About thehaywriters
The Hay Writers : a highly active & forward thinking writing group based in Hay-on-Wye, the world famous 'Town of Books'. ✍️ In 2019 we celebrated our 40th anniversary.
Source: Hay Writers’ Fiction Competition Judge announced as Piers Wenger
Exciting times ahead with the confirmation of our Fiction Competition Judge 2015. Piers Wenger is the Head of Drama for Channel 4 and E4, as well as an Executive Producer for Film 4 and will be our Fiction Competition Judge … Continue reading →
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Source: A Life Is What You Get by Lynn M. Trowbridge
Source: The Dancing Floor – A Film For Wales To Celebrate
A Film For Wales by by Emma van Woerkom Brechfa, mid Wales is one of those rare mysterious places that once discovered, its enigma will never leave you. A seemingly shallow pool on the top of a hill surrounded by mountains; there … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ancient history, Black Mountains, Brechfa, Brecon, Brecon Beacons, British Film, British Myth, Creative writing, Crowdfunding, Emma van Woerkom, Film, Film making, Film Projects, Filming, Hay Castle, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Mabinogion, Mid Wales, Mythology, Photography, Powys, Screen Play, The Dancing Floor, Wales, Welsh, Welsh Artrs, Welsh Film, Welsh Films, Welsh Myth, Welsh Writers
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by Emma van Woerkom Two years before The Good Life appeared on our television screens, Jenny and her husband made the decision to leave their urban home and lifestyle to embrace a life of self-sufficiency in the Welsh Hills. At … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Foot In The Bucket, adventure, Author, autobiography, Autumn, Black Mountains, Book Town, Books, Brecon, Brecon Beacons, British Writing, Creative writing, Emma van Woerkom, England, English, Farming, Goats, great outdoors, Hay, Hay Festival, Hay Writers., Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, Horses, humor, Jenny Green, land, landscape, life, literature, literature Wales, Marches, Memoir, memories, nature, non fiction, Powys, Richard Booth, Richard Booth Books, River Wye, seasonal, Self Sufficency, vet, Wales, weather, Welsh, Welsh Borders, writing, Writing Groups.
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“The first real content meeting for the Hay Writers new anthology took place at the weekend in the glorious booktown of Hay-on-Wye. I’m very happy to report that we have 80 strong pages of wonderful, diverse new writing selected and … Continue reading →
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A Poem for Ruth Stone, Poet 1915-2011 Earlier this summer I was involved in a project responding to works of the American poet Ruth Stone, 1915-2011. Ruth Stone? – I freely admitted to Elephants Footprint (publishers of this new anthology) that I’d … Continue reading →
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Tagged American Poet, American Poetry, Anthology, art, Arts, Auntumn, Book Town, British Writing, christmas, Creative writing, Elephants Footprint, Emma van Woerkom, England, English, haiku, Hay, Hay Castle, Hay Festival, Hay Writers., Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, life, literature, Literature England. Hay-on-Wye, Literature festival, literature Wales, Marches, memories, nature, philosophy, poem, poetry, Poetry Anthology, Poetry Blogs Poetry Event Reading and Writing Reading and Writing Poetry, Poetry readings in Wales, Powys, River Wye, Ruth Stone, Summer, Welsh, Welsh Borders, Writers Club, writing
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Summer Lunch and 2015 Non-Fiction Competition Results. Our summer lunch took place at Nantyffin Cider Mill Inn near Crickhowell on what seemed to be a chilly Autumn day. We enjoyed wonderful food in delightful surroundings. The highlight was the prize-giving for … Continue reading →
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Haiku: Between cloud and tree The threshold of the mountains – Old doors, old latches. ECvW 2015 While summer storm clouds take up residence above our home town of Hay-on-Wye, this afternoon sees the announcement of the 2015 winner of the … Continue reading →
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