OnTheWight's very own long-time columnist, Jonathan Dodd, picked up the top prize in this latest short story competition.

This delightful memoir tells the story of Isle of Wight resident, John Mills. From the leafy Guildford suburbs of the 1930s to sunny Ventnor in the 2010s, John's passion for travel, culture, music and art shines through.

To celebrate the launch of her latest book, children’s author and illustrator Zoe Sadler has teamed up with Waterstones to run a colouring competition.

Budding writers have until 10th November to create and enter their short story for the Isle of Wight Society of the Blind winter writing competition.

The Kindle ebook of short stories by Isle of Wight author, Mary Grand, has shot up to number 24 in Amazon’s Top 100 free books and has had 24,000 downloads. Read on to find out more about the new audiobook.

Lawrence Holofcener had achieved so much in his lifetime; singing; writing; acting; directing and creating fantastic pieces of artwork, he really was an true inspiration. Our sincerest thoughts go out to all of his family and friends.

A new writing group has been founded in West Wight to help other budding writers. The first meeting takes place early next month.

Hairdressers in Ventnor and Freshwater are among those across the country who have received mystery poems from writer, 'Mark Jones'. He's been dubbed the 'Banksy of Poetry' for randomly sharing his poetry with others.

Back in 2010 OnTheWight (then VentnorBlog) were fortunate enough to meet and spend time talking with the late great John Hurt. It was an incredibly special moment for us. Listen to the podcast to hear what John had to say, it was a fascinating conversation.

This Isle of Wight novelist, has written 18 novels (and counting) and is now branching out his setting to the gaming world. A must for all D&D fans.

A Homeland Denied, In the Footsteps of a Polish POW tells the fascinating story of a former Prisoner of War who lived for twenty years in Sandown. It's been published just in time for Remembrance Day next week.