Shorelink Community Writers
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Objectives
SCW is a community writing and publishing organisation which is open to all. Our membership happily encompasses all levels of aspiration and experience from published novelists to those just starting to write and from academics to learning disabled. All are welcome.
Our regular workshops are aimed at encouraging members to find their own voice and experiment with new writing methods and styles. We aim to provide a light-hearted, friendly and supportive environment, where you can discuss your work with like-minded people. All members are encouraged to be actively involved in the running of SCW As well as the weekly group meeting, we hold regular social events.
Shorelink believes that laughter is an essential part of the creative process!As of July 2011 , the Shorelink Committee is:
Sally Gardner (Chair), Alvin Culzac (Vice Chair),
Ro Gardner (Secretary), Anthony Berry (Treasurer),Frank Kennedy (Web Administrator), Linda Kennedy (Administrator),
Pat Burr, Paul Cooper, Jan (Hedger)Wilkins,Tania oriol, Dominic Templeman.
And our official archivist is Antony May.
If you would like to know more about Shorelink’s activities, please contact Roland on info@shorelinkwriters.org.uk
Activities
The Monday Evening group:
Meets every Monday evening from 7:30 till 9:30 at The Isobel Blackman Club (WRVS), South Street, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, TN37 6AP
Just to let you know that we have now closed down for the Christmas period and will be meeting again on the 9th January 2012
There is even a free car park beside the building.
To see a map of the location, Look below!
Attendance is free (though a small donation would be gratefully received). All are welcome.
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Short Fuse in Hastings
This is to let you know that Short Fuse is alive and well, and living in The Jenny Lind, Hastings Old Town.
Louise and Tara have been overcome with logistical problems and are unable to carry on with Short Fuse in Hastings, but the good news is that they have asked Shorelink Community Writers to run the Hastings group, whilst they carry on with the Brighton Short Fuse. As many of you are aware, Shorelink has always believed that Short Fuse fulfils an important function in giving short story writers a platform for their work. Therefore, we are excited to be given this opportunity to take the event forward.
We have set up a special panel to read the stories as they come in. As you know, the standard of writing at Short Fuse is incredibly high, and we hope to achieve a balanced and entertaining programme.
The date of the next meeting,is on Sunday, 25th March 2012, and the theme is open to all, that is, anything you want to read will be considered.The closing date for entries is Wednesday 14th March 2012.
You can read a report on the latest Short Fuse by clicking Here.
Any questions, please e-mail: info@shortfuseat1066.org.uk
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The Shorelink Anthology
Linda and Jan have been working hard and have succeeded in getting together an anthology of Shorelink’s work. It was launched at the annual Shorelink party on 21st August, 2010, and is entitled "A Cuppa and Custard Creams"
For more information, email address below:
anthology@shorelinkwriters.org.uk
or click on Spotlight and read some of our work online.
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Shorelink Authors work chosen for Forces Anthology
Jan Hedger and Sally Gardner have both been published in "Poems Of The Poppies", while Sally and Roland Gardner have both had short stories published in "Stories of the Poppies".
Jan and Roland also had poems published in "Voices of the Poppies", which was released by FLOW in 2008
All three anthologies were put together by FLOW, (Forces Literary Organisation Worldwide) from entries to poetry and short story competitions held in 2008/9, the work being voted in by members, so our three Shorelinkers are justly proud of this achievement.
You can see the FLOW site by Clicking Here
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Lillian's Story,
One Woman’s Journey through the 20th Century
A novel written by our own Sally Gardner, it was published on 27th February 2007 by The Book Guild and launched at The London Book Fair.
It's a cracking good read and you can find out more about it by Clicking Here or you can buy a copy by clicking on the link to Amazon below. This novel continues to grow in popularity and is now available in libraries in the UK and parts of the USA! Sales continue apace, much to the surprise and delight of it's author.
Sally is taking this opportunity to thank all the readers of Lillian’s Story, her first novel, for their support and the feedback received from all over the world. She is delighted to be publishing, on eBook and Kindle, her second novel, The Sweetest Empire. The link is:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/103800
As a way of expressing her gratitude to everyone who has encouraged her to continue writing, this book will be available for download free of charge for a limited period.
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Jan Hedger has published two books of her work entitled "Words in Imagination" and “On Calico Wings”
You can find out more about them by visiting her publisher's website Here
and on her own website Jan's Creative Writing
Achievements by other members of Shorelink
Antony May
has produced two CDs, the first one In Words In Music, on which he performs his poetry set to music, and "Timeless", an excellent album, on which he wrote and performs all the songs.
Click Here to see and hear some of his excellent videos and songs You can see his latest opus "Filing The Past" Here
Alvin Culzac
is also a popular local performer, who writes and performs many of his own poems.
Unfortunately, only one video is available at the moment, "The Dodgy Politician" enjoy...
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Shorelinker Josie Lawson has announced the publication of EBB & FLOW (THE NEW VOICE). Previously known as Ebb & Flow Community Magazine
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Shorelink Christmas Panto!
Here is the Shorelink Community Writers Christmas Panto for 2009.
If you missed 2008's Panto, don't despair, you can find a copy of it here (Yes, I know it doesn't rhyme, but it's the best I can do)
Along with another copy of this years effort. (I've given up completely now).
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RECENT HISTORY
HISTORY, Ancient and Modern...
To find out how our first Minifest went, Click Here for our Minifest '04 page, or Click Here for our 2006 minifest.
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In 2004 and 2006 we held our own free mini-fests, and we also stage the occasional social event, such as...
A celebration in Words and Music
At the Phoenix Arts Centre, October 2nd, 2009.
This was a highly successful evening in aid of Bluebell Ridge Animal Sanctuary, altogether over £500 was raised.
Click Here to go to the Shorelink Celebration Evening Page.
On February 27th, 2010, we held the
Shorelink Quiz Evening
The quiz was a resounding success, with Shorelink able to donate half the takings of £180 to St Michael's Hospice!
We held a second Shorelink Quiz Evening
On Saturday, 2nd October, 2010, for St Michael’s Hospice,
which enabled Shorelink to present them with a cheque for £400
Well done, everyone!
Contacts
If you would like to find out more about Shorelink or any of it's activities you can contact the group leader below:
The Monday Evening group: Sally Gardner
Other Information?
If you are interested in finding out more about us there are examples of member's work and information about some of the activities we undertake just follow the links above to the other pages, or:
If you have any general questions about our group you can email us at
If you would like to see more of our day to day activities you can join our internal group website at Yahoo!
