Carole Pluckrose

A bold new collaboration between Pen to Print, The Boathouse Studios and ByTheBook On International Women’s Day, we are delighted to announce the twenty-one winners of our short story competition, celebrating our diverse community of women writers and femme-identifying individuals. The competition was launched at the Boathouse on 31 October 2025. The judges asked writers to share the stories – whether fiction or memoir – that make us who we are. They were looking for bold, authentic...

I have been noticing something I find really powerful and I have been curious about it for a while. Even in the middle of a cost of living crisis, when people are cutting back on almost everything, they are still finding the money for weddings, engagements, funerals, milestone birthdays, naming days, memorials, leaving dos, anniversaries, wakes, celebrations of life, gathering and shared meals. There is definitely a trend to spend more carefully. But people still make room to mark significant...

Short Story Competition We are delighted to be partnering with  Pen to Print  and  By the Book  to inaugurate our first Women and Femme identifying writers short story competition. Get your entries in soon and spread the word to budding writers who have a story to tell! (with links to By The Book etc) Results will be announced on March 8th, International Women's Day! Get writing. More information  HERE .