Hello fellow constructors of worlds and weavers of dreams. This week at the YMCA we had an excellent and vibrant batch of readings and feedback. With 17 present, including three whom we have missed dearly, Anuja, Bianca and Mike; Gill (not Jill as I previously stated), Claire, Fern and Liam who all appeared on …
Hi everybody peeps. First a piece of bad news. Steve’s (long-suffering) good lady wife Karen tripped on a kerb and broke her jaw as well as suffering other facial and bodily injuries. (She assures us it wasn’t Steve.) Anyway, Karen is back from hospital and being taken care of by young Steve, which is …
Hello everyone. This week there were twelve of us at the first of this term’s sessions in the YMCA Plas Newydd centre, including three first-timers. Everyone was quite subdued and there wasn’t even a bun-fight over the chocolate biscuits. So polite and orderly. Richard opened proceedings with the beginning of his children’s novel …
Hi everyone, and welcome to my first report-back of the term. Who just said ‘you’re welcome to it, mate’? Perhaps we can maintain some decorum from now on. Anyway, I wanted to mention that a number of our regular attendees had to apologise for non-attendance owing to illness, being away on a late holiday, …
Hi everyone. Hope you are all well, and if the sun don’t shine you get a tan from standing in the Welsh rain. (Get the adapted reference?) I have broken my Summer silence (of which everyone is a fan) to bring you some excellent news. Our very own Laura Shepherd, who has not been for …
…and there it was… gone. Yes. We held our Summer party and other stuff on Monday 10th at the YMCA. The event included a discussion and vote on CWC charges, as well as our 400 word humorous competition. Some said it was hard to tell which was which, but thankfully Jeff was there …
What a day today is. Last time I reminded everyone about WWI, the Stonewall riots, and Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield’s ears. Today I am here to tell you of some more astonishing events. Today the NHS is 75-years-old and the Windrush first arrived from the Caribbean in June that same year (both one year …
I recently read something where an accomplished author was asked, ‘When did you know you wanted to be a writer?’ She responded, ‘I was always a writer’. She didn’t mean she had been writing from birth, she meant that even all those years when she wasn’t writing, she was writing. She was living the experiences …
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Hello, good day, and welcome, to you all my friends and also those who know me better than that. I learned an odd fact about Boris Johnson the other day. Apparently, in Oxford Uni he was not only a fun guy in the debating circle and the Bullingdon Club, but was also a mean …
“A big box of marvels, abuzz with distinctive voices and vivid tales. This is dazzling testament to the ability of Creative Writing groups to energise and inspire.” – Alan Bilton @ABiltonAuthor “In celebration of Cardiff Writers’ Circle’s 75th anniversary comes this bright green anthology, full of life and energy, showcasing the output of various …
