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