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

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