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News For Summer Break
We’re on our summer hols at the moment, but that doesn’t mean it’s all quiet on the RW front. Here are a few bites of news, successes and notifications for you!
Reading Writers at Waingels College, Woodley: Thursday 4 July 2019
by Julie Roberts
Julie Roberts and Jarrad Elson represented Reading Writers at the college’s Student Literary Festival.
The school has a yearly project at which the senior students organise and run a chosen event. 2019’s choice was a Literary Festival. Ten visiting authors were each given 20 minutes presentation time on their chosen genre.
Jarrad spoke on ‘Writing for Children’, with an excellent slide show demonstrating his path to publishing his picture book Cheetah the Cheater.
Julie’s presentation was ‘Writing a Novella’ – the challenge of achieving a tight format, and producing a thrilling, fast moving story for her book Dangerous Masquerade.
In addition to the author talks, the students had organised stalls for games, raffles and authors’ books.
The event was a success. A good team building exercise for the students to take on into their futures. Well done, Waingels College.
The following Wednesday, Jarrad and I met to exchange our books to each other – I love the photo.
And on behalf of myself and members of Reading Writers, I wish Jarrad a thrilling and interesting tour of the UK and Europe before he heads home to Australia.
A plug from Julie Roberts – DANGEROUS MASQUERADE
Summer is rolling along on perfect sunny days.
With this in mind, my publisher has released my novella, Dangerous Masquerade.
When the time is right, and you are relaxing with a glass of refreshing juice or wine, download the story of Evelyn, and her thrilling escapes and hiding places to flee a demanding and forceful lord. And her hero, Giles, is the only one who can save her. But will he be in time?
Get your Georgian romance fix here: https://amzn.to/2G3S9NT
Hunting Hearts gig at Reading Pride
A plug from Claire Dyer on behalf of her daughter Lucy – who has joined us at meetings as an associate on a number of occasions. The plug is for synthwave warriors Hunting Hearts who have a gig at Reading Pride on 31st August:
https://huntinghearts.uk/#gigs
https://readingpride.co.uk/
Some Summer Spam From Our Inbox
• Wells Festival of Literature – 18 – 26 October 2019. A set of talks and events all focused around books and authors.
https://www.wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk
• NAWG Festival of Writing – 31st August to 1st September. Booking closes 12th Aug. We are a member of NAWG, and each year they have an event for the members with talks, workshops, competitions (too late for most of the comps), etc. It is at Warwick University this year, but sounds like it’s moving venue for 2020.
https://www.nawg.co.uk/nawgfest-2019
• We get emails from TAR (Theatre & Arts Reading) who are an organisation trying to aim at establishing a new theatre and arts venue in Reading. Their current want is to run Reading Gaol as a venue for this. If you’re interested go see their website:
https://www.theatrereading.co.uk/
• A potential opportunity for short story fans and writers. A new magazine called Short Fiction Magazine is launching in October. They are potentially looking for stories, articles, flash fiction and poetry for publication. They have also offered a potential 25% subscription discount – more details at:
https://shortfictionmagazine.com/
That’s it for now. Enjoy your summer!
NAWGfest 2018 Review
RW recently rejoined the National Association of Writing Groups (NAWG thence), a country-wide organisation of idiots, dreamers, narcissists and delusioneers writerly types. As part of the annual subscription, we’re allowed to enter NAWG’s many competitions with a chance to attend annual conference, the snappily named NAWGFest. Blow us down with a feather if we didn’t hit the jackpot on our first go!
Reporting not very live from Warwick University, Best Poetry finalist Eloise Curtis represents for Reading Writers…
Much Ado…
Something from our Juliet, esteemed MS Night Secretary and all-round RW hero. In a cross-post with Progress Theatre, she outlines the sheer hard work that goes into a local production of Shakespeare…
A Little Something From Claire
Presented without comment… except to say that Claire remains a driving force and an essential part of the soul of Reading Writers.
Also, it’s her fault that yr esteemed webmaster is at the reins of this website, so all complaints to her.
Anyway.
The First Thing About The Last Day
There were some big changes to the committee of Reading Writers at the end of last year. Continue reading “The First Thing About The Last Day”
Panto Season? Oh Yes, It Is!
We are delighted as always to big up the work of our esteemed members. So it is with pride that we are happy to share news from one of our longest standing Reading Writers, Bob Billing. Continue reading “Panto Season? Oh Yes, It Is!”
