Write On! Issue 22 OUT TODAY
- 12 September 2024
- News
Write On! 22, sponsored by The Working Class Collective, is out today.
Themed ‘Change’ this issue is about looking at life squarely and facing up to what we need to do. Our lead interview with Sara Pascoe reflects this beautifully. The TV star, comedian and bestselling author tells Lucy Kaufman and Michelle Sutton about how being an Essex girl and a parent helps her ‘keep it real.’
The Showcase Pages – drawn from the online Write On! Extra and podcast Write On! Audio, these pages feature wonderful contributions from our readers.
The Big Debate – Free Vs Paid: Danny Baxter examines when and how creatives should charge.
Write On! 23, out on 12 December, is themed ‘Difference’ and leads with the multi-award-winning poet Jenny Mitchell. It is sponsored by The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. This theme will also inform content for the digital Write On! Extra (accessible through this website) and Write On! Audio. (This podcast can be accessed on all major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Just type pen to print into your browser. Alternatively, find us via our Spotify Podcast hosting site.
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Launched in April 2019, Pen to Print’s Write On! continues to reach new readers as Barking & Dagenham’s Arts Council England Library NPO (National Portfolio Organisation) magazine. United by a desire to come together beyond boundaries of geography, culture and expectations, Write On! is created by and for writers. Write On! is available digitally and through Barking and Dagenham libraries and other libraries and centres in different parts of London, Devon, Manchester, Birmingham, Kent, Newcastle, the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Sunderland and Essex. University distribution points include Christchurch, Sunderland and Goldsmiths. Increasingly, we are sharing the printed magazine with writers from across the UK who are asking for copies for their writing groups and local bookstores.
Pen to Print is part of Barking and Dagenham Libraries which means the ethos of the organisation is founded on promoting an inclusive community spirit. Due to the reach or our publications, which includes Write On! Audio and Write On! Extra in the digital sphere, we connect beyond Barking & Dagenham to create wider ripple effects. We are therefore delighted that this has encouraged 250,000 + users from 198 countries to respond to the ideals of engagement transparency, connection and inclusion.
A Call to Action:
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- For up-to-date editorial information, including how to submit to the Write On! suite of publications, including audio, see: The Editor’s Introduction.
- Partnerships: Write On! has already facilitated partnerships and co-operation with Hay Festival, Writers’ and Artists’, All Stories, Bloomsbury, Penguin, the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation, Write Back UK, the Curtis Brown Agency, The Margate Bookie, University of Derby, Christ Church University Canterbury, The University Of Sunderland, The Romantic Novelist Association (RNA), the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast, The Turner Contemporary, Libraries Unlimited (Devon), The London Library, Becontree Broadcasting Station and the Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper (making Write On! available in a spoken form) many others are currently being explored. If you would like to discuss ideas, please do get in touch at: pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk
- To advertise online or in the next issue please see our newly launch Write On! Together magazine, with demographics, testimonials and lots of information.
