Our meeting on Monday 3 June started with the sharing of
exciting news: several of us are in the process of having work published for the
first time, including one of our most talented writers, Mike Walsh, and newer member Kate Giles – more on
this to come. Our Chair, Jill Fricker, has just had a poem shortlisted for a
major competition, and acclaimed children’s writer Kate O’Hearn is enjoying
great success with her latest novel ‘Valkyrie’ – she has just returned from a
book promotion tour to the West Country. Finally, long-serving member Anne
Hooker is also pleased with the success of her book, ‘Inspired’, an anthology
produced to benefit Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
The main business of the evening was to hear the
entries for our current competition – producing a rhyming poem of up to forty
lines. As ever, the entries were of a high standard, ranging from the
passionate to the comic, with topics ranging from Hastings smugglers via childbirth and hens to
writers’ block. The highlight of the evening was a poem presented as a piece of
performance art, ‘Obadiah’s Observations’, by Marcus Towner. Our judge will
have a hard job deciding on a winner.
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