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Hay Festival 2016 Poetry Challenge
With Festival time fast approaching it’s reached that point in May again when I set myself my yearly Hay Festival Poetry Challenge – HFPC for short. Last year I managed to write a poem … Source: Hay Festival 2016 Poetry Challenge
Dan Davies Announced As Non-Fiction Judge 2016
The Hay Writers are delighted to announce that Dan Davies has agreed to judge the Richard Booth Prize for Non Fiction 2016. The winners will be revealed mid-July. Presently, I imagine industrious pens editing their hearts out in the hope of … Continue reading
Hay Writers at Hay Festival 2016
IT’S ALMOST FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN! We are grateful to the organisers for allowing us a slot at the Festival again this year. We will be reading our latest poetry and prose in the Scribblers’ Hut at 7pm on Wednesday, 1st June, … Continue reading
Pick and Mix Temptations
The next selection from our anthology is taken from Watching Me, Watching You by Juliet Foster. ‘I know you are watching me, watching you. As I opened the five bar gate on my return home, you were sliding down the … Continue reading
Books We Wish We had Written
Truestory by Catherine Simpson Truestory is Catherine Simpson’s debut novel, and hopefully the first of many. This is Alice’s story. She lives in a remote Lancashire farmhouse with her son, Sam and her husband, Duncan. Duncan is not a natural in … Continue reading
Books We Wish We had Written
The first recommendation this week is from Juliet Foster. Conversations with my Gardener by Henri Cueco: A little gem. This memoir is a conversation between two elderly French gentlemen; the author, who is also an artist and the other, his … Continue reading
Books we wish we had written …
In his wonderful book On Writing, Stephen King gives the following advice: ‘If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two … Continue reading
Pick and Mix – Temptations
Our anthology, Pick and Mix, was launched in November and has been selling well. For those who haven’t read it yet, we will be posting short tasters here, to give you a flavour of what’s inside. The first is from a … Continue reading
Salt on the Wind
One of our members, Emma van Woerkom, has recently had one of her poems, ‘Women Silent’ included in a new anthology, Salt on the Wind, published by Elephantsfootprint. The anthology is a collection of poetry in response to Ruth Stone, the American poet … Continue reading
2015 Fiction Competition
After our concert at The Globe on 14th December, the results of our 2015 fiction competition were announced by Juliet Foster, Chair of the Hay Writers’ Circle. In first place was Jean O’Donoghue with God’s Waiting Room. Second place went … Continue reading
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