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 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.