Rapper-lecturer-children’s story author. How’s that for an intriguing hyphenate? Meet our next Heard Word featured writer Tom Ron Stone and discover how he navigates between these different worlds and how they influence his creativity.

That’s Monday the 8th of December 2025 from 5-7pm GMT on Zoom.

To get feedback on your work sign up to be one of our presenting writers. There are both 20-minute (1500 words) and 5-minute (700 word “lighting round”) slots available. You can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/…/1TfI5…/edit…

Even if you aren’t presenting, please join us to offer feedback. Here is the link. https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/85437743352…

A bit more about our Featured Guest:

Tom Ron Stone is a lecturer by day, author by night!

Inspired by his two young daughters, his rhyming children’s books blend fun, quirky tales with a gentle moral core.

A rapper in a previous life, Tom brings rhythm, flow, and musicality to every story he writes, and he believes the best rhyming books should translate to rap too!

Tom also works with The Story Works, a Bournemouth-based charity that runs creative storytelling workshops for school children. Through the charity, he has published two illustrated books, with several more ready for release!

You can find him on Instagram at @tomronwrites – or in a school near you, sharing his stories and inspiring the next generation of young creators.