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   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   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 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    

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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   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.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our May showcase is selected by Amelia Cave and Haley Pittman, creative writing students from the University of Sunderland introduced to us by Write On!’s Mirabelle Lavelle.   The pieces selected for the showcase were as follows   ‘Saying Farewell’ by Jess Webb ‘The Questioner’ by Ange Wilson ‘American Cement’ by Katelyn Bowers ‘Nature Strikes Back’ by Priyanka Nawathe   The readers were Haley Pittman and Sally Walker-Taylor You can read more about the Creative Writing programme at the University of Sunderland of which Amelia and Haley are part here https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/study/english/undergraduate-english/     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 made 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 novelist Pamela R Haynes and is an extract from her novel “Loving The Brothers.”  Pamela has many years of experience working in the criminal justice system and, as part of this role, she works as a university lecturer. Pamela also fosters her writing career which has also produced the second part of her series, “Loving The Sisters.”   You can purchase the novel from Amazon here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loving-Brothers-Pamela-R-Haynes/dp/1999783425 and from other retailers.  You can follow Pamela on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PamPamHaynes And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovingtheauthor/   Join us next week for a Showcase selected and introduced by Amelia Cave and Haley Pittman, two students from the University of Sunderland   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 made 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 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.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print     In this edition we have an interview with writer and political activist John O’Farrell. John has written for "Spitting Image" and "Have I Got News For You?" as well as authoring several successful novels and memoirs.  He wrote the screenplay for the film "Chicken Run" and the musicals "Something Rotten" and "Mrs Doubtfire".  John stood for parliament as the Labour Party candidate in the “no hope” seat of Maidenhead at the 2001 general election.   The interviewer is Lucy Kaufman.   You can read more about John O’Farrell and buy his books by visiting his Amazon page here:    https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-OFarrell/e/B001HORTY8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 You can follow John on Twitter here https://twitter.com/mrjohnofarrell     Join us next week for writing tips from Hay Festival Chair Caroline Michel.   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    In this edition we have a showcase selected by Claire Buckle. Claire’s short stories have appeared in a variety of magazines, including Woman’s Weekly, My Weekly and The People’s Friend. They have also been published in small press journals such as Scribble and in anthologies, including Spread the Word’s City of Stories. After completing a course of Pen to Print playwriting workshops, she wrote a ten-minute play, which was performed at Barking’s Broadway Theatre as part of a competition and, to her delight, was awarded first place in an audience vote.   You can read more about Claire here https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-claire-buckle/ You can follow Claire on twitter here. https://twitter.com/clairebuckle   The pieces featured in this showcase are    ‘A Season Of Both Night And Day’ by Palak Tewary ‘Two Faced’ by Donna McCabe ‘Truth’ by Jan Clarke  ‘Two Stews Apart’ by Gloria Maloney ‘Bookmark’ by Claire Buckle  ‘Sunset On Sheringham Beach’ by Patsy Middleton ‘The First Signs of Spring’   The readers are Sally Walker Taylor and Chris Gregory   Join us next week for an interview with writer and political activist John O’Farrell   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

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 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.   

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

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print    In this edition of Write On! Audio we have an interview with Palak Tewary  Palak Tewary is a management and finance professional who combines her business life with a second career as an avid and skilled writer.  As a regular contributor to Write On! she is a popular and valued member of the Pen to Print team.  In our interview Palak discusses her recent nomination as one of  the top 50 women in accounting and her creative work as a poet and writer.    The interviewer is Write On! Deputy Editor Claire Buss who spoke to Palak alongside Write On! Editor Madeleine White   You can find out more about Palak and read some of her work by visiting her website at https://palaktewary.com  You can follow Palak on Linkedin here  https://www.linkedin.com/in/palaktewary/   And read Palak’s Writer of the month article from Write On! here : https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-palak-tewary/     Join us next week for an interview with writer and academic Lisa McKenzie, founder of the Working Class Collective.    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 listener contribution for March is from Lucy Kaufman.   Lucy is a playwright and novelist.  She has had over 30 of her plays produced at theatres around the UK garnering many glowing reviews from critics and audiences.  She teaches play writing and screen writing for Pen to Print.   Lucy has written and performed an original monologue “The Black Coat” which we’re sharing with you in this podcast. Music, soundscape and additional voices are by Chris Gregory. You can read more about Lucy Kaufman by visiting her website here https://lucykaufman.wordpress.com You can follow Lucy on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/lucykaufman_ Join us next week for an interview with Write On’s Palak Tewary. 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 March writing tips are from Claire Buckle.   Claire’s short stories have appeared in a variety of magazines, including Woman’s Weekly, My Weekly and The People’s Friend.  They have also been published in small press journals such as Scribble and in anthologies, including Spread The Word’s City Of Stories. After completing a course of Pen to Print playwriting workshops, she wrote a ten-minute play, which was performed at Barking’s Broadway Theatre as part of a competition and, to her delight, was awarded first place in an audience vote. You can read more about Claire here https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-claire-buckle/ You can follow Claire on twitter here. https://twitter.com/clairebuckle Join us next week for a Listener Contribution from novelist, playwright and Write On contributor, Lucy Kaufman 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 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 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 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 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 In this bonus edition we are sharing the audio drama Postcards From Another World by Frasier Armitage which was the winner of the 2022 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition In Postcards from Another World by Frasier Armitage you heard              Sarah Golding as Lyra            Marie-Claire Wood as Neeva            Warren Graham as Zabo            Emily Inkpen as the computer            Rhiannon Armitage as the Lunasetti spaceport announcer           Chris Gregory as Privik. Production, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories The original score was composed and performed by Chris Gregory Sound effects were from Freesound.org Casting advice, actor coaching and beta listening were by Frasier Armitage. You can find out more about Frasier Armitage and his work by visiting his website here https://frasierarmitage.com/ You can follow Frasier on twitter here https://twitter.com/FrasierArmitage And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/frasierarmitage/ The script for Postcards from Another World by Frasier Armitage was the winner of the 2022 Pen to Print audio play competition.  The 2023 competition is open for entries now.  We are looking for scripts of around half an hour (4- 5000 words) and the competition is open to UK residents only.  You have until 31st March to submit your entires and you can find out more and enter the competition here https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions-2023/ 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 January interview is with novelist, essayist, podcaster, teacher and short story writer Jessica Andrews.Jessica's debut novel Saltwater was published by Sceptre in 2019 and won the Portico Prize in 2020.  Her second novel Milk Teeth was published last year.  Jessica is a contributing editor at Elle Magazine and she writes for The Guardian and for BBC Radio 4 .  She teaches creative writing at City University London and co-presents the literary podcast Tender Buttons. The interviewer is Pen to Print team member and Write On! Book Challenger,  Rebecca Seaton and she was speaking to Jessica alongside Write On! editor Madeleine White Thank you to Jessica Andrews for being our first interview subject of 2023.  You can find out more about Jessica and her work by visiting her website at http://www.jessica-andrews.com/ And you can listen to the podcast that Jessica co-hosts, Tender Buttons here https://anchor.fm/tender-buttons Find out more about our interviewer Rebecca Seaton here https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-rebecca-seaton/ 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 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.

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 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 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.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print In this special festive podcast you can hear the write on team performing their version of Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem “Talking Turkeys” In “Talking Turkeys” by Benjamin Zephaniah you heard the voices (in order of appearance) of: Eithne Cullen Ellie Blake Madeleine White Palak Tewary Amber Hall Holly King Farzana Hakim Esther Ogunbajo Diya Padiyar Julie Dexter Allan Lochead Lili Hristova Chris Gregory Lisa Roullier Lena Smith Juneha Chowdhury Mirabel Lavelle Mohammed Rahman Irina Goncherenko And Claire Buss The poem was reproduced with the kind permission of Benjamin Zephaniah and publishers Puffin. The audio poem was mixed and edited by Palak Tewary and you can see a video version of the poem on our website, pentoprint.org. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our listeners who celebrate it a very merry Christmas and a happy 2023.  Join us next week for the final showcase of the year which is selected by Julie Dexter.  The podcast will be available on 27th 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/ 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 this edition of Write On! Audio Weekly.  Today’s listener contribution is from Tony Ballantyne. Tony is the author of Dream London,  The Penrose Series and The Recursion Series.  He has also written many short stories and non-fiction pieces.  Tony grew up in County Durham in the North East of England. He studied Maths at Manchester University before moving to London where he taught Maths and IT. The piece featured in this podcast is called  “Annabel” and it is read by Madeleine White with Chris Gregory Find out more about Tony Ballantyne by visiting his website  https://tonyballantyne.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/ Our next edition features a festive poem performed by the Write On! team.  It will be available to download on Tuesday 20th December. 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 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: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 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/ 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 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  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 Showcase is selected by Write On’s Mirabel Lavelle.    The pieces in the showcase are: Kettle by Eithne Cullen Anxiety and Binge Eating by Sam Gibson Alcova by Janice Caruana The readers were Sally Walker-Taylor and Chris Gregory If you enjoyed Janice Caruana’s piece, you can read her book which is entitled: The Midwife and Birth in the Maltese Community in the 20th Century. It depicts life in  Maltese homes, where, a special room called, Alcova, was a space where a bride got to know her groom, fell pregnant and then gave birth and nursed her baby. You can follow Mirabel on twitter where she posts as https://twitter.com/Mirabel20287342 And you can read her showcase selections here https://pentoprint.org/showcase-nut-a-boy-midwife-extract-diabetes-anxiety-eating/ Please note - we incorrectly stated in the presenter script for this podcast that Mirabel teaches at the University of Sunderland.  We should have said that she  "taught" there.   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 features an interview with the agenda setting author, poet and educator, Jaspreet Kaur.

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.