Programme of events

The venue for meetings will be St Michael's Church Hall*, except where stated.

On alternate weeks, we meet informally at The Goat** (£1 fee for all). The emphasis tends to be on works-in-progress (and beer) and discussion (and beer).

All meetings begin at 8pm.

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Programme, 2007-8 All items subject to change

September 2007

12: Member renewal and welcome; Setting of the David Gibson Competiton and announcing novel competition run by Kate Allan
Main business: Lucky Jim evening recheduled from last season

26: Manuscript evening

October

10: Ian Woodall on self publishing dos and don'ts and what do with frozen bodies on Everest.

24: Set the Lisbeth Philips Competition and David Gibson adjudication

November

7: Dave Smith, humour writer.

21: Manuscript evening

December

5: NB: UPSTAIRS at St Michael's Adjudication of the Lisbeth Philips Competition

19: The Christmas Party

January 2008

16: Setting of the President's Competition
Main business: Manuscript Evening

30: Imran Ahmad, author of Young Minds Book Awards 2007 short-listed Unimagined.

February

13: John Denham - Writing and Thinking Workshop. No, not the government minister, the much more important VWC member. This promises to be great fun.

Saturday 23 February:'Get Writing 2008' day at Fleetville Junior School

27: Adjudication of Kate Allan's novel competition

March

12: Adjudication of the President's Competition

26: Manuscript evening

April

9: Setting of the Crystal Decanter Competition
Main business: Manuscript evening

23: Kevin Bennett on Pet Peeves

May

7: Manuscript evening

21: Manuscript evening

June

4: Adjudication of the Crystal Decanter Competition

18: Pete Burley - History of Battles

July

2: Manuscript evening

16: AGM / Party

*St Michael's is the venue for the main VWC meetings and the most well attended.

**The Goat is the more informal venue where we hold a series of manuscript evenings. Lower numbers allow writers to present longer extracts and receive more in-depth critique.