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Enjoying the plot, digging the writing
When Louise Gethin isn’t writing or performing at The Thunderbolt, you might well find her on her allotment. I recently heard the poem by Seamus Heaney – Digging. I fell in love with it on so many levels. Running through my veins is the blood of my Irish grandfather, who was a keen gardener. I am a…
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Meet the writers, buy the books!
Really looking forward to Saturday 5th September when we’re off to Corsham Creative Market where Jo Lambert will be joining the usual gang to run a book stall with great variety and lots of bargains at Springfield Community Campus. For those who don’t know Corsham, the old town centre is a real gem (and recently masqueraded as…
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Next to reveal her writing secrets: – Shirley Wright
After her guest slot on BBC Radio Bristol last Saturday (two days left to catch up here), Shirley is fast becoming a local celebrity, but she has found time to tell us some of her writing secrets in today’s post. What are you working on now? Poetry, almost exclusively. I’ve become fascinated with…
Spine-tingling Sunday – new date!
STOP PRESS! The bad news is we’re postponing this event until Sunday November 1st. The good news is we’re beefing up the programme to have more readers, writers and tingling of spines. Apologies for anyone who’s disappointed over next Sunday but we hope to see you on the new date. Details coming soon!
Events | News | Performing | Short stories | WritingA Celebration of the Book – join us at Clevedon
Just Write Bristol will be at Clevedon Literary Festival, a Celebration of the Book, running two fabulous events. When: 2nd November 2024 Where: Princes Hall, Princes Road, Clevedon, BS21 7SZ 3.40 pm – 4.30 pm What makes a great crime novel? In this session, Psychologist Heather Reed and Journalist Jason Mann will examine the key…
Panning for gold. Gail Swann is resting (not rusting).
Gail Swann writes: Finding myself in a period of writerly pause, or to put it more succinctly, ‘stymied by having too many beginnings’, I have been filling my head with the work of others. I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy a run of cracking good reads (thanks to Nina Milton for book reviews at http://kitchentablewriters.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-kitchen-table-reading-club.html), I’ve…





