Heard Word
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Luiza Botelho
Telling stories that open minds and touch hearts is a political act. On the next Heard Word writer-director-producer Luiza Botelho offers advice for other storytellers looking to change the world. That’s Monday the 17th of November, 2025 from 5-7pm GMT on Zoom. To get feedback on your work sign up to be one of our…
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Hannah Bunting
Last April Hannah’s story “Icarus Rises” won top honours in the Bournemouth Writing Prize. She has since signed with agent Laura Williams (Greene and Heaton) and is now working on a novel. Join the next Heard Word to meet this up-and-coming literary light. That’s Monday the 10th of November, 2025 from 5-7pm GMT on Zoom.…
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Helen Jacey
Want to create memorable female characters? Our next Heard Word guest wrote the book on the subject – literally. Helen Jacey’s The Woman in the Story is canon for scriptwriters exploring feminist themes. In recent years, she’s been reinventing 1940s detective fiction with her book series Elvira Slate Investigations. Join Helen and learn how to…
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Peter Lydon
Our next Heard Word featured guest is writer-director-cartoonist, Peter Lydon. When he’s not working with Oscar and BAFTA winning actors, he’s expressing his flare for the visual in the form of witty and thought-provoking cartoons. If you’re a multi-talented creative working across different mediums, join Peter and find out how to successfully juggle a whole…
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CW Blackburn
Our next Heard Word featured guest is CW Blackburn, poet, mental health advocate, and radio host (Livewire Live on Hope FM). Join us and find out how CW pens words that live at the intersection of the universal and the deeply personal. That’s Monday the 13th of October, 2025 from 5-7pm GMT on Zoom. To…
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Ali Sparkes
Heard Word is back! We’re thrilled to an announce that our first featured guest is award winning children’s author Ali Sparkes. Join us to meet Ali and find out how to hold the attention of the most demanding, and easily distracted, readers of all: kids. That’s Monday the 6th of October, 2025 from 5-7pm GMT…
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Zooming into the Writer’s Room
Zoom is such a great way of bringing writers together and I was delighted when Heard Word recently invited me to take part. It’s fun to see how a whole ritual has developed around engaging with each other via this online portal: mikes muted, emojis at the ready, chat column primed and, as each face…
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David Herring,
Don’t miss our last Heard Word online writing workshop until next October. Our Featured Writer will be poet and publisher DG Herring. If you want to find out how to make your prose more poetic and how to get your poetry in print, DG (AKA David) has invaluable insights to share. That’s Thursday the 3rd…
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Across Borders: Reflections from Heard Word and the Journey of Dark Circles Under the Eyes
When I first saw my picture in the Bournemouth Journal as the next Featured Writer, it was a shivering, goosebumps moment that left a long cheerfulness in my spirit for weeks on end. It wasn’t just about being featured—it was the thought that I was going to be listened to and heard by writers from…
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Ted Tremper, 27th of March
Our next Heard Word Featured Writer, Ted Tremper, is easy going, but he’s not afraid to make it awkward, as in really super funny awkward, like, well, this. Please join Ted to talk comedy and amateur woodworking on Thursday the 27th of March, 2025 from 5-7PM GMT on Zoom. To get Ted’s feedback on your…