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
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
7: Dave Smith, humour writer.
21: Manuscript evening
5: NB: UPSTAIRS at St Michael's Adjudication of the Lisbeth Philips Competition
19: The Christmas Party
16: Setting of the President's Competition
Main business: Manuscript Evening
30: Imran Ahmad, author of Young Minds Book Awards 2007 short-listed Unimagined.
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
12: Adjudication of the President's Competition
26: Manuscript evening
9: Setting of the Crystal Decanter Competition
Main business: Manuscript evening
23: Kevin Bennett on Pet Peeves
7: Manuscript evening
21: Manuscript evening
4: Adjudication of the Crystal Decanter Competition
18: Pete Burley - History of Battles
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.