Stella is organising another lunchtime trip to the historic pub near London Bridge. Last time round we had a great time and even did a little bit of writing!
The George, owned by the National Trust, is London’s only surviving galleried pub, last rebuilt after the Great Fire. Dickens visited and mentioned it in his books.
The date is 16 May – if you are interested, please let Stella know – her email is:
We enjoyed our first Saturday morning meeting in the Clocktower café, which featured a lot of interesting discussion. We shared a review, poetry, and plans for future projects, and Peter read part of his attempt at writing in the style of P.G. Wodehouse.
It must have looked like an interesting session, because two people stopped by to ask if they could scan the QR code on our notice!
There has been a muted response to Writer of the Month this time round, and the committee has decided that a different format may fit more easily with our aims.
So we are working to set up a replacement for it – Writers’ Forum – which will provide members with an opportunity to submit a piece of writing for peer review. This will replace the competitive emphasis of Writer of the Month with a collegiate, developmental and productive one.
Look out for further news!
The winning piece in our March Writer of the Month competition was Little Weed, by Peter Hankins.
You can read all the entries here:
We are changing the venue for our regular evening meetings: in future it will be St Mildred’s Centre. Details here.
At our AGM on 9 March we reviewed the year and agreed a number of proposals. We:
Minutes are here…
Dr Moss presented us with a signed copy of his latest book and spoke about his writing, paying generous tribute to both the late Michael Round and Mike Jackson.
The latest Writer of the Month contest was won by Ashwin Dave with his amusing piece To Be Or Not To Be Smart(ies)
You can read all the entries here…
I have added a ‘Bookshop‘ page to the site – it is really just a set of links to a slightly random selection of books that members have published. If members would like to add others of their own, please let me know.
– Peter
Lots of non-members have expressed an interest in our Writer of the Month competition – so for February we are opening it to all comers. Only members who enter will get to vote on the winner, though! There is no prize, but entries will be published here.
The theme for the February contest is “Love”. Unrequited love, forbidden love, love against all odds, love over the airwaves… let your imagination decide. There are no limits other than a word count of 750 words for prose, 7 or 8 verses for a poem. Non-fiction, memoir, or part of a screenplay etc are all welcome too.
The deadline for entries will be Friday 21st February: send them to Stella at:
Croydon Writers 