Welcome to
Thames Valley Writers' Circle
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, including a corresponding member in Australia, one in Turkey and
one in France. Most members live in Reading area whilst others come from
Abingdon, Silchester, Slough, Tadley and Thatcham.
Members include
novelists, short story and childrens writers, poets, journalists and those
writing autobiographies. Some members have been published, others write 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.
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 Wilson Education College in Reading. This group only met
once a month. If anyone was sick or went on holiday, it was several weeks
before they got together again. After some discussion, it was decided to meet
weekly and give the group a name. Thus the Thames Valley Writers' Circle came
into being.
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.