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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 week’s episode we’re bringing you a story for Christmas.  ‘The Cavalry’ is by award-winning and critically acclaimed Welsh poet and novelist Christopher Meredith. The story you're about to hear is a seasonal piece set in the early 1960s in south Wales.  It's called 'The Cavalry' and it's from Chris's collection 'Brief Lives' which is published by Seren. You can order a copy of Brief Lives here https://www.serenbooks.com/book/brief-lives/  Christopher Meredith is the award-winning author of five novels and five collections of poetry and also translates Welsh to English. Prizes include an Eric Gregory Award, the Arts Council of Wales Young Writer Prize and the Fiction Prize for his first novel, Shifts. His second novel, Griffri, was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award.  His collection of poems, The Meaning of Flight, was long-listed for The Book of the Year Award 2006.  He has given readings all over Britain and Europe as well as in Israel/Palestine and the USA.  Born and brought up in Tredegar, he was a steelworker and a schoolteacher before becoming a professor of creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. He lives in Brecon. A collection of six short fictions, titled Brief Lives, was released in 2018. Find out more about Christopher Meredith by visiting his website here https://christophermeredit9.wixsite.com/website All content in audio, onscreen and in print is protected and may not be copied or used for any purposes including generative AI/AI training.  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 Poem-Of-The-Month episode for December we feature a poem by Geraldine Clarkson.  ‘Sweet Holm Glosa’ follows life in a remote Hebridean community.   You can find out more about poet Geraldine Clarkson and her work here https://www.iambapoet.com/geraldine-clarkson You can read ‘Sweet Holm Glosa’ which was featured in the Times Literary Supplement in 2024 here https://www.the-tls.com/literature/original-poems-literature/sweet-holm-glosa-original-poem-geraldine-clarkson  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 week’s episode we’re bringing you the annual Christmas recording by members of the Write On! and Pen to Print.  This year our poem is ‘A Patchwork Poem For Christmas’:  a compilation of couplets pulled together by poet and Thoughtful Tuesday Editor, Eithne Cullen.  It is mixed and edited by Palak Tewary.  In our recording of ‘A Patchwork Poem For Christmas’ you can hear the voices of: Tavinder NewPalak TewarySebastian ElankoEithne CullenAfsana ElankoDanny BaxterLisa RoullierMohammed RahmanMadeleine F WhiteAmber HallJulie DexterEllie M. BlakeVrushali KhadilkarJuneha ChowdhuryMirabel LavelleFarzana HakimClaire BussAnd Irina Goncherenko The recordings were mixed and edited by Palak Tewary and the couplets were compiled by Eithne Cullen.   Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our listeners.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 from novelist, playwright and actor Elaine Spires.  The author of a dozen novels, Elaine has also written stage plays and television scripts.  She runs the podcast: ‘Going Round The Banjo: The Dagenham Story Podcast’. You can find out more about Elaine Spires and her work by visiting her website at https://www.elainespires.co.uk/ Follow Elaine on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/elainespiresauthor 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 PenTo Print.For our Write On! Audio And Friends episode this month we are sharing an episode of a new podcast called “Where Writers Go” which is written and presented by actor, film maker and writer Kathryn Georghiou.  The show focuses on place as an influence for writers and each episode visits a different location and discusses the writing influences that can be found there. You can find out more about “Where Writers Go” and subscribe in your favourite podcast app by visiting the show’s website here https://www.wherewritersgo.com/ You can follow “Where Writers Go” on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/wherewritersgo/ You can find out more about Kathryn Georghiou and her other work here https://www.kgactress.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 PenTo Print.Our poem of the month episode for November features a short poem by writer and musician Destiny Hankerson.  The poem is called “Revolution!” and it is performed and recorded by Destiny. You can find out more about Destiny Hankerson by visiting her website here https://destinyhankerson.carrd.co/  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 Listener Contribution, we are joined by novelist and Write On! Deputy Editor Claire Buss for a look at the world of audio books and how and why writers should create them for their books.  Claire talks us through her process and we hear an excerpt from the audio book of her novel ‘The Rose Thief’. You can find out more about Claire and purchase copies of her books and audio books by visiting her linktree here  https://linktr.ee/ClaireBuss You can order a copy of ‘The Rose Thief’ audiobook here https://books2read.com/u/mBNNEN 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 Pent o Print Our November tips are from Write On! Associate Editor Clare Cooper.  Working in magazine publishing for over 46 years, the last 29 of which were spent very happily embedded in the Fiction Department of Woman’s Weekly Magazine, Clare is now a regular contributor and competition judge for Pen to Print. For this conversation, Clare was alongside Write On! Editor, Madeleine White. You can find out more about Clare Cooper and her work in this Write On! interview  https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews-writer-clare-cooper/  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 Pento Print. For our ‘Write On! Audio And Friends’ feature for October we are brining you an episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast which features best-selling author Joanne Harris.  Joanne Harris came to widespread popular attention with the publication of her novel ‘Chocolat’ which became a highly successful film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.  Joanne’s other genre-spanning work includes ‘The Gospel of Loki’ and ‘The Strawberry Thief’ and ‘Vianne’,  sequels to ‘Chocolat’You can find out more about Joanne Harris and her work by visiting her website here https://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/ The Writing Worlds Podcast is a show dedicated to the art of world building in fiction and is presented by award-winning audio drama writer and novelist Emily Inkpen and Write On! Audio producer Chris Gregory.  You can listen to more episodes of Writing Worlds and subscribe to the podcast here https://pod.link/1812994751  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 PenTo Print.For our ‘Poem Of The Month’ episode for October we are brining you two poems.  We'll start with ‘Sunset Dining At Nature's Table’ by Gloria Maloney which is read by Write On! Editor Madeleine White and won 2nd place in the Barn Owl Trust Poetry Competition 2025 You can read Gloria's poem in Volume 8 Wildlife Words Anthology, available from the online bookshop: www.barnowltrust.org.uk Our second poem is by Afsana Elanko, a regular contributor to Write on and a member of the Write ON! team.  Her poem is called "The Revolution Of Play – An Epic Ode To Identity, Imagination And Inner Spirit" . It is written and performed by Afsana. Thank you to Gloria Maloney and Afsana Elanka for sharing their poems with us in this episode of Write On Audio. You can find out more about Gloria Maloney and her work here https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews-writer-gloria-maloney/And read more about Afsana Elanko here https://pentoprint.org/tag/dr-afsana-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. 

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 Costanza Casati winner of the Best Published Novel in the Wilbur & Niso Smith Adventure Writing Prize for her novel ‘Babylonia’. Costanza was in conversation with Charlotte Maddox of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation.Find out more about Costanza Casati and order a copy of ‘Babylonia’ by visiting her author page on Penguin’s website here https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/288834/costanza-casatiFollow Costanza on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/costanzacasati And find out more about The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation via their website 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 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 PenTo Print.For our first podcast of October we have writing advice from poets and Write On! team members Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh.  These tips are about writing retreats and were recorded at Valance House. Find out more about Valence House and plan a visit via their website here https://valencehousecollections.co.uk/ You can find out more about Eithne Cullen by following her on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/eithnecullen57/ and read more about Mary and her work 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.

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 social commentator, activist and campaigner Patrick Vernon OBE.  Born in Wolverhampton to a Jamaican family.  Writing for 'The Guardian', 'The Voice', and 'Black History Month Magazine', Patrick is also a film maker and he directed and produced "A Charmed Life" a documentary about the Caribbean contribution in the UK during the second world war.  In 2020 Patrick published a book called “100 Great Black Britons” which was the culmination of a campaign prompted by the almost complete absence of black people from a list of the 100 greatest Britons published by the BBC.  For this conversation, Patrick was alongside interviewer Ellie M Blake and Write On! Editor Madeleine White. Find out more about Patrick Vernon and his work by visiting his website here https://patrickvernon.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. In this week's episode we're featuring the Barking Carnival, an annual event featuring music, food, costumes  and entertainment from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.  The 2025 Carnival took place on 25 July.  In this short review of The Carnival we hear voices from organisers, attendees and partners of the Carnival.  The first voice you'll hear is that of councillor Irma Freeborn. Recorded by Victoria Macham with BBS Community Radio.To find out more about Barking Carnival please visit https://pentoprint.org/barking-dagenham-carnival-2025/ And to find out more about the work of Barking and Dagenham Council please visit their website here: https://www.lbbd.gov.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 September Listener Contribution is from poet and regular contributor to Write On!, Mary Walsh.  In this selection of poems celebrating her Irish ancestry, Mary reads from “Threads of Home", her new poetry collection published by Constellations Literary Consultancy and offers a glimpse into the next Write On! theme, (R)Evolution linking a reflection on her past into who she is today. Find out more about Mary and her work 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.

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 come from Libraro and its CEO and founder Arsim Shillova. Libraro is a community-driven platform aiming to democratise the literary world by empowering writers to share their stories securely, readers to influence what gets published, and industry professionals to discover tomorrow’s bestsellers.  For this conversation, Libraro's founder Arsim Shillova was alongside Holly King and Write On! Editor Madeleine White. You can find out more about Libraro and Arsim Shillova by visiting their website  https://app.libraro.com/feedWe’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. The second of our episodes featuring award winning writing from the recent Pen to Print awards features winners from the three main categories at the awards. We start with the winning poem which is ‘When The Streetlights Blinked to Life’ by Gillian Davies and it’s read by our presenter, Tiffany Clare .The next pieces is an excerpt from the winning short story which is called ‘Mouse’ by Lianne Warr.  it is read by Emily Inkpen .Our final award winner is from the Audio Play Competition.  This is a short excerpt from ‘The Angry House’ by Thomas Wrightson featuring the voices of Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen. You’ll be able to hear the fully produced audio play of ‘The Angry House’ on this podcast later this year. Music and soundscapes in all the recordings are by our producer Chris Gregory. Congratulations to all of our winners.  If you’d like to find out more about the Pen To Print competitions and perhaps enter in 2026 please visit our website: 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. This week’s podcast is the first of two episodes featuring award-winning writing from the recent Pen to Print Awards. Next week, we’ll hear winning pieces from the main Pen to Print Awards but, this week, we have winning pieces from a new competition: 'Adventurous Voices', sponsored by the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation and Odizzi. The competition is for adults and young writers and split into age categories. Writers were given a soundscape from the Amazon rainforest supplied by Oddizzi, a multi-award-winning geography resource designed to ignite curiosity and inspire young minds.The first piece you can hear is the winner in the primary age group: ‘Elara And The Enchanted Rainforest’ is by Daisy Higgins. It is read by Emily Inkpen.The winner in the secondary age group is ‘Who Am I?’ by Musfira Sharif. The reader is Chris Gregory.The winner in the adult age group is ‘Off The Beaten Path’ by Patrick Blosse. It is read by Chris Gregory.You can find out more about the award sponsors The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation here:   https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org And find out more about Oddizzi here: https://www.oddizzi.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. This month’s Listener Contribution is from Barking based poet and artist Danny Baxter.  The author of the collection “Twelve Poems” and a poet whose work has been featured frequently on this podcast, Danny is also part of the Barking Revival Project which he discusses in this episode. You can find out more about Danny Baxter by following him on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/dan_lbbd/ You can read Danny Baxter’s showcase from May 2025 herehttps://pentoprint.org/showcase-building-up-changes-invisible-misery-regneration-spills-revival-rooted/  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 from award winning novelist Sue Moorcroft.  The author of a number of acclaimed books including 2016’s ‘The Christmas Promise’ and 2021’s ‘A Home In The Sun’, Sue Moorcroft is a Sunday Times Bestselling Author and a former vice-chair and current President of The Romantic Novelists’ Association.   For these writing tips Sue was alongside poet Alex Murdock and Write On! Editor Madeleine White.You can find out more about Sue Moorcroft and order copies of her books by visiting her website https://www.suemoorcroft.com/ You can find out more about Alex Murdock, also known as The Mad Po3t by following him on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/themadpo3t/  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.