Its Time to Write (October 2009)
Corinium Radio is running another creative writing competition – winning entries to be broadcast on Write Out Loud during our November broadcast (26th-29th). Entries can be poems up to 40 lines or stories up to 1000 words (for adults) or 500 words (for under 15s). Categories are:
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Primary
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11-14
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15-18
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Adults
They can be on ANY subject OR an Autumn/Christmas theme, for example Autumn leaves/colours/journey/on the farm, or Christmas angel/memories etc.
The closing date is November 6th 2009; send your entries to Writing Competition, 4 Wood View, Frampton Mansell, Glos, GL6 8JE. Please include your name and address only on a seperate title page.
Programme Info (July 2009)
Write Out Loud is a programme based around the theme of creative writing. The July edition featured results from the summer writing competition and local creative writing news. A recording can be downloaded in our downloads page, and will be available until after the next edition is broadcast.
Writers In the Brewery
A regular event taking place on the last Thursday of each month in the theatre of New Brewery Arts, Cirencester from 7pm to 9pm. Entrance is £3. Why not pop in and join this friendly group of writers? Chat about your ideas and inspirations, share your work with like-minded people or just sit back and listen while you sip your wine.
Graffiti
A magazine for writers. Each edition has short stories, poetry, writers’ hints and tips, a writing competition and interviews with people involved with writing, publishing or teaching. It costs £2 per copy (including postage) and is available from: Graffiti Magazinwe, 33 Sandford Leaze, Avening, Glos, GL8 8PB. Cheques made payable to Catchword Writing Group.
Please note that from August the charge will be £2.50 (including postage).
Borderlands Audio CD by Rona Laycock
This recorded collection of poems from the pen of poet Rona Laycock is a compelling and intimate portrait of life lived amongst people and societies very different from our own. Whether sat amongst the teeming streets of Cairo or the dramatic mountain passes of Pakistan’s North West frontier, the poems collected on Borderlands offer a personal insight into the people and places, the sights and sounds and experiences that have meant so much to Rona – a journey into the very heart of the Middle East itself.
The 30 digitally recorded poems are read by Rona Laycock, Roshi Fernando and Steven Wheldon and the 54 minute long CD is accompanied by an 8 page booklet containing track notes and photographs. It is available from: Rona Laycock, 33 Sandford Leaze, Avening, Glos, GL8 8PB and costs £9 (including postage).
