Welcome to
The Circle is not
a tutor-led group but consists of writers and poets of mixed abilities and
ages, who take turns to read their work and offer comments on that of
others. The venue for the meetings is St Joseph's Church Hall, Berkshire
Drive, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 5JJ (click here for
map).
The Circle has
about 30 members - while most live in
Members
include novelists, short story and children’s writers, poets, journalists
and those writing autobiographies. Some members have been published, others write
only for pleasure.
Invited
speakers such as Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse), Robert Harris (Enigma,
Fatherland, Pompei and Imperium) and John Jenkins, (editor and publisher of
Writers' Forum) come from time to time to give the Circle the benefit of their
expertise.
The Circle put
on a pantomime in 2000 and has written an ongoing soap opera The Chronicles of Much Hemlock.
We publish
anthologies of our members' work from time to time - and some have won national
acclaim!
How it all began
Thames Valley Writers'
Circle was formed in 1993. Not
wishing to lose contact with each other at the end of a creative writing
course, a few of the students joined a group of writers based at the Wilson
Centre in
Contact us
If you would like to know more about the Circle, click here to e-mail committee member Dick Sawdon-Smith.
Thinking of joining us?
Please contact
Dick.