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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print. Happy New Year to all our listeners!   Our first podcast of 2025 features writing tips from literary agent Laetitia Rutherford.  With more than 15 years of experience as an agent Laetitia represents many writers in crime fiction as well as award-winning writers in literary fiction.  Her...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   For our final podcast of 2024 and to celebrate the festive season we are teaming up with the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast to bring you a series of monologues inspired by midwinter.     In “Midwinter Monologues ” you can hear    “The Hidden People” by Bean Swayer perfor...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  In our December showcase we are bringing you the winner of the 2024 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition “The Earth Serenades” by Emma Griffiths.     In “The Earth Serenades” by Emma Griffiths you can hear  Tiffany Clare as Skim Emily Inkpen as Beta Sophie Macnair as Pree And Chris Grego...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  For our December Listener Contribution we’re sharing our annual Christmas Poem read by members of the Write On! and Pen to Print teams.  This year, we have an adaptation of The Twelve Days of Christmas by Write On’s Eithne Cullen. The voices you heard in The Twelve Days of Christmas wer...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  Our writing tips this month are once again from Write On’s Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh.  For our recording, Eithne and Mary are in conversation at the London Library and they share thoughts about the history and purpose of the Library and the inspiration that writers can find there.  F...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print In this episode our producer Chris Gregory interviews writer and academic Philippa Holloway about her new short story collection “Untethered” which is published by Parthian Books.  In this podcast you can hear excerpts from the following stories  A Cloud of Starlings - read by Emily Inkp...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our November poem of the month is “Snow” by Claire Buss.  This was originally a selection of Julie Dexter in a showcase in 2022 and you can hear Julie introducing the poem in this podcast.   The poem is read by Sally Walker-Taylor   Find out more about Claire Buss by visiting her websit...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our Listener contribution for November is from poet and Write On! regular Eithne Cullen.  In this piece, Eithne discusses the power of poetry and shares some of her favourite verse including poems by Mary Oliver and Wendy Cope.    You can find out more about Eithne by following her on...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  Our November writing tips are from journalist and novelist Alan Rhode   Born in Genoa, on the north-west coast of Italy, Alan spent many years in the more hectic Milan before moving to London, where he wrote his first novel The Eagle and the Cockerel, a fast-paced political thriller tha...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   For this month’s Write On! Audio and friends podcast we’re featuring The Seren Poetry Podcast.   Seren is Wales’ leading independent literary publisher, specialising in English-language writing from Wales for over forty years.  With a list spanning poetry, fiction and non-fiction, many...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  Our October Poem of the Month is “Bucket Lanterns” by Anya Wikramanayake read by Sally Walker Taylor.  This poem was originally featured on the podcast in November 2021 and you can find out more by reading this Write On! Showcase from then  https://pentoprint.org/showcase-chasing-taboos...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  Our listener contribution for Black History Month is from poet Jenny Mitchell whose collection  “Map of a Plantation” was a winner of the Poetry Book Awards 2021 and named one of the top 4 poetry books of 2021 by Write Out Loud editor Greg Freeman.   For this contribution we are featuri...

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 Renee and Zara Okocha.  British born Nigerian authors Renee and Zara Okocha are writers and illustrators of childrens’ books with over 65 titles to their name.  Themes in their work include spreading the word about climate change and the importance...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our September interview is with actress, comedian and writer Sara Pascoe.  Born in Dagenham, Sara’s early career included being a London tour guide before her comedy career took off with acclaimed appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and recognition in the 2008 Funny Women award...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  Our Poem-Of-The-Month for September is “Evening Class” by Allan Lochead which was originally broadcast on this podcast in October 2022.    Allan Lochead, is an engineer and actor from south London. Originally training as an engineer, the door opened to the world of poetry and drama when...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Welcome to our second podcast featuring winning entries from this year’s pen to print writing competitions  The short story competition was won by Michael Flavin with his story “Through a Glass” which is read by Chris Gregory  Linnda Quinn was the winner of the Book Challenge with her...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  Our August writing tips are from writers nominated for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and are introduced by the Prize manager at the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation, Charlotte Maddox  The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation established in 2015 by t...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our August showcase features winning entries from the 2024 Pen to Print Awards.   We start with   ‘Grandmother as Flamingo’ by Christian Ward which won the poetry competition.  It is read by Chris Gregory.   The audio play competition was won by Emma Griffith for her script ‘The Earth...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our August Poem of the Month is called ‘Questions’ and is by London-based writer, artist and performer Ovyuki.   Read more poems and find out more about Ovyuki’s work by visiting her website here   https://ovyuki.com/   We’re always delighted to read your contributions so if you’d like...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our August listener contribution comes from Jack Tattersall, a Canadian artist who spends her time between homes in Canada and Australia.  She is a sculptor and professor who loves to teach and spend creative time sculpting at home.   For her listener contribution Jack is introducing a...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Mirabel is a writer and teacher from Malta now living in the north east of England.  A member of the Write On! Team, she has regularly appeared in the pages of Write On! and on this podcast.  She is the author of the children’s book ‘Zeb, Jet and the Ice Cream Calamity’ and her writing...

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 Habon Jama + Catherine Coe  Habon Jama is a London based writer and a mentee of All Stories, a programme set up by Catherine Coe to provide mentorship for unrepresented children's book writers. Catherine Coe is a successful children's writer, editor a...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our poem of the month this month is Dim Sum at Joy King Lau by Jennifer Wong.  This was originally published in her Nine Arches press collection “Letters Home”   You can find out more about Jennifer by following her on X, formerly Twitter   https://x.com/jennywcreative You can visit he...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   Our listener contribution for July comes from poet Bee Henderson. A Scottish poet living in England, Bee McCormack Henderson works in words though her poetry and colours in her art.  Her poetry has been described as "wholesome" and "quite lovely"   The poems in this...

Thank you for listening to Write On!  Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print  Our writing tips this month are once again from Write On’s Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh.  For our recording, Eithne and Mary are in conversation at the Hay Festival where they were part of the Write On! Team attending the event.   They chat about the inspirational and informative nature...