Christmas Readings in Moor View Park

The Plymouth Proprietary Library Writers Group were kindly invited by the Mutley Greenbank Trust to present a series of seasonal readings in Moor View Park on Friday 10 December 2010. The Group worked on and compiled the following collection:

Christmas Through the Ages

Speakers --- Topic --- Author

Ruth and James --- The Macbeth Yuletide --- Ruth Muttlebury
Sandra --- A Napoleonic Christmas --- Sandra Greenhalgh
Jill --- World War One Poetry --- after Thomas Hardy
Katrina --- Christmas Shopping 1972 --- Katrina
Clair --- Christmas of the Future --- Clair Wyman
James and Ruth --- Santa and The Reindeer --- James Bridgwater

Master of Ceremonies: Cllr David Stark

Many thanks to Jeanne Hinton for inviting us along and also to The Wreckers Morris Dancers for some fantastic musical entertainment which culminated in a torchlight procession up to Freedom Fields Park.

Arcanum: A Collection of Short Stories

Plymouth Proprietary Library Writers Group now see their first publication entitled: Arcanum: A Collection of Short Stories, based on topics of the Gothic, mystery and historical genres. This has been printed to celebrate the inaugural National Short Story Week and is available in Plymouth Proprietary Library.

Additionally, we are pleased that the Plymouth Arts Centre will be circulating this publication for viewing in The Green Room. Be warned ... there is a broad interpretation of Gothic!

Plymouth Proprietary Library - Short Story Competition

Plymouth Proprietary Library are currently arranging to hold a Short Story Competition. The event will be open to all - however it will be judged by those who are subscription Members of Plymouth Proprietary Library Writers Group.

Full details will be announced in due course.

'Ice, Mud and Blood' - Creative Writing Workshop with Clare George

We were pleased to see the novelist Clare George again in Plymouth Proprietary Library for another creative writing workshop on Monday 23 August 2010.

The theme of this workshop was: 'Ice, Mud and Blood' and is based on a book of the same title written by Professor Chris Turney; a Paleoclimatologist.

Please type up your stories and forward them for uploading onto the website. When they are ready you will find them under:
http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/environmentalfutures/project-timetable/imagining-the-future-election-day-2040/

Click under the tab 'Stories' on the menu bar along the top to find the theme of 'Ice, Mud and Blood' in the series.

National Association of Writers Groups Plymouth

Plymouth Proprietary Library are a member of the National Association of Writers Groups. For more information see www.nawg.co.uk
All subscribers to Plymouth Proprietary Library are automatically included in the membership to NAWG.

Plymouth Proprietary Library Writers Group & The Mutley Greenbank Trust

Discussions are in place for the Plymouth Proprietary Library Writers Group and The Mutley Greenbank Trust to work together on an Anthology of Creative Writing for Plymouth. This will help mark the Bicentenary of Plymouth Proprietary Library and the rapid progression of the Mutley Greenbank Trust to meld the milestone of the early 21st century with a wide range of creative writing inspired by Plymouth writers. Further announcements to follow.

Ten Rules for Writing Fiction for Writers

The following is a popular link to the Ten Rules for Writing Fiction for Writers which recently appeared in a newspaper:

www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one

The Canterbury Tales - The Plymouth Version

Offered to the Writers Group as a long term project ... the idea to create and explore colourful characters to tell stories for a Plymouth version of The Canterbury Tales. Something created by the Plymouth Proprietary Library Writers Group for Plymouth.

Creative Writing in Plymouth

Plymouth Proprietary Library is the ideal venue for a Writer's Group and Creative Writing Workshops.

Clare George - Creative Writing Workshop

Clare George, Novelist and author of The Cloud Chamber and The Evangelist ran a Creative Writing Workshop at Plymouth Proprietary Library on Thursday 8th April 2010. The theme was 'Election Day 2040' and continues with the 'Imagining the Future 2040' project currently running with Exeter University and the Arts Council. The day went extrememly quickly and the content many of us found challenging - but was nevertheless not without a wide range of material to base our work on. Details of the Project are at:
http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/environmentalfutures/project-timetable/imagining-the-future-election-day-2040/

Plymouth Proprietary Library Writers Group

The Members and Committee of Plymouth Proprietary Library are delighted to have forged a link with the Minneapolis Writers Workshop. We look forward to the refreshing exchange of literary dialogue!