/

You can follow Claire on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/grasshopper2407/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

Our first podcast of 2024 features writing tips from Lynne Golodner.  An author of 8 novels and numerous articles, Lynne is also a podcast host, business woman and writing coach specialising in helping writers to develop brand strategies.

 Thank you to Lynne Golodner for these useful writing tips. 

Find out more about Lynne Golodner by visiting her website here https://lynnegolodner.com/

You can follow Lynne on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/YourPeople

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print. 

Our Listener Contribution for January is from poet, novelist and presenter Mab Jones.

Described by The Times as a 'unique talent,' Mab is the winner of many accolades for her writing, including a Royal Society of Literature 'Literature Matters' Award, a Creative Wales Award, the Neil Gaiman Word Factory Short Story Competition, the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize, the Aurora Poetry Prize, the Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Prize and more. She has written for the New York Times, and has presented three poetry programmes on BBC Radio 4. A previous co-ordinator of  International Dylan Thomas Day, she has also  run the social media for world famous writer Wilbur Smith and the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. Mab also offers mentoring, critique and feedback for writers, most notably through the Poetry Society.  

Mab’s latest book “Bog Witch” encompasses nature writing, life writing, poetry and magical memoir from a working-class woman’s perspective whilst drawing from history, science, mythology and folklore. It is a lyrical, semi-mystical immersion into wild wetland areas. 

You can find out more about Mab and her work by following the links below:

Website https://mabjones.com/ 

Social Media https://www.facebook.com/mabjones/

https://twitter.com/mabjones

https://www.instagram.com/mabjones/  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

In this edition of Write On! Audio presented by Tiffany Clare you can hear the following content

· An excerpt from “If” by Rudyard Kipling” read by Chris Gregory

· Write On! editor Madeleine White welcomes listeners to the podcast

· A Q&A With Ben Aaronovitch recorded live at Pen to Print’s ReadFest in 2016

· Write On!’s Monday Moments editor Holly King introducing her page with writing from Matt Wixey and Patsy Middleton

· Listener of the Month Iesha Denize explains what Black History Month means to her

· October Showcase with Michelle Sutton featuring pieces based on the experiences of those suffering from ADHD and Dyslexia

Learn more about our guest Ben Aaronovitch and his writing by visiting his website https://www.benaaronovitch.com/

You can find out more about Iesha Denize and her work as an artist and writer here https://www.artconnect.com/iesha-denize

Michelle Sutton is part of the writing collective LM Towton. You can follow them on twitter here https://twitter.com/lm_towton

Read the printed version of Write On! via the Pen to Print website here https://pentoprint.org/

If you would like to book onto any of the courses and workshops mentioned in this podcast please click the link below to find out more and reserve a place subject to availability

https://pentoprint.org/about/events/

If you would like to write to us please contact us at pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk

Follow Pen to Print on twitter here https://twitter.com/Pen_to_Print

And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/officialpentoprint/

Production, sound design and editing in this podcast are by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories. You heard the voices of Tiffany Clare and Hadiya Morris

Please join us for the November edition of Write On! Audio. Subscribe in your favourite podcast app to have the podcast delivered to your feed the moment it is released.

Write On! Audio is part of the Write On! suite of publications, published by Pen to Print, an Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisation, supported by Arts Council England and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Our first writing tips of 2023 are by novelist Janet Skeslien Charles.  Janet became an author at the age of 38 when her novel Moonlight in Odessa was published. It sold in a dozen languages and won a few prizes. A decade later, her next book The Paris Library was published in 36 languages. It was a New York Times bestseller as well as a Richard and Judy selection.

You can find out more about Janet Skeslien Charles and her writing by visiting her website here  https://www.jskesliencharles.com/

You can follow Janet on twitter here https://twitter.com/skesliencharles

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

We’ll be releasing Write On! podcasts weekly throughout 2023 including writing tips from prominent authors on the first Tuesday of each month. If you’ve enjoyed today’s edition of the podcast please subscribe by searching for ‘Pen to Print’ in your favourite podcast app. If you have a moment to leave us a rating or review this would boost the profile of the podcast and help more writers and book-lovers to find us.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print 

Our first poem-of-the-month for 2025 comes from Alicia Hayden with her poem “And Tread Gently On This Earth.  The poem is read by Sally Walker-Taylor. 

You can read an interview with Alicia Hayden here https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews-artist-alicia-hayden/  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

For our February Listener Contribution, which is being published on Saint Valentine’s Day, novelist and Write On! contributor Farzana Hakim explores love stories featuring diverse characters including the story at the heart of her novel “Sweethearts of Ilford Lane”.

You can find out more about Farzana and follow her Thursday Connectors page here

https://pentoprint.org/Thursday-connectors/

You can also follow Farzana on social media here

https://twitter.com/farzanahakim

https://www.instagram.com/farzanahakimauthor

Join us next week for a showcase selected by writer and Write On! team member Zara Relphman

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  

Content Warning : This podcast contains descriptions of violence as depicted in Matthew Di Paoli's novel "Holliday"

 

Our September listener contribution is from Mathew Di Paoli.  Matthew’s novel “Holliday” follows the life of the legendary 1880s gambler and gunslinger, Doc Holliday and it won the Wilbur and Niso Smith Adventure Writing Prize.  A prolific writer, Di Paoli’s other novels include “quicksand” and “Other Forms of Life”.

 

You can find out more about Matthew by visiting his website https://www.matthewdipaoli.com/

 

Matthew’s novel “Holliday” is published by Sunbury Press and you can read more and purchase a copy here https://www.sunburypress.com/products/holliday

 

And find out more about the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation here https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/

 

 

Join us next week for a showcase selected by Thomas Nixon

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:  

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

 

This podcast is supported using public funding by Arts Council England

 

In today’s writing tips edition of Write On! Audio you can hear advice from Write On!’s deputy editor Claire Buss. Claire talks about how not to write a series and offers advice on reading for writers.

You can find out much more about Claire who is a science fiction and fantasy writer writing for young adult readers by visiting her website https://clairebuss.co.uk/

You can also follow Claire on social media where she posts on twitter https://twitter.com/grasshopper2407

And on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/grasshopper2407/

You’ll find further links on her website.

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

Today’s writing tips are by Ray Miles – a writer and poet who has been featured several times in Write On!

You can read Ray’s poem, The Approach to Salisbury here

https://pentoprint.org/showcase-saying-goodbye-approach-salisbury-tired/and you can listen to a reading of it in our December 2021 podcast

If you’ve enjoyed Ray’s writing tips and you are a budding writer please check out our other editions featuring advice for writers. These are usually our first editions of each month and our interviews often include writing advice too.

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. You can send submission to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Our next edition features poetry from the multi-talented poet, photographer and spoken word artists Ovyuki. Be sure to subscribe in your favourite podcast app to hear it the moment it is released.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

Our writing tips for February are from Historical Fiction and Romance author Jean Fullerton.

Known as "The Queen of the East End Saga", Jean's novels reflect life in the East End through the years including the "Ration Book" series set during the second world war.   Jean's own life in east London is described in her memoir "A Child of the East End."

You can find out more about Jean Fullerton and purchase her books by visiting her website here  http://jeanfullerton.com/

You can follow Jean on Twitter here https://twitter.com/JeanFullerton

Join us next week for a listener contribution from novelist and Write On! contributor Farzana Hakim

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

Mirabel is a writer and teacher from Malta now living in the north east of England.  A member of the Write On! Team, she has regularly appeared in the pages of Write On! and on this podcast.  She is the author of the children’s book ‘Zeb, Jet and the Ice Cream Calamity’ and her writing tips are all about writing for children

 

You can find out more about Mirabel and her writing by following her on X, formerly Twitter here  https://x.com/Mirabel20287342

 

You can also visit Mirabel’s website which includes a link so that you ca purchase a copy of her book ‘Zeb, Jet and the Ice Cream Calamity’

https://writebymirabel.co.uk/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

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 In this edition we are sharing another new feature, “Poem of the Month” in which we will share some of the poetry we've featured on this podcast over the last few years.

 

This month's poem is "Where is Home?"  by Diya Padiya.   It is read by Sally Walker Taylor….

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

  

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

Our August Poem of the Month is called ‘Questions’ and is by London-based writer, artist and performer Ovyuki.   Read more poems and find out more about Ovyuki’s work by visiting her website here  https://ovyuki.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Welcome to the pilot edition of Write On! Audio.  In this podcast you can hear the following features

Poet Jennifer Wong talks about her writing practice and read poems from her 2020 Nine Arches press collection “Letters Home” To buy a copy of “Letters Home” directly from the publisher please follow this link

https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/letters-home.html

And to find out more about Jennifer Wong and her poetry lease visit her webpage here

https://jenniferwong.co.uk/

You can listen to the full interview via Alternative Stories here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/4735574-letters-home-poetry-by-jennifer-wong

Jenny Wong was first featured in Write On! Issue 8. To read the interview and enjoy the magazine please go to : https://pentoprint.org/product/see-write-on-edition-8-here/

Write On! editor Madeleine F White welcomes listeners to Write On! Audio

Actress and poet Marie-Claire Wood talks about performing poems and short fiction

You can her Marie-Claire reciting her poetry on this podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/8567031-poems-from-marie-claire-wood-tak-erzinger-kevan-manwaring-and-sarra-culleno

Claire Buss performs her poem “Eat the Frog”

The Write On! day editors talk about their pages. Our day editors are

• Holly      King
• Claire      Buss
• Farzana      Iqbal
• Eithne      Cullen

The final poem, reflecting on summer from an adult perspective by Danny Fenn is performed by Chris Gregory

• This      edition of the podcast is presented by Tiffany Clare
• Production,      sound design and editing are by Chris Gregory
• The      feature on Jennifer Wong was originally published on the Alternative      Stories and Fake Realities Podcast

To contact Write On! Audio and to submit pieces to the podcast please send us an email at pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk

You can follow Pen to Print via twitter at https://twitter.com/Pen_to_Print

And on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/officialpentoprint

You can visit the Pen to Print website and link to Write On! Extra including to all of the day pages described in this podcast here https://pentoprint.org/

Read the latest edition of Write On! Magazine here https://pentoprint.org/product/see-write-on-edition-10-here/

Write On! Audiois part of the Write On! suite of publications, published by Pen to Print, an Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisation, supported by Arts Council England and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

In our October interview, Write On! editor Madeleine White chats to academic, author and poet Professor M Wynn Thomas about his career, approach to writing and his latest book “The History of Wales in Twelve Poems”  The interview was part of Write On’s ReadFest and recorded via zoom.

You can find out more about Professor Wynn Thomas by visiting his page on the website of Swansea University where he teaches

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/crew/crew-staff/professor-m-wynn-thomas/

Find out more about The History of Wales in Twelve Poems and order a copy from publisher The University of Wales Press here

https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-history-of-wales-in-twelve-poems/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition is presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

Our October Listener contribution comes from Allan Lochhead, an engineer and actor from south London. Originally training as an engineer, the door opened to the world of poetry and drama when he attended a public speaking evening class run by the actor George Pensotti, at the Mary Ward Centre in London.

A long-standing member of Equity, Allan has sung in the choir and performed his own monologue, directed by the late Roger Lloyd Pack. He has also written a comedy, which was performed at the Actor’s Centre in London. He travelled around the country with Theatre In Education tours, was part of a successful Street Theatre company which toured the UK and abroad, and worked at the Millenium Dome for a year, with the Natural Theatre Company.  The main influence for his poetry is simple: anything that moves him emotionally. He has had poems and features published in Woman’s Weekly, Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special and WriteOn! magazines and was runner-up in a poetry competition run by Westminster Council and judged by Andrew Motion.

You can find out more about more about Allan Lochead and his writing by following him on twitter where he posts as  https://twitter.com/LochPhoto

Next week on Write On! Audio we’ll bring you a showcase selected by Diya Padiya

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio.  This edition is presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  

Welcome to our second podcast featuring winning entries from this year’s pen to print writing competitions 

The short story competition was won by Michael Flavin with his story “Through a Glass” which is read by Chris Gregory 

Linnda Quinn was the winner of the Book Challenge with her book “The Toffee Man and the Kingdom of Ends”. This extract is read by Emily Inkpen. 

Our final excerpt in this podcast is from The Essay Writing Competition which was won by “The Chicago Way”  written by  Andy Horton and read by Chris Gregory 

If you would be interested in finding out more about Pen to Print and the awards please visit the pen to print website here https://pentoprint.org/ 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print

 

In this new Write On! Audio feature we'll share episodes of other writing podcasts that our listeners may enjoy.  First, we're sharing an episode of The Writers Gym,  a weekly show about the process and practice of writing featuring writer and writing coach Dr Rachel Knightley alongside novelist and audio drama writer Emily Inkpen.  The Writers Gym is presented by Write On Audio's producer Chris Gregory.   In the edition you're about to hear the team discuss the art of giving feedback to your fellow writers and ways in which you can ask for feedback on your own work.

 

Thank you to The Writers Gym podcast for allowing us to share this episode.  The voices you heard were Chris Gregory, Emily Inkpen and Dr Rachel Knightley.  You can listen to more episodes and subscribe to the podcast by searching for The Writers Gym in your favourite podcast app or clicking on the link below

https://drrachelknightley.podbean.com/

 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

 https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print 

Our November writing tips are from journalist and novelist Alan Rhode   Born in Genoa, on the north-west coast of Italy, Alan spent many years in the more hectic Milan before moving to London, where he wrote his first novel The Eagle and the Cockerel, a fast-paced political thriller that takes readers on a breathtaking journey through Paris, Berlin, Milan and the UK.  He’s currently busy with his second novel.  

Thank you to Alan Rhode for providing this month’s writing tips.  If you would like to find out more about Alan and his work you can visit his website here https://alan-rhode.com/ 

You can also follow Alan on X here https://twitter.com/AlanRhode 

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. 

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print

Our writing tips today are from Andreas Loizou and based on his A-Z of Amazing Storytelling. Andreas Loizou teaches business storytelling, writing skills and finance at companies and universities around the world. He qualified as an accountant, worked as an equity analyst and was a director of training at Financial Times Knowledge. His book The Devil's Deal has been translated into nine languages. He's the founder of the Margate Bookie literary festival, a social enterprise which encourages a love of reading and writing.

Find out more about Andreas and the Margate Bookie Festival which he founded here https://margatebookie.com/

We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like to see your words in Write on! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to:

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio. This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print.