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 - while most live in the Reading area, we have a
corresponding member in France, one in Hungary and one in Turkey.
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.
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 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.