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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print. This month’s Poem Of The Month episode features poet and former vet, Ilse Pedler and two poems from her Seren Books collection ‘Auscultation’  These poems were originally featured on the Seren Poetry Podcast and you can listen to the full episode here https://pod.link/1642711694/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC0xMTQ4NTg4NgFind out more about Ilse Pedler and her work here https://ilsepedler.com/And find out more about Seren and purchase their books here https://www.serenbooks.com/ All content associated with this podcast in audio 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 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 March comes from TAK Erzinger an American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background.  She is also an alumni of Boston University.Her poetry has been featured by journals at the Latino Book Review, Indiana University, Cornell University, McMaster University, the University of Baltimore and more.  Erzinger’s poetry collection At The Foot Of The Mountain, (Floricanto Press 2021), won the University of Indianapolis, Etchings Press Whirling Prize for 2021 for best nature poetry book and is a two-time finalist. Her second poetry collection Tourist (Sea Crow Press 2023) is also a two-time finalist at the International Book Awards and the Eyelands Book Awards. Erzinger was an artist-in-residence at the Art Centre Padula Residency Programme Italy, summer 2023, at Brisons Veor Residency Cornwall, fall 2024 and The Eutopia Artist Residence Greece, spring 2025. Most recently her first children’s picture book, At The Queen Of The Mountain won five awards in 2025 including book of the year.  TAK’s new poetry collection  A Woman Like That will be published at the end of March.   She lives in the foothills of the Alps in Switzerland with her husband and two cats.Find out more about TAK and her work by visiting her website herehttps://takerzinger.wixsite.com/poetAnd visit TAK’s page at Grey Borders Books, TAK’s Canadian publisher herehttps://greybordersbooks.jigsy.com/tak-erzinger All content associated with this podcast in audio 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 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 March come from Write On! Associate Editor Clare Cooper.   Working in magazine publishing for over 45 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.  Her writing advice focusses on the skills that writers need to write short fiction aimed at publication in magazines. You can find out more about Clare and her work by following the link below https://pentoprint.org/write-on-interviews-writer-clare-cooper/   All content associated with this podcast in audio 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 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 February Write On! Audio and Friends episode we are bringing you an audio drama from the Spec Fic Radio Theatre Podcast.   As the deadline for entries for the Pen To Print audio play competition draws closer - your entries need to be in by noon on 23rd march - we hope that this play will inspire you to have a go at writing some audio drama and perhaps to explore more radio plays. The Spec Fic Radio Theatre podcast is a speculative fiction anthology sharing dramas that fall into the genres of fantasy, science fiction and folklore.  It's produced by my production company, Alternative Stories and each story features a cast of professional actors performing a script written by a different writer.   The drama we're sharing today is a fantasy story based on Scottish folklore written by Edinburgh based novelist and short fiction writer, Lyndsey Croal.  We hope you enjoy ‘Daughter of Fire and Water’. If you're inspired to enter the Pen to Print audio play competition you can find a link here https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/To listen to more episodes of the Spec Fic Radio Theatre Podcast please follow this linkhttps://pod.link/1812026298To find out more about Lyndsey Coral, the writer of ‘Daughter Of Fire And Water’ you can follow this link https://lyndseycroal.co.uk/…and to listen to more drama from Alternative Stories please click this link https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories All content associated with this podcast in audio 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 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 February comes from poet, writer and Write On! team member Julie Dexter.   Born in Leicestershire and currently living in London, Julie’s writing explores themes of imbalance, seasonal change, climate change and how this interconnectedness impacts the human condition.  Julie’s poem is called Blindsight and it is written and performed by Julie Dexter. Blindsight was published in the Everywriter.net Summer 2025 edition. You can find out more about Julie and her work by visiting her website www.juliedexterwriter.com All content associated with this podcast in audio 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 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 comes from Saviour Pirotta.  A children's author, playwright and director originally from Malta, Saviour now lives in the UK.  He is best known for the bestselling The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths, adaptations of folk tales and the ancient Greek Mysteries series which were published by Bloomsbury.  Find out more about Saviour Pirotta and his work by visiting his website here https://saviourpirotta.com/ ..and follow him on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/saviour2858/  All content associated with this podcast in audio 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 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 February come from writer, journalist and editor Natasha Poliszczuk. A former deputy editor at Glamour and writer for The Times and Grazia, Natasha is now the Editor-in-Chief for BookBrunch and writes a weekly newsletter called Book(ish).  You can read Natasha’s Book(ish) blog here https://natashap.substack.com/ Read BookBrunch for which Natasha is Editor-In-Chief here https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/ And follow Natasha on Instagram here  https://www.instagram.com/natashapoliszczuk  All content associated with this podcast in audio 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 and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print Our interview for January is with poet, journalist and mentor Sarah Westcott.  Sarah's poetry has been widely published in anthologies and literary journals and commended in a number of competitions. Sarah’s second full collection, 'Bloom', (Pavilion Poetry) was shortlisted for the 2023 Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize.  She has published 4 books and a 2025 pamphlet, 'Almanac' . Sarah was alongside Eithne Cullen and Write On! Editor Madeleine White.You can find out more about Sarah Westcott and her work by visiting her website here https://sarahwestcott.co.uk/ All content associated with this podcast  in audio 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 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 January is by Gillian Davies. It’s called ‘When The Streetlights Blinked To Light’ and it was the winner of the 2025 Poetry Prize at the Pen to Print Awards. You can read more about the Pen to Print Awards here https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/ We would like to thank our presenter Tiffany Clare for her hard work on the Write On! Audio Podcast and wish her all the best for her voice work in the future.  To find out more about Tiffany or book her for your voice project you can visit her website here https://www.voicebytiffany.com/  All content associated with this podcast  in audio 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 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 writer and Write On! Associate Editor, Amber Hall.  A writer of poetry and creative non-fiction, Amber has worked as a writer in residence at the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants and is a member of the Working-Class Collective which encourages and inspires working class work from working class creatives.   You can read more about Amber and her work here https://pentoprint.org/writer-of-the-month-amber-hall/ You can follow Amber on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/amber.marie.123  All content associated with this podcast in audio 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.For our first episode of 2026 we’re brining you inspirational writing tips from novelist, freelance director and theatre maker Kate Beales. Kate's practice includes work with wounded veterans as part of the Drive Project and with female refugees and asylum seekers as part of the Routes For Women initiative. Kate's novel "Broken Horses" was published in September 2025. You can find out more about Kate Beales and her work by visiting her website here https://www.katebeales.com/  All content associated with this podcast  in audio 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 PrintIn this week’s episode we’re bringing you award-winning audio drama.  ‘The Angry House’ by Thomas Wrightson was the winning script in the 2025 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition. The competition which is open to audio drama writers who have not previously had a drama formally produced runs annually and a number of the previous winners have been heard on this podcast. To find out more about the competition and to enter the 2026 version please visit the Pen to Print website here  https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/ When Harry and Agnes Wells inherit an old house in Cornwall in the summer of 1999, they visit with the intention of renovating the building.  But as days pass they discover the house has some unexpected secrets.   In 'The Angry House' by Thomas Wrightson you can hear: Charlie Richards as HarryMarie-Claire Wood as AgnesDavid Monteith as Geraldand Sarah Golding as Samantha GregoryWhispers and other voices by the cast and Thomas Wrightson The Angry House was produced and directed by Chris GregoryCasting was by Chris Gregory and Thomas WrightsonThe original score for The Angry House was arranged and performed by Chris GregorySound design, mixing and editing are by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories Thomas Wrightson is a novelist based in Anglesey in North Wales. You can find out more about Thomas and his work by visiting his website here:  https://thomaswrightson.co.uk/ Alternative Stories would like to thank Pen to Print for running the competition and Lucy Kaufman and Emily Inkpen for judging entries alongside Chris Gregory. 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 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.