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Want to become a published author? Are you in need of some inspiration from other writers? How did they turn their passion into a paying job?

The Pen to Print and Write On! Audio podcasts are for everyone in the writing community by showcasing work, offering advice, news and views.

Based in east London, contribute to Write On! Magazine, Write On! Extra or Write On! Audio. Take part online with Pen to Print's FREE programme of creative writing, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting classes or enter our FREE writing competitions. Discover more! Visit pentoprint.org
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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere, brought to you by Pen to Print 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.
Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   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
Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print     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
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 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.   This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England  
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.   This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England  
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.   This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England
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/   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 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  
Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print   This month's interview is with novelist Frances Hardinge   Frances Hardinge came to widespread publication attention when her 2015 novel, The Lie Tree won the Costa Book Award. She has published nine novels and numerous short stories.  As well as the Costa award she has won the Carnegie Medal twice and the Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel for Cuckoo Song.  We caught up with Frances for this month’s interview.    The interviewer is Claire Buss.   You can find out more about Frances Hardinge by visiting her website http://www.franceshardinge.com/ And follow her on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesHardinge    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 showcase is selected by Helen Aitchison.  Hailing from the north-east of England, Helen combines writing with her work as the director of a Community Interest Company, ’Write On The Tyne’, which provides creative writing courses and mentoring with a focus on engaging marginalised people in the area.   Helen also teaches for her local council, is a freelance writer for Story Terrace and an on-line journalist for Radio Gateshead. The pieces selected by Helen are •      The Strange Magic Of New Beginnings, by Christian Ward •      After Print, by Viv Fogel •      A snippet from Duty, a memoir by Jeff Stephenson •      Enough by Helen Aitchison The pieces are read by Chris Gregory and Sally Walker-Taylor and introduced by Helen Aitchison. After Print is part of the poetry collection Imperfect Beginnings, published by Fly On The Wall Press. It is available from Amazon and good bookshops. Thank you to Helen Aitchison for selecting this month’s showcase.   You can find out more about Helen by visiting her website https://helenaitchisonwrites.wordpress.com/   You can follow Helen on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/aitchisonwrites And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/helen.aitchison_writes/     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 we’re sharing the winning entry in the 2023 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition.  Ark is a comedy murder mystery set aboard Noah’s Ark and it is written by writer, actor and improv-performer Stephanie Weston In Ark by Stephanie Weston you can hear    Tiffany Clare as Parphia Charlie Richards as Japhet Emily Inkpen as Olla Stephanie Weston as Leah And Chris Gregory as Ham Ark was directed by Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen   Sound design, music and editing were by Chris Gregory  Ark was recorded at Orpheus Studio in London and by Richard Campbell    Ark by Stephanie Weston was the winner of the 2023 Pen to Print Audio Play competition.  If you would like to enter the 2024 competition which is aimed at new and first time writers you'll need to be a resident of the UK and submit a script of approximately half an hour.  You'll find a full set of regulations and more details about the competition on the pen to print website  https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions-2023/   You can find out more about Stephanie Weston by visiting her website https://tabb.cc/stephanie-weston And you can follow Stephanie on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stephanie__weston/   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 podcast of 2024 features writing tips from Lynne Golodner.  An author of 8 novels and numerous articles, Lynne is also a podcast host, business woman and writing coach specialising in helping writers to develop brand strategies.  Thank you to Lynne Golodner for these useful writing tips.  Find out more about Lynne Golodner by visiting her website here https://lynnegolodner.com/ You can follow Lynne on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/YourPeople   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 December interview is with actor and writer Paterson Joseph.   Currently appearing in BBC TV’s drama Boat Story , Paterson Joseph came to widespread public attention for his role as Johnson in Channel 4’s Peepshow.  His debut novel The Secret Diaries Of Charles Ignatius Sancho was published in 2022. It was shortlisted for the Jhalak prize and won the Christopher Bland Prize. The interviewer is Thomas Nixon Thank you to Paterson Joseph for being the subject of our December interview.  You can purchase a copy of The Secret Diaries Of Charles Ignatius Sancho from Waterstones’s here https://www.waterstones.com/author/paterson-joseph/2282968 And you can follow Paterson on X, formerly Twitter here https://twitter.com/ignatius_sancho As this is our final podcast of 2023 we’d like to wish all our listeners a happy new year.  We’ll see you next week for our first podcast of 2024.   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 December Showcase is selected and presented by Write On! team member Palak Tewary. A writer and business woman, Palak is the author of a poetry collection The Stanzas of Time, published in November. The pieces featured in this showcase were: Paths of Gems by Elaine Hickman-Luter The Homeless Poet by Leslie Sheils In Winter by Eithne Cullen Christmas Special by Claire Buss Masks by Palak Tewary The readers were Sally Walker Taylor and Chris Gregory Thank you to Palak Tewary for selecting this month’s showcase.   You can find out more about Palak and her work by visiting her website https://palaktewary.com/ This is our final podcast before the holiday season so we would like to wish all our listeners who celebrate it a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.    Join us next week for an interview with actor and writer Paterson Joseph who is in conversation with Thomas Nixon   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 With the holiday season approaching, our listener contribution for December is the annual festive poem recorded by members of the Write On! team.   For our recording this year we have chosen Christmas at Melrose by Leslie Pinckney Hill The poem was performed by Eithne Cullen, Lena Smith, Lisa Roullier, Mohamed Rahman, Madeleine White, Claire Buss, Julie Dexter,  Palak Tewary, Afsana Elanko, Sebastian Elanko, Rachel Umoh, Mirabel Lavelle, Amber Hall , Chris Gregory , E.M. Blake, Liliana Hristova, Danny Baxter and Farzana Hakim.  The recordings were mixed and edited by Palak Tewary and you can hear more from Palak next week as she selects our December showcase.   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 December come from writers Christine Penhall and Lizzie Chantree talking about the benefits of ‘buddy writing’ Chris and Lizzie both write uplifting romantic fiction and they formed a buddy-writing group in Essex to help fellow writers to inspire each other and avoid the feeling of isolation that many writers experience.  In these tips they share the benefits of this approach to writing and how it can work for writers at all stages of their writing journey. Find out more about Chris Penhall and her work by visiting her website here https://www.chrispenhall.co.uk/ And Follow Chris on X (formerly Twitter) here https://twitter.com/ChrisPenhall Visit Lizzie Chantree’s website here https://lizziechantree.com/ And follow her on X here https://twitter.com/Lizzie_Chantree   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 months' interview is with novelist and life coach Elen Sentier.   The best-selling author of 12 books, Elen describes herself as an author of "magical-realism and British cunning folk.” Her writing draws on shamanism, paganism, folklore and magic.  She is also known for her paranormal mystery suspense novels. The interviewer is Eithne Cullen who is alongside Write On! Editor Madeleine White If you’d like to learn more about Elen and her work please visit here website www.elensentier.com   You can also follow Elen on X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/elensentier And on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/elensentier009   Please join us for our first December podcast on Tuesday 5th December in which we’ll share writing tips from Christine Penhall   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 showcase is selected by Afsana Elanko     Artist and writer Dr Afsana Elanko is also an award-winning doctor, with a special interest in oncology, educationalist, leader, policy maker  and innovator. Part of the Write On! team for the last couple of years, she combines a passion for promoting advances in medicine with a love of the arts.  Other than writing for Write On! Dr Afsana’s work has appeared in the Guardian as well as other main stream publications and medical journals.  In the showcase you can hear the following pieces   Realities and Perceptions of the World by Sebastian Elanko   A.I by Nayesh Radia   To Retire or Not to Retire?  That is the Question by Tony Dileen  Here You Are by Ladyray  The readers in this showcase were Sally Walker-Taylor and Chris Gregory   Join us next week for an interview with novelist Elen Sentier   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 an original monologue written and performed by Jeff Tullin.    Jeff lives in the East Midlands and is a member of the Derbyshire Script Writers group, and the Hasland Theatre Company Chesterfield. He retired from a lifetime career in IT a few years ago, and took the opportunity to return to amateur dramatics and writing - short scripts, stories, and poems. Previously performed pieces include 'Unspoken Words' in the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield. This is the first time he's tried recording a spoken word piece, but he's hoping to get further into audio works in the future.  “The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Death” is written, performed and recorded by Jeff Tullin    You can find out more about Jeff and his work by following him on X (formerly Twitter) here  https://twitter.com/Jeff_Tullin    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 supported using public funding by Arts Council England 
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