Let us tell you a story Yes, as you may have heard our new and improved Sunday Night Stories get-together WILL take place on Nov 1st from 6 – 8 pm when you can snuggle up in the bar at Southbank Club Bedminster and let our members and guests make you shiver or smile with their spine-tingling…
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!
We’ve spent most of the last year toiling away at our writing desks, but with September and that new term feeling upon us we’ve decided it’s time to get out and about again. Our aim is to meet more writers, help more writers, and, yes, find new audiences for our work. First of all we’re delighted to…
We may not have taken on any new group projects lately, but our members have been as busy as ever. Since last year Louise Gethin, has been proud to be involved in Vice and Virtue, an initiative exploring the history of Old Market with the book launch and exhibition happening on July 16th 2015 at Trinity…
Ali Bacon reviews a new short story collection I sometimes think short story collections are like boxes of chocolates. I always enjoy the first couple but I’m quickly sated and often end up by not getting to the end (well okay that rarely happens with chocolates, but you get the picture!) I think it’s particularly true…
It has been a busy few months since our launch in October with Bristol Women Writers members taking parts in lots of events around the Bristol area as well as knuckling down to get on with our own writing projects. (Yes, we write stuff too!) But now we’re ready to ‘go public’ again with a…
Nina Milton continues with her short story advice. There is only one rule that can never be broken, and that is length. A short story has to be short. But how short? Are there minimum or maximum word counts that short fiction must sit between?: The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms says that a short…
Nina continues her exploration of the short story craft. In my last blog, I looked at how the short story works today and wondered at its level of popularity. I do sometimes worry that the only people who read the short story are people write, or want to write short stories. Even worse, some people…
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…
We are thrilled to announce that preparations for the launch of Unchained have been finalised and even more delighted to reveal it will take place in the gorgeous surroundings of Bristol Reference Library. Less than two weeks to go and the excitement at BWW Towers is mounting! Join us for the launch If anyone out there hasn’t heard…