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'THE SUBTLE ART OF SHORT FICTION'

From Leicester Writers' Club

Leciester Writers' Club  welcome Jonathan Taylor, Mahsuda Snaith and Farhana Shaikh for a panel discussion chaired by Siobhan Logan.

The panellists will discuss the art of short story writing, with insights from a new anthology, The Subtle Art of Short Fiction, edited by Isabelle Kenyon.

The talk takes place on 22nd January at Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre in Leicester, and is also available on Zoom.

FROM NWS December newsletter

”…It’s coming up to that time of year again (no, not just Christmas, although that's fast approaching too…)

It’s time for another of our NWS collections!

Over the course of a few difficult years, our topics have covered subjects that reflected those more challenging periods in time; ‘The World Outside’, ‘Reflections’, ‘Freedom?’

With our new theme for Spring 2023 we hope to inspire people to write about better times and positive outlooks using the prompt

MY HAPPY PLACE.

the poetry business invites you to their Digital Launch of Year

Join the poetry business from 7pm on Sunday 4th December for the digital launch of Year by River Wolton, illustrated by Emma Burleigh. We will be streaming live on YouTube to celebrate this remarkable evocation of a unique year by the former Derbyshire Poet Laureate. As well as River Wolton, the event will feature the book's illustrator Emma Burleigh, as well as songs recorded from poems in the book.

This is a free online event. Register now to receive free postage for pre-orders of Year from our online bookshop.

Tuesday's Live at Lunch was an exceptional celebration of exceptional work. It was magical being among old and newer friends at a favourite and much-loved venue again. Big thanks to Cathy, Barry for his excellent hosting, as usual, David, and everyone else who was there to read, support, listen or all of the above.

On Saturday 26th November, 2pm - 3.45pm, poet Sue Dymoke is running a poetry workshop for Nottingham Poetry Society at the International Community Centre, 61B Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FN.

Sue Dymoke is an Associate Professor in Education at NTU where she researches Young Poets' Stories and other aspects of creativity. She has three full collections with Shoestring Press including What They Left Behind. In 2021-22 she was a virtual writer in residence for Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature and also developed Poetry Place, a series of online workshops and an exhibition using Inspire's digital photographic archive. The exhibition is currently touring libraries in Nottinghamshire until Spring 2023. for more information visit her website https://suedymokepoetry.com/

The workshop on 26th November will focus on two main inspirations for writing poetry: Found Poetry and using archival photographs and maps. Each aspect will be introduced with reference to Sue's recent work described above.…

Congratulations and huge thanks to everyone involved in the production of a terrific Issue 5. It strikes the perfect balance between entertainment, information and opinion. As well as enjoying the three submissions, it was wonderful to learn more about Highway Members. A real treat.

😀Hello all

I am writing from our Away Day where we are all gathered over lunch and have just tried one of Diana's lovely chocolate chip cookies! Hoping to hear lots of great writing later.

Thanks to Jeremy for excellent hosting, Angie who gave a lovely introduction and everyone else who shared or just came to listen. Last night's chat offered some creative ways for us to share our finished writing. We saw various examples, Illustrated hand made books of memories, illustrated poems, a poem embroidered on a cushion and even engraved on a grave marker. We also heard what sparked people's creative writing. Cathy's classes being one, in fact it was the spring board for a group of poets to collectively produce their own anthology. A collection of tea towels became the inspiration for another. Information and ideas on different ways to make our work accessible through traditional and non traditional methods were exchanged. I know I left feeling stimulated and with the incentive to explore some of these possibilities.