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Our February Writing Tips are from bestselling author and journalist Sheila O’Flanagan.  Born in Dublin, Sheila is the author of over 20 books starting with her 1997 debut novel “Dreaming of a Stranger.”  She won the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award for her novel “ All for You,” published in 2011.  

You can find out more about Sheila and her work by visiting her website at https://www.sheilaoflanagan.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.

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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 

In this edition of the podcast we have an interview with poet Jenny Mitchell whose collection  “Map of a Plantation” was a winner of the Poetry Book Awards 2021 and named one of the top four poetry books of 2021 by Write Out Loud editor Greg Freeman.  

The interviewer is Write On!’s Eithne Cullen, with Editor Madeleine White. 

You can find out more about Jenny Mitchell by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/jennymitchellgo

You can also find out more about Jenny’s collection “Map Of A Plantation” and purchase a copy herehttps://indigodreamspublishing.com/jenny-mitchell  

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 first poem-of-the-month for 2025 comes from Alicia Hayden with her poem “And Tread Gently On This Earth.  The poem is read by Sally Walker-Taylor. 

You can read an interview with Alicia Hayden here https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews-artist-alicia-hayden/  

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 for January is from poet, novelist and presenter Mab Jones.

Described by The Times as a 'unique talent,' Mab is the winner of many accolades for her writing, including a Royal Society of Literature 'Literature Matters' Award, a Creative Wales Award, the Neil Gaiman Word Factory Short Story Competition, the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize, the Aurora Poetry Prize, the Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Prize and more. She has written for the New York Times, and has presented three poetry programmes on BBC Radio 4. A previous co-ordinator of  International Dylan Thomas Day, she has also  run the social media for world famous writer Wilbur Smith and the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. Mab also offers mentoring, critique and feedback for writers, most notably through the Poetry Society.  

Mab’s latest book “Bog Witch” encompasses nature writing, life writing, poetry and magical memoir from a working-class woman’s perspective whilst drawing from history, science, mythology and folklore. It is a lyrical, semi-mystical immersion into wild wetland areas. 

You can find out more about Mab and her work by following the links below:

Website https://mabjones.com/ 

Social Media https://www.facebook.com/mabjones/

https://twitter.com/mabjones

https://www.instagram.com/mabjones/  

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.

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 writers have gone on to write for television as well as being widely published in print.

Thank you to Laetitia Rutherford for sharing these writing tips to kick off our 2025 podcasts. 

Find out more about Laetitia and her work as a literary agent here https://www.watsonlittle.com/agent/laetitia-rutherford/

 You can follow Laetitia on X, formerly twitter here https://x.com/laetitialit

Laetitia is a supporter of the Tom Gass Spirit of Adventure Literary Prize, an annual writing prize dedicated to the memory of the late writer and traveller.  Find out more here

https://www.tomgrassprize.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 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

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 performed by Sally Walker Taylor

“To All A Good Life” by Lewie Watson performed by Lewie Watson

“Winter Monologue” by Marie-Claire Wood performed by Marie-Claire Wood 

“Home for the Holidays” by Jackie Jorgenson performed by Jackie Jorgenson

“The Sunday Morning Club” by Sally Goble read by Tiffany Clare 

“The Golden Ball” by Gessica Sakamoto Martini performed by Sally Walker-Taylor

“Turkey Story” By Jude Whiley-Morton read by Jude Whiley-Morton

“The Pond” by Carolyn Stockdale read by Tiffany Clare 

“Solstice” by Daniel Draper read by Daniel Draper 

“Monologue” By Ford Dagenham read by Chris Gregory 

“Trouble and Strife” By Janet O’Donnell read by Janet O’Donnell

“Unread Stories” By Maggie Sawkins read by Maggie Sawkins

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 

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 Gregory as Shakarn

Other voices are played by Sophie Macnair and Emma Griffiths 

The Earth Serenades was Directed by Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen and recorded at Orpheus Studio in London

The sound engineer was Richard Campbell

Music, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory 

The script for the earth serenades is copyright Emma Griffiths and may not be used in whole or in part except with the permission of the author 

If you would like to enter the 2025 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition you need to be an unpublished audio drama writer and resident in the United Kingdom.  The competition is open to entries until 5pm on Friday 21st March.   You can find out more and download entry terms and conditions via the link belowhttps://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/ 

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 

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 were:  Lena Smith, Vrushali Khadilkar, Liliana Hristova, Mirabel Lavelle, Mohamed Rahman, Michelle Towton, Lisa Scully-O’Grady,  Madeleine White, Danny Baxter, Claire Buss, Palak Tewary, Tavinder Kaur-New, Afsana Elanko, Sebastien Elanko, Rachel Umoh, Mary Walsh, Ellie Blake, Julie Dexter, Amber Hall, Juneha Chowdhury, Chris Gregory, Lucy Kaufman, Irina Goncherenko, Farzana Iqbal and Eithne Cullen 

Thank you to everyone who took part in the recording and especially to Palak Tewary for mixing the video from which this soundtrack came.  

You can see the video version of the 12 Days of Christmas via our YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/@pentoprint 

The words for this version of The 12 Days of Christmas were by 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. 

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 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. 

Find out more about Eithne Cullen by following her on X, formerly twitter here ⁠https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen⁠ 

And read Mary Walsh’s Writer of the Month feature from Write On! Here  ⁠https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-mary-walsh/⁠ 

Find out more about The London Library here https://www.londonlibrary.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. The original location recording was made by Eithne Cullen.  

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 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 Inkpen
Handprints - read by Chris Gregory
Beached - read by Emily Inkpen
Sound design, editing, music and interviewing were by Chris Gregory
 You can follow Philippa Holloway on X, formerly twitter here https://x.com/thejackdawspen

And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/thejackdawspen/ 

Find out more about Parthian Books and purchase a copy of "Untethered" here https://www.parthianbooks.com/.

Follow Parthian on X here https://x.com/ParthianBooks

And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/parthian_books/ 

Please follow Alternative Stories on social media here
https://x.com/StoriesAlt
https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/
And to contact the podcast please drop us an email at office@alternativestories.com
or visit our website here https://alternativestories.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 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 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 website here https://clairebuss.co.uk/

You can follow Claire on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/grasshopper2407/

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 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 social media via the following links

https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen

https://www.instagram.com/eithnecullen57/

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 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 that takes readers on a breathtaking journey through Paris, Berlin, Milan and the UK.  He’s currently busy with his second novel.  

Thank you to Alan Rhode for providing this month’s writing tips.  If you would like to find out more about Alan and his work you can visit his website here https://alan-rhode.com/ 

You can also follow Alan on X here https://twitter.com/AlanRhode 

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  

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 of Seren’s books are shortlisted for and win major literary prizes across the UK.  With two series already published, the Seren Poetry Podcast, which is produced and sometimes presented by our producer Chris Gregory, aims to showcase poets and their most recent collections combining a long form interview with excerpts from the collection.   

For this podcast we’re sharing an interview with poet Kim Moore about her Forward Prize-winning collection “All the Men I Never Married”.   The interviewer is Chris Gregory and the interview was recorded on location at Wordsworth Grasmere in the Lake District. 

Listen to The Seren Poetry Podcast via Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/show/6B7qqkSYira1spETGHp4Ml?si=fa1e4dcdc91f41d2 

Find out more about Seren here https://www.serenbooks.com/

And about Kim Moore, the subject of the interview in this episode here https://www.kimmoorepoet.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. 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 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-girlhood-disordered-house-two-candles/ 

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 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 featuring, ‘Black Men Should Wear Colour’ and ‘Why I Think Culture Matters.’Both pieces were originally broadcast on the Poetry Matters YouTube channel and have been written and performed by Jenny Mitchell. 

You can find out more about Jenny Mitchell by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/jennymitchellgo

You can also find out more about Jenny’s collection “Map Of A Plantation” and purchase a copy herehttps://indigodreamspublishing.com/jenny-mitchell 

You can find out about Black History Month herehttps://www.blackhistorymonth.org.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. 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 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 of education to children.  The Okocha Sisters are also founders of the “I Am The Future Of Nigeria Youth" initiative.

You can find out more about the Okocha Sisters and their work by following them on social media via the following linksInstagram: @OkochaSistersBooks | Twitter/X: @OkochaSisBooks | TikTok: @OkochaSistersBooks 

You can find out more about the "I Am The Future Of Nigeria Youth" initiative here  www.iamthefutureofnigeria.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 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 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 awards.  She has taken her stand-up show on national tours and worked on many television shows including "Taskmaster", "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" and "Have I Got News For You?".  Her debut book “Animal: The Autobiography Of A Female Body” was published in 2016 and her second “ Sex, Power Money” in 2019.   Her debut novel “Weirdo” is out now and available in all good bookshops.

For this interview Sara was in conversation with Lucy Kaufman, Michelle Sutton and Write On! Editor Madeleine White.

You can find out more about Sara Pascoe and her work by following her on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/sara.pascoe/

And book tickets for her upcoming live stand-up  tour here https://sarapascoe.co.uk/sara-on-tour

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 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 he attended a public speaking evening class run by the actor George Pensotti, at the Mary Ward Centre in London and this poem describes that experience.

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  

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 book “The Toffee Man and the Kingdom of Ends”. This extract is read by Emily Inkpen. 

Our final excerpt in this podcast is from The Essay Writing Competition which was won by “The Chicago Way”  written by  Andy Horton and read by Chris Gregory 

If you would be interested in finding out more about Pen to Print and the awards please visit the pen to print website here https://pentoprint.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 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 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 the late bestselling author Wilbur Smith and his wife, Niso. The Foundation empowers writers, promotes literacy and advances adventure writing as a genre, working to uplift, inspire and educate writers and readers of all ages across the world. The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is their flagship programme, and is a global prize that supports and celebrates the best adventure writing today. 

You can find out more about the Prize here: https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/awards/intro and can follow them on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/adventurewritingprize/  

C.E. McGill was born in Scotland and raised in North Carolina. Their fiction has appeared in Fantasy Magazine and Strange Constellations, and they are a two-time finalist for the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing. Visit Charlie’s website here: https://cemcgill.com/ 

Leo Vardiashvili came to London with his family as a refugee from Georgia when he was twelve years old. He studied English Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Hard By A Great Forest is his first novel. Follow Leo https://twitter.com/L_Vardiashvili 

Francesca de Tores is a novelist, poet and academic. She grew up in Lutruwita/Tasmania and, after fifteen years in England, now lives in Naarm/Melbourne. Francesca is the author of four previous novels and a collection of poems. Saltblood is her first historical novel. Visit Francesca’s website here: https://francescahaig.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 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 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 Serenades.’  This recording of an excerpt from the play features the voices of Tiffany Clare and Emily Inkpen.

If you would be interested in finding out more about Pen to Print and the awards please visit the pen to print website here https://pentoprint.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 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 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 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 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 and reading some of her poems.

You can read more about Jack and her work here https://pentoprint.org/tag/jack-tattersall/

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

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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 tips are all about writing for children

You can find out more about Mirabel and her writing by following her on X, formerly Twitter here  https://x.com/Mirabel20287342

You can also visit Mirabel’s website which includes a link so that you ca purchase a copy of her book ‘Zeb, Jet and the Ice Cream Calamity’

https://writebymirabel.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.

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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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 and writing mentor, her children's books include the ‘Owls Of Blossom Wood’ and the ‘Kid Cowboy’ series

The interviewers are Vrushali Khadilkar and Eithne Cullen.

You can find out more about All Stories including their mentorship programme here https://linktr.ee/allstorieswrite

You can visit Catherine Coe’s website here https://www.catherine-coe.com/

And find Habon Jama’s website here https://habonmjama.wordpress.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 has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. The original recording was made by Madeleine White. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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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 her web page here https://jenniferinlondon.wordpress.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 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

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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 podcast were written, read, introduced and recorded by Bee Henderson 

If you’d like to find out more about Bee and her work you can visit her website here https://www.beehenderson.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 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

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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 of the festival and the various writers they have heard speaking during the event.  

Find out more about Eithne Cullen by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen 

And read Mary Walsh’s Writer of the Month feature from Write On! Here  https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-mary-walsh/ 

Find our more about the Hay Festival by visiting the festival’s website here https://www.hayfestival.com/home 

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.

The original location recording was made by Eithne Cullen.  

Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England

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Our interview this month is with Melanie Reid .   Melanie is a journalist and columnist for The Times newspaper.  She broke her neck in a riding accident in 2010 and since then has been a tetraplegic.  Her weekly musings on her life as a disabled person ‘Spinal column’ appear in The Sunday Times magazine.  As well as her newspaper work Melanie is a published non-fiction author and was awarded an OBE in the 2016 birthday honours. 

You can read Melanie’s work for The Times Newspaper here (these pieces are behind a paywall)

https://www.thetimes.com/profile/melanie-reid

Follow Melanie on X here https://x.com/mel_reidtimes

Melanie was in conversation with Dr Afsana Elanko and 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 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

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Our listener contribution this month comes from Gloria Maloney.   Gloria is a poet and prose writer who finds her inspiration during walks through the countryside. She was honoured with first prize in the Pen to Print Poetry competition in 2021 and served as a judge the following year. Her work has been featured in various online and print magazines, including The London Garden Society, Autumn Voices, and Write On!.

Gloria’s poetry is also included in several anthologies, such as the eBook ‘Lamb Spectator’ by Northumberland Library (2023) and ‘Out of Excuses’ by Quaker Arts (2023).   Gloria's work was Highly Commended in the RSPB's Hengistbury Head Writing Competition in 2021.

The poems in this podcast are written and performed by Gloria Maloney. You can read an interview with Gloria and find out more about her work here https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews-writer-gloria-maloney/  

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

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This month's poem of the month is from Danny Baxter - a poet and artist from Barking and Dagenham who has appeared on this podcast several times.   Being myself is read by Chris Gregory.

You can follow Danny on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/dan_lbbd/ and read about his art here https://pentoprint.org/showcase-of-art/⁠ 

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 In this edition we revisit an interview with novelist and audio drama writer Cailean Steed.  Cailean’s debut novel “Home” is published by Bloomsbury and has received considerable critical acclaim since publication.  In this interview, recorded on the day of Home’s launch Cailean talks about inspiration, research and balancing writing with the rest of their life. 

Excerpts from the audio book of "Home" are read by Paula Masterson

Find out more about Cailean by following their twitter account here https://x.com/CaileanSteed

And visit their website here https://www.caileansteed.com/

You can order a copy of Cailean’s novel “Home” by searching for it on all good online book retailers. 

You can listen to all episodes of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730

Find out more about Alternative Stories here https://alternativestories.com/

And follow them on X here https://x.com/StoriesAltAnd Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/  

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 In the second of our “Write On! Audio and Friends” features we’re revisiting an interview with novelist and short story writer Zoe Gilbert.  The winner of the 2014 Costa short story award, Zoe has since published two acclaimed novels – Folk (2018) and Mischief Acts (2022). 

In this interview, originally part of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast, Zoe talks about the art of storytelling and the ways in which she weaves influences from folklore and fantasy into her work. 

The interviewer is Chris Gregory and excerpts are read by Sally Walker Taylor and Tiffany Clare 

You can find out more about Zoe Gilbert and her work by visiting her website here http://zoegilbert.com/

You can follow Zoe on X, formerly twitter here https://x.com/mindandlanguage 

You can listen to all episodes of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730

Find out more about Alternative Stories here https://alternativestories.com/

And follow them on X here https://x.com/StoriesAltAnd Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/  

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 

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Our listener contribution this month is from poet and author Sebastian Elanko.

Sebastian Elanko is a poet, author and writer who regularly writes in two different languages. He has published work in the English and Tamil languages, including in anthologies, magazines and has had work in displayed in exhibitions. His work is currently being exhibited at the museum in London, which explores the theme of overcoming adversity by going back to the roots of our heritage. Sebastian has taught writing classes to encourage and support others and is a regular writer for the Write On magazine.

You can read more from Sebastian Elanko in this page from pen to Print

https://pentoprint.org/tag/sebastian-elanko/

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

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This month's poem of the month is from Nicole Piscopo - a young Maltese poet who we featured on the podcast back in 2022.  Nicole Piscopo is reading her poem "Wrote a Love Letter- Turned it into an Airplane"

You can find Nicole on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/maybe_its_fate_poetry/

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

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Our writing tips this month are from Write On’s Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh.  Eithne and Mary are in conversation about the skills and inspiration writers can receive from attending writing courses.

Find out more about Pen to Print’s range of writing courses by visiting the events page of the Pen to Print website here https://pentoprint.org/about/events/

Find out more about Eithne Cullen by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/eithne_cullen

And read Mary Walsh’s Writer of the Month feature from Write On! Here  https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-mary-walsh/

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

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Our interview this month is with British / Irish writer and broadcaster Kit De Waal.  Born in Birmingham to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, she initially pursued a career in law working alongside foster carers and the social care sector before turning to writing and broadcasting. Her debut novel ‘My Name Is Leon’ was shortlisted for the Costa Book award. Her short fiction has been nominated for - and won - numerous prizes.  Soon after the publication of ‘My Name Is Leon’ she began working on The Kit De Waal Creative Writing Scholarship which provides a fully funded place for a disadvantaged writer on the creative writing MA course at Birkbeck College in London

The interviewer is Iole Dexter who was alongside Write On!’s editor Madeleine White

If you’d like to find out more about Kit De Waal and her writing you can visit her website here https://www.kitdewaal.com/

To read Iole Dexter’s blog go here https://iolewrites.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 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

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Our April Showcase is selected and introduced by Hannah Rooney – a student in the second year of her creative writing course at the University of Sunderland.  As Hannah explains, the overarching theme of this Showcase is one of optimism.  The readers in this showcase are Sally Walker Taylor and Chris Gregory. 

Hannah’s selections are as follows:

Anxious Mind by Gloria Maloney

Parahumanity (excerpt) by Hannah Hoare

Vitalite Nights (excerpt) by Kristine Allen

Heckler by Hannah Rooney

The Gift by Thomas Dale

Thank you to Hannah Rooney from the University of Sunderland for selecting and introducing this showcase. 

If you’d like to find out more about the Creative Writing course at the University of Sunderland please follow the link below

https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/study/english/undergraduate-english/

And to follow Hannah Rooney on Instagram go to https://www.instagram.com/hannahrooney.x/

Hannah referenced publishers and creative writing organisation, Write-On-The-Tyne, run by Helen Aitchison who has also appeared on this podcast.  To find out more go to www.writeonthetyne.com

The final selection in the showcase “ The Gift” by Thomas Dale was published in the Write on The Tyne Recovery Voices anthology – find out more and buy a copy here http://www.recoveryconnections.org.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 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.

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 In this edition we are sharing another new feature, “Poem of the Month” in which we will share some of the poetry we've featured on this podcast over the last few years.

This month's poem is "Where is Home?"  by Diya Padiya.   It is read by Sally Walker Taylor….

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.

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In this new Write On! Audio feature we'll share episodes of other writing podcasts that our listeners may enjoy.  First, we're sharing an episode of The Writers Gym,  a weekly show about the process and practice of writing featuring writer and writing coach Dr Rachel Knightley alongside novelist and audio drama writer Emily Inkpen.  The Writers Gym is presented by Write On Audio's producer Chris Gregory.   In the edition you're about to hear the team discuss the art of giving feedback to your fellow writers and ways in which you can ask for feedback on your own work.

Thank you to The Writers Gym podcast for allowing us to share this episode.  The voices you heard were Chris Gregory, Emily Inkpen and Dr Rachel Knightley.  You can listen to more episodes and subscribe to the podcast by searching for The Writers Gym in your favourite podcast app or clicking on the link below

https://drrachelknightley.podbean.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 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

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Our March interview is with Isabelle Kenyon, the founder and owner of the award-winning Fly-On-The-Wall Press.  As well as being a published author and poet, Isabelle is an expert on book editing, marketing and promotion.  Isabelle is in conversation with  Pen to Print’s 2023 Poetry Award winner Julie Dexter and Write On! Editor, Madeleine White.

Find out more about Isabelle’s editing and writing work, as well as her new novel ‘The Dark Within Them,’ in Julie’s digital write up of the interview: https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews/

You can connect with Isabelle, by following her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/kenyon_isabelle

And follow Fly On The Wall Press here https://twitter.com/fly_press

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.

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Our showcase this month is selected by Jilly Henderson Long.   Jilly is a published author of fiction, non-fiction and poetry and lives in Southend-on-Sea in Essex.  When not writing, Jilly enjoys photography and of course, reading. 

The pieces featured in this showcase are

• Alice Ayres by Greg Pidgeon
• Baby by Tavinder New
• A Place Between by May L Walsh
• Who Knows” by Jilly Henderson Long

The readers are Chris Gregory and Tiffany Clare

The music used in this showcase was composed and recorded by Chris Gregory

Find out more about Jilly Henderson Long by following her on X, formerly Twitter https://twitter.com/Jilly66408011

Find out more about Tiffany Clare and her acting and voice work by visiting her website here https://www.voicebytiffany.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 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

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Our March listener contribution comes from Whitney Love.  Whitney Love is a wife, mother and known for her love of animals. The great outdoors is a space where she finds a lot of inspiration.  Whitney always dreamed of becoming an author from a very young age, keen to story-tell on topics that would challenge her readers to see varying degrees of life and enable them to imagine what that could potentially mean for someone else. Her dream of writing has now come to life with the publication of her debut novel  "She Set Him Up" which was published in January this year.    For this week’s podcast we have the first chapter of the book read by Whitney herself.

You can buy a copy of Whitney’s book direct from the publisher, Troubador, here https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/she-set-him-up

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

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Our writing tips this month come from Hema Macherla   Hema is the author of three novels,  Breeze from the River Manjeera, Blue Eyes and Letters in the Sand all of which are published by Linen Press.  

 If you’d like to learn more about Hema, buy her books and read her articles you can visit her website  https://hemamacherla.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 has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

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Our February Interview is with Sharmaine Lovegrove.  Sharmaine is the co-founder, managing director and publisher of Dialogue, a division of Hachette UK.   She was the recipient of the Future Book Publishing Person of the year in 2018 and has also worked in television, PR, as a literary editor and bookshop owner.  She is founding editor of the Black Writer’s Guild.

The interviewer is Iole Dexter who was alongside Write On! Editor, Madeleine White

Thank you to Sharmaine Lovegrove for being the subject of this months’ interview.  You can find out more about Sharmaine and her work by following her on X, formerly Twitter https://twitter.om/sharlovegrove

And find out more about Dialogue Books which Sharmaine runs here  https://www.dialoguebooks.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/

Our February Showcase is selected and introduced by Niema Bohrayba  With a 20 year career in operational and strategic human resources, becoming a fellow of the chartered institute of personnel and development , Niema is now exploring the world of creative writing and working on her first book. 

Niema’s selections are

Day-After-Day by Alex Mayberry (read by Chris Gregory)

Schoolgirl Crush by Zara Relphman (read by Tiffany Clare)

The Planet is Burning by Michael Gold (read by Chris Gregory)

Enjoying the Natural World During Winter (written and performed by Niema Bohrayba)

You can find out more about the authors of the pieces you heard by following the links below

·      Alex Mayberry on Instagram: @alexmayberrythefirst

·      Zara Relphman via her website: hatchman4.wixsite.com/zararelphman

·      Michael Gold via his website: www.radicalsoapbox.com

And you can read more about Niema in this piece from Write On! https://pentoprint.org/write-on-features-shift-formal-creative/ 

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.

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Our February Listener Contribution is from audio drama writer and producer Jill Korn.

Living and working in the west of Scotland and with a lifelong love of drama and the theatre, Jill has written and produced a number of full-length audio dramas which tend to focus on history and folklore.  In this podcast you can hear Jill's drama ‘The Glad Giver’ which is based on a day in the life of Julian Of Norwich.

You can find out more about Jill and her work by visiting her website here: https://www.jillkorn.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 has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory. Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print.

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Our writing tips this month come from our Editor, author and poet Madeleine White and poet and broadcaster Mab Jones.   Madeleine and Mab are in discussion around poetry and staying true to your voice, even in the face of commercial considerations. Mab Jones has published two poetry collection and has worked as a presenter for BBC Radio 4, especially on programs related to Welsh themes and content.     She has won a number of awards, including the John Tripp Spoken Poetry Audience Prize, the Aurora Poetry Competition, the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize, and the Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.   As well as being the founding Editor of Write On! Madeleine White has two published books: a novel and a poetry collection. 

If you’d like to find out more about Mab Jones and her work you can follow her on X, formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/mabjones

And you can follow Madeleine White here https://twitter.com/madeleinefwhite

 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/

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Our listener contribution this month comes from Jenny Tinghui Zhang.  Jenny is a Chinese American author, originally from Changchun China but now based in Austin Texas.  Her debut novel “Four treasures of the Sky” was a New York Times Book Review editors choice and reviewed in the Washington Post, Publishers Week and on National Public Radio.

You can find out more about Jenny by visiting her website here https://www.jennytinghui.com/

And follow her on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/sunspotletters/

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