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Pen to Print - Podcasts for Aspiring WritersFeb 27, 2024
Storytelling With Zoe Gilbert : Write On! Audio and Friends
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
A Listener Contribution from Sebastian Elanko : Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our listener contribution this month is from poet and author Sebastian Elanko.
Sebastian Elanko is a poet, author and writer who regularly writes in two different languages. He has published work in the English and Tamil languages, including in anthologies, magazines and has had work in displayed in exhibitions. His work is currently being exhibited at the museum in London, which explores the theme of overcoming adversity by going back to the roots of our heritage. Sebastian has taught writing classes to encourage and support others and is a regular writer for the Write On magazine.
You can read more from Sebastian Elanko in this page from pen to Print
https://pentoprint.org/tag/sebastian-elanko/
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. 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
Poem of the Month with Nicole Piscopo : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
Writing Tips from Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh : Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our writing tips this month are from Write On’s Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh. Eithne and Mary are in conversation about the skills and inspiration writers can receive from attending writing courses.
Find out more about Pen to Print’s range of writing courses by visiting the events page of the Pen to Print website here https://pentoprint.org/about/events/
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/
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
An interview with novelist Kit De Waal: Write On! Audio Weekly
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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:
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
A showcase selected by Hannah Rooney: Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
Poem of the Month : Where is Home by Diya Padiya : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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:
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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
Introducing The Writers' Gym : Write On! Audio and Friends
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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
An interview with writer and publisher Isabelle Kenyon : Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our March interview is with Isabelle Kenyon, the founder and owner of the award-winning Fly-On-The-Wall Press. As well as being a published author and poet, Isabelle is an expert on book editing, marketing and promotion. Isabelle is in conversation with Pen to Print’s 2023 Poetry Award winner Julie Dexter and Write On! Editor, Madeleine White.
Find out more about Isabelle’s editing and writing work, as well as her new novel ‘The Dark Within Them,’ in Julie’s digital write up of the interview: https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews/
You can connect with Isabelle, by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/kenyon_isabelle
And follow Fly On The Wall Press here https://twitter.com/fly_press
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.
A showcase selected by Jilly Henderson Long
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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/
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
A listener contribution from novelist Whitney Love : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
Writing Tips from Hema Macherla: Write On Audio Weekly
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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
An Interview with Publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove : Write On! Audio Weekly
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/
A Showcase Selected by Niema Bohrayba: Write On! Audio Weekly
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
"The Glad Giver" An Audio Drama by Jill Korn : Write On! Audio Weekly
Our February Listener Contribution is from audio drama writer and producer Jill Korn.
Living and working in the west of Scotland and with a lifelong love of drama and the theatre, Jill has written and produced a number of full-length audio dramas which tend to focus on history and folklore. In this podcast you can hear Jill's drama ‘The Glad Giver’ which is based on a day in the life of Julian Of Norwich.
You can find out more about Jill and her work by visiting her website here: https://www.jillkorn.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
Writing tips : Mab Jones and Madeleine White in conversation : Write On! Audio Weekly
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
A Listener Contribution from Jenny Tinghui Zhang : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
An Interview with Novelist Frances Hardinge : Write On! Audio Weekly
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This month's interview is with novelist Frances Hardinge
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. As well as the Costa award she has won the Carnegie Medal twice and the Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel for Cuckoo Song. We caught up with Frances for this month’s interview.
The interviewer is Claire Buss.
You can find out more about Frances Hardinge by visiting her website http://www.franceshardinge.com/
And follow her on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesHardinge
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
A Showcase Selected by Helen Aitchison
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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
Ark: An Audio Drama: Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
Writing tips from novelist Lynne Golodner : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
An interview with actor and novelist Paterson Joseph : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
A Festive Showcase Selected by Palak Tewary : Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our December Showcase is selected and presented by Write On! team member Palak Tewary. A writer and business woman, Palak is the author of a poetry collection The Stanzas of Time, published in November.
The pieces featured in this showcase were:
- Paths of Gems by Elaine Hickman-Luter
- The Homeless Poet by Leslie Sheils
- In Winter by Eithne Cullen
- Christmas Special by Claire Buss
- Masks by Palak Tewary
The readers were Sally Walker Taylor and Chris Gregory
Thank you to Palak Tewary for selecting this month’s showcase. You can find out more about Palak and her work by visiting her website https://palaktewary.com/
This is our final podcast before the holiday season so we would like to wish all our listeners who celebrate it a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Join us next week for an interview with actor and writer Paterson Joseph who is in conversation with 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 produced using public funding from Arts Council England
'Christmas at Melrose' read by the Write On! Team : Write On! Audio Weekly
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With the holiday season approaching, our listener contribution for December is the annual festive poem recorded by members of the Write On! team.
For our recording this year we have chosen Christmas at Melrose by Leslie Pinckney Hill
The poem was performed by Eithne Cullen, Lena Smith, Lisa Roullier, Mohamed Rahman, Madeleine White, Claire Buss, Julie Dexter, Palak Tewary, Afsana Elanko, Sebastian Elanko, Rachel Umoh, Mirabel Lavelle, Amber Hall , Chris Gregory , E.M. Blake, Liliana Hristova, Danny Baxter and Farzana Hakim.
The recordings were mixed and edited by Palak Tewary and you can hear more from Palak next week as she selects our December showcase.
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Writing Tips: Buddy Writing with Christine Penhall and Lizzie Chantree : Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our writing tips for December come from writers Christine Penhall and Lizzie Chantree talking about the benefits of ‘buddy writing’
Chris and Lizzie both write uplifting romantic fiction and they formed a buddy-writing group in Essex to help fellow writers to inspire each other and avoid the feeling of isolation that many writers experience. In these tips they share the benefits of this approach to writing and how it can work for writers at all stages of their writing journey.
Find out more about Chris Penhall and her work by visiting her website here https://www.chrispenhall.co.uk/
And Follow Chris on X (formerly Twitter) here https://twitter.com/ChrisPenhall
Visit Lizzie Chantree’s website here https://lizziechantree.com/
And follow her on X here https://twitter.com/Lizzie_Chantree
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An Interview with Novelist Elen Sentier : Write On! Audio Weekly
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This months' interview is with novelist and life coach Elen Sentier. The best-selling author of 12 books, Elen describes herself as an author of "magical-realism and British cunning folk.” Her writing draws on shamanism, paganism, folklore and magic. She is also known for her paranormal mystery suspense novels.
The interviewer is Eithne Cullen who is alongside Write On! Editor Madeleine White
If you’d like to learn more about Elen and her work please visit here website www.elensentier.com
You can also follow Elen on X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/elensentier
And on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/elensentier009
Please join us for our first December podcast on Tuesday 5th December in which we’ll share writing tips from Christine Penhall
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A Showcase Selected by Afsana Elanko : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
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A Listener Contribution from Jeff Tullin : Write On! Audio Weekly
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This month’s listener contribution is an original monologue written and performed by Jeff Tullin. Jeff lives in the East Midlands and is a member of the Derbyshire Script Writers group, and the Hasland Theatre Company Chesterfield. He retired from a lifetime career in IT a few years ago, and took the opportunity to return to amateur dramatics and writing - short scripts, stories, and poems. Previously performed pieces include 'Unspoken Words' in the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield. This is the first time he's tried recording a spoken word piece, but he's hoping to get further into audio works in the future.
“The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Death” is written, performed and recorded by Jeff Tullin
You can find out more about Jeff and his work by following him on X (formerly Twitter) here https://twitter.com/Jeff_Tullin
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Writing Tips from Merle R Saferstein: Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our November writing tips are from Merle R Saferstein An educator, speaker, author and a pioneer in the field of legacy journaling, Merle has been journaling for 48 years and has amassed a huge archive of journals over this time. Merle spent many years working with holocaust survivors helping them to leave their legacy through journaling. Her short story collection Room 732 pays homage to the historic Hollywood Beach Hotel. Merle lives in Miami, Florida.
If you’d like to find out more about Merle Saferstein you can connect with her via the following links
Facebook: facebook.com/merle.saferstein
Instagram: instagram.com/merles1212
X (Formerly Twitter): twitter.com/safer1212
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/merle-saferstein-43b97739
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An Interview with Writer and Activist Rouhi Shafii : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
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A Showcase Selected by Charlotte Maddox of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation : Write On! Audio Weekly
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This month’s showcase is selected by Charlotte Maddox. Charlotte is the Prize Manager at The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, a literature and literacy charity, championing “adventure” as a genre. The foundation runs the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and supports new writers as well as offering opportunities for children and young people.
For this showcase Charlotte has curated a selection of stories and poems that explore reality and perceptions, and the blurred lines in between. The first piece is a short story from Matthew Di Paoli, the author of Killstanbul and Holliday, winner of the Foundation’s 2017 New Voices Award. The reader is Chris Gregory
Charlotte’s next selection is a poem by Latha Rajasekar which highlights the contrast between the external and internal. Sally Walker-Taylor is the reader of this piece.
Charlotte’s final selection is by Joe Totten, who was one of the winners of the 2022 New Voices Award, which supports emerging writers, offering a year of mentorship and editorial guidance from an industry expert. This extract is the opening to the novel Joe has been working on this last year, called ‘Utopia, Texas’. Chris Gregory is the reader.
Thank you to Charlotte Maddox for selecting our October showcase. Find out more about the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation including the Adventure Writing Prize for which Charlotte is responsible by visiting their website here https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/
You can also follow the foundation on X (formerly twitter) here https://twitter.com/Wilbur_Niso_Fdn
Just us next week for an interview with Iranian writer and rights activist Rouhi Shafii
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A Listener Contribution from Novelist Millie Murray : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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/
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Writing Tips from Andreas Loizou and Daisy Buchanan of the Margate Bookie Literary Festival : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
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An interview with novelist Lavie Tidhar: Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
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A Showcase Selected by Thomas Nixon : Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our showcase this month is selected and introduced by Thomas Nixon. Thomas is a writer from the North of England, specialising in Flash Fiction storytelling. His work is regularly featured in Write On Magazine, while he has written scripts for several stories in Jay Sykes' “Summer Stories showcase” . Thomas regularly hosts creative writing sessions at the Holmside Writers club, in Sunderland.
The readers in this showcase are Chris Gregory and Sally Walker Taylor.
Thomas’s selections are as follows
‘Calling Home’ by Hongwei
“Long Distance Relationship’ by Thomas Nixon
‘Once Upon a Time, A Girl Was Foolish’ by Elizabeth Keohane
‘Within’ by Elaine Hickman-Luter
The bonus piece was ‘A Doctor’s Secret’ by Sam Shakes
You can follow Thomas on Twitter where he posts as @Tnixon98 and on Facebook where you’ll find him by searching Thomas Nixon.
You can listen to the “Summer Stories” project that Thomas worked on via Soundcloud here https://soundcloud.com/jaysykesmedia/sets/17nineteens-summer-stories
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A Listener Contribution from novelist Matthew Di Paoli : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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
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Writing tips from novelist Priscilla Morris: Write On! Audio Weekly
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Priscilla is a British author and teacher of creative writing who lives between Ireland and Spain. Born to a Yugoslav mother and English father, she was 19 when war broke out in her mother’s country. She wrote her Sarajevo-set debut novel Black Butterflies (Duckworth, 2022) to understand the events that turned many of her relatives into refugees. Priscilla is one of six authors shortlisted for the annual £10,000 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel. The prize is open to writers of any nationality, writing in English, and seeks to “support and celebrate adventure fiction in all its forms”. The shortlist is chosen by a team of librarians and library staff from across the UK.
Black Butterflies was also shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction and several other notable prizes.
Thank you to Priscilla Morris for this insight into the writing of her novel Black Butterflies. In the show notes we’ll share some links so you can find out more about the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, purchase a copy of Black Butterflies and find a clickable link to Priscilla’s website priscillamorris.org, and to her Instagram page. https://www.instagram.com/priscillamorriswriter/
Find out more about the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation via their website here
https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org
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An interview with playwright and actress Gill Adams: Write On! Audio Weekly
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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:
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Pen-to-Print Competition Winners Showcase : Write On! Audio Weekly
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In this special Showcase edition, we feature work by the winners of three Pen to Print writing competitions. The winners were announced at our awards evening in July with audio recordings made to share with the audience on the evening.
The first piece is the winning poem which is by Julie Dexter , called Sakura it’s read by Sally Walker Taylor.
Our short story prize was won by Linda Hibbin with a story called ‘Treading On Freckled, Speckled Eggshells’. The reader is Sally Walker Taylor
The final piece is a short extract of the winning entry in our audio play competition. The winning script is called Ark and it’s by Stephanie Weston.
This extract features the voices of Charlie Richards, Chris Gregory, Emily Inkpen and first, Write On! Audio presenter Tiffany Clare.
You’ll be able to hear the full production of Ark by Stephanie Weston in an upcoming edition of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast and here on Write On Audio.
Our next podcast features an interview with Gill Adams
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A Listener Contribution from poet Brian Bilston: Write On! Audio Weekly
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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:
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Writing tips from Chris Gregory : Write On! Audio Weekly
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Our August writing tips come from our producer Chris Gregory. As well as producing the Write On! Audio podcast each week, Chris runs the spoken word production company Alternative Stories which makes drama, poetry and fiction podcasts. As some listeners may be aware, Chris also teaches various aspects of writing for audio at universities and to writing groups including Pen to Print and London Lit Lab. Here's Chris with some tips on improving your dialogue skills by having a go at writing audio drama!
Thank you for listening to these writing tips. If you'd like to learn more about Chris and his work you can visit his website https://alternativestories.com/
Next week we'll bring you a listener contribution from poet Brian Bilston.
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An interview with Brian Bilston : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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:
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A Showcase Selected by Dr Afsana Elanko : Write On Audio Weekly
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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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Gertcha Cowson : A Poet's Tit-for-Tat : A Write On! Audio Listener Contribution
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Our July listener contribution is by poet Gertcha Cowson. Gertcha, also known as Gertcha the Disabled Poet, is a working-class writer whose work deals with topics such as mental health, his own disabilities, the environment and social issues. In his own words, his work: “Belongs to no single genre, yet has a hand in many.”
Gertcha’s piece in this podcast is called ‘A Poet’s Tit-For-Tat’ and it features the poem ‘Naked Trees Against A Cotton Wool Sky’
You can find out more about Gertcha by reading his Pen to Print Writer of the Month here:
https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-gertcha-cowson/
You can order Gertcha’s book, ‘Rocks in a Spin Dryer’ here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rocks-Spin-Dryer-Gertcha-Cowson/dp/1803693207
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Writing tips from poet Mary Walsh : Write On Audio Weekly
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Our July writing tips are from poet and write on contributor Mary Walsh. Mary's poems have been published in collections such as The Great British Write Off, and a Gardening Anthology for Forward Press as well as being featured in the Royal Society of Literature newspaper.
You can find out more about Mary by reading her Pen to Print Writer of the Month article here https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-mary-walsh/
And follow her on Twitter here https://twitter.com/MaryWal11526731
Join us next week for a listener contribution from poet Gertcha Cowson.
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An Interview with Sita Brahmachari : Write On! Audio Weekly
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/
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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
A Showcase Selected by Mirabel Lavelle : Write On! Audio Weekly
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In this edition we share a showcase selected by Write On’s Mirabel Lavelle. Originally from Malta, but now living in the north east of England, Mirabel is a writer, teacher and mentor. This is her second Write On! Showcase.
Mirabel’s selections for this Showcase were:
‘Sight and Sound’ by June Gowland
‘Island Nation’ by Thomas Nixon
‘Shatterproof’ by Haley Pittman
‘Our Future’ by Nicole Piscopo
The readers were Sally Walker-Taylor and 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:
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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
Writing Tips from Helen Aitchison : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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:
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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.
Hay Festival Special Edition : Write On! Audio Weekly
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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:
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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.
An interview with Julie Finch : Chief Executive of the Hay Festival : Write On! Audio
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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.