Writing Tips with Abíọ́dún Abdul : Write On! Audio Weekly

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print     Our April writing tips are from Abíọ́dún ‘Abbey’ Abdul Abbey is a Yorùbá-Nigerian writer and UNESCO Cities of Literature Global Poetry Slam Champion 2022. Fascinated by how grammar could be bent to facilitate new meaning and enhance creative expression, she has worked for several years in higher education as an English Language Lecturer & Assessor across the globe. Her expressive writing includes life essays and autoethnographical memoir-polemics encompassing her schooling across Africa, Europe and Asia. She also writes Yorùbá-centred short stories and poetry on social justice and topics celebrating our common humanity. Her work has been published in anthologies, she presents at academic conferences, and performs at literary festivals and events.     You can read more about Abbey and sample some of her writing here  https://www.yorubayonder.com/p/home.html  You can follow Abbey on twitter here  https://twitter.com/Abiodun_Abdul01    Join us next week for a listener contribution from poet, novelist, teacher and Write On! Thoughtful Tuesday Editor Eithne Cullen   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.