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Publications The Circle has published eleven
anthologies since it was formed in 1993. The Spring 1994 edition won a national award
and cup presented by the magazine Writers' News
and the David St John Thomas Charitable Trust for the best Writers' Circle
Anthology. Our latest anthology, “Hidden Depths”
was short-listed for the NAWG prize for 2006. Click on an image for more
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The Circle has also written its own soap opera, The Chronicles of Much Hemlock, set in a fictitious village in the Cotswolds. The idea was first raised at a meeting on 19 November 2001 when members discussed that scriptwriters of soap operas seemed to take it in turns to write the scripts. 'Did each writer deliberately set up situations,' we wondered, 'from which the next writer would have to extricate the characters?' |
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Members were invited to
contribute one character each to populate the village and a cast list of
about 20 was produced. The Chronicles of Much
Hemlock began with the first episode, The Vicar's Pyjamas,
written by Barbara Smith and read out at a Circle meeting on 11 February
2002. The soap opera received its first mention in the Reading Evening Post on 22 November 2002. Two volumes of the chronicles have been published so far. |
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A few copies of Wherever the pen takes us, Reflections
2003 and Hidden Depths are available at a reduced price of £1.00
per copy (plus 50p p&p). If you wish to order a copy, do come along
to one of the meetings or please write and send a cheque (payable to Thames
Valley Writers' Circle) to: Barbara Smith, |
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