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 Six Bells**. The emphasis tends to be on works-in-progress (and beer) and discussion (and beer).

All meetings begin at 8pm.

Programme, 2009-10 All items subject to change

September 2009

9: Member renewal and welcome; Setting of the David Gibson Competition by John Pinnock and Manuscript evening

23: Speaker: Our own Jenny Barden: 'Crying over it' - Conveying emotion in writing.

October

7: Manuscript surgery

21: Adjudication of the David Gibson competition/setting of the Lisbeth Phillips competition by Simon Bowden

November

4: Manuscript surgery

18: Manuscript surgery

December

2: Adjudication of the Lisbeth Phillips competition. Venue: The White Hart Hotel, Holywell Hill

16: December: Special General Meeting to adopt new constitution followed by Christmas party

January 2010

13: Setting of the President's competition/manuscript surgery

27: By popular request, John Denham returns with a new workshop, enigmatically entitled: Don't be absurd

February

10: Manuscript surgery

20 February: Get Writing 2010

24: Manuscript surgery - there will probably be much post-Get Writing discussion too!

March

10: Adjudication of the President's competition

24: Manuscript surgery

April

7: Voicing the problem: bringing stories to life in narration - with Miles Barden

21: Setting of the Crystal Decanter competition by Steve Barley/Manuscript surgery

May

5: Best-selling local thriller writer Leigh Russell discusses writing and book promotion.

19: Manuscript surgery

June

2: Manuscript surgery

16: Adjudication of the Crystal Decanter competition

30: Manuscript surgery

July

14: AGM and party

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

**The Six Bells/ Goat sessions are less formal and we hold a series of manuscript evenings. Lower numbers allow writers to present longer extracts and receive more in-depth critique (although these days the can get busy!).