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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 H...

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 m...

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 mor...

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 inspir...

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, yo...

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...

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 Australian novelist and short fiction writer Bill Swiggs.  Bill’s acclaimed novel Blood in the Dust was published in 2019 and Bill won the 2018 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award for “Best Unpublished Manuscript” for Blood in the Dust.  He has...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print In our October interview, Write On! editor Madeleine White chats to academic, author and poet Professor M Wynn Thomas about his career, approach to writing and his latest book “The History of Wales in Twelve Poems”  The interview was part of Write On’s ReadFest and recorded via zoom....

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Our October showcase is selected by Write On’s Diya Padiyar.  Diya is a writer from Goa in India and this is her second showcase for Write On! The pieces Diya selected for this showcase are      ‘Where is Home?’ By Diya Padiyar      ‘R...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Our October Listener contribution comes from Allan Lochhead, an engineer and actor from south London. Originally training as an engineer, the door opened to the world of poetry and drama when he attended a public speaking evening class run by the actor George Pensotti, at the Mary Ward Cen...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Our October writing tips come from Deirdre Cartmill.   Deirdre is a poet, writer and playwright from Northern Ireland.  She has published two poetry collections, “ The Return of the Buffalo ” and “ Midnight Solo ”. She’s written for TV, stage and radio, and she’s recent...

Our September showcase is selected and presented by Write On’s Juneha Chowdhury.   Juneha is a teacher and writer from east London. She won the Pen to Print Book Challenge in 2018 and is a regular contributor to Write On! magazine and Write On! Extra.  You can hear Juneha in the podcast introducing each of the pieces in the showcase. You can find out more about Juneha by visiting her web...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To PrintToday’s interview is with novelist, poet, musician and playwright Louis de Bernières.  The interviewer is Write On!’s Eithne Cullen.  The interview was recorded via zoom and we apologise for any sound issues arising from this.  The interview was recorded by Madeleine White an...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Today’s listener contribution is from London-based writer, photographer and spoken word artists Ovyuki.  You can find out more about  and her work by visiting her website www.ovyuki.com Ovyuki is the founder of Hidden Literature, a platform for poets, spoken word artists.  F...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Today’s writing tips are by Ray Miles – a writer and poet who has been featured several times in Write On! You can read Ray’s poem, The Approach to Salisbury here https://pentoprint.org/showcase-saying-goodbye-approach-salisbury-tired/ and you can listen to a reading of it in our December...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Today’s interview is with science fiction novelist and audio fiction writer Emily Inkpen.  The interviewer is Chris Gregory You can find out more about Emily by visiting her website here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/ And find out about her drama The Dex Legacy by following this link.&n...

Today’s showcase has been chosen by London-based writer Amber Hall. You can connect with Amber on Instagram (@amber.marie.123) and Twitter (@amber_marie_123). Read Amber’s first showcase at pentoprint.org here: https://pentoprint.org/showcase-worlds-apart-moon-watch-trees/ The pieces featured in this podcast are ‘Grandma’ by Amber Hall, ‘Worlds Apart’ by Tavinder New “You Watch” by Jack Tattersall...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print. This week on Write On Audio we have a listener contribution from Carole Pluckrose. Carole is a writer, director, producer and actor. In 2014 she co-founded Boathouse Studios, a creative arts venue in Braking. As you’ll hear, Carole is also a celebrant, officiating at funerals and weddings...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Our writing tips today are from Andreas Loizou and based on his A-Z of Amazing Storytelling. Andreas Loizou teaches business storytelling, writing skills and finance at companies and universities around the world. He qualified as an accountant, worked as an equity analyst and was a directo...

Our interview today is with novelist Erin Kelly. Erin’s debut novel The Poison Tree, published while Erin was working full time as a journalist, was adapted for television by ITV and enjoyed a huge amount of commercial and critical success. Subsequent books including “we know / you know” and “He said / she said” were featured on Richard and Judy’s book club and when an author was required to write...

Today’s showcase is selected by Charlotte Zisimides.  Charlotte came to Pen to Print through a competition called ‘What If YOU Spoke?’ which she entered with a poem called “ Loss Of Limb” . She sent it to the nature competition,  judged by Zakiya Mckenzie and it was a runner-up. You can read Charlotte’s showcase which also includes a photograph taken by Charlotte over at pentoprint.org v...

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print Our listener contribution today is from Diya Padiyar, a writer from Goa in India who is a regular contributor to Write On! Diya’s poems in this edition are called Comfort Zone Solitude The Other Side Where is Light? All poems were read and introduced by Diya herself. The soundscape music w...

In today’s writing tips edition of Write On! Audio you can hear advice from Write On!’s deputy editor Claire Buss. Claire talks about how not to write a series and offers advice on reading for writers. You can find out much more about Claire who is a science fiction and fantasy writer writing for young adult readers by visiting her website https://clairebuss.co.uk/ You can also follow Claire on so...

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Winner of the Pen to Print Short Story competition.