Our speaker in December is Rebecca John. Rebecca F. John was born in 1986, and grew up in Pwll, a small village on the south Wales coast. She holds a BA in English with Creative Writing and an MA in Creative Writing from Swansea University, as well as a PGCE PCET from the University of …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other's writing in a friendly and informal setting. At present, meetings are via Zoom although where possible there will also be a meeting in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are for members only, but …
The Swansea & District Writers Circle annual general meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 4 January 2023. Everyone is welcome, although only members may vote. As well as discussing the business of the Circle and electing the committee, the Annual General Meeting will be a chance to hear members read some of their …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other's writing in a friendly and informal setting. At present, meetings are via Zoom although where possible there will also be a meeting in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are for members only, but …
Our speaker in February 2023 is agent Kate Horden, who will talk to us via Zoom about the process of obtaining an agent and the relationship between writer and agent. She will also give her professional view of the current state of the publishing industry. Kate worked for the then independent general trade publisher Victor …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other's writing in a friendly and informal setting. At present, meetings are via Zoom although where possible there will also be a meeting in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are for members only, but …
Our speaker in March is award-winning fiction writer, Jane Fraser. Jane lives, works and writes fiction in a house facing the sea in the village of Llangennith, in the Gower peninsula, south Wales. In 2017 she was a finalist for the Manchester Fiction Prize and in 2018 was a prize-winner for the Fish Memoir Prize …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other's writing in a friendly and informal setting. At present, meetings are via Zoom although where possible there will also be a meeting in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are for members only, but …
Our speaker in April is novelist and Circle member Rhydderch Wilson. Rhydderch is a horror author who writes under the name of Richard E. Rock (what he calls his ‘immortal name’). His first novel DEEP LEVEL was published by Darkstroke Books in October 2020. His second, FRENZY ISLAND, was published by Cranthorpe Millner in October …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member's house and have a link via Zoom for those who can't attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
Our speaker in May is Tracey McNulty, Head of Cultural Services at Swansea County Council, with the remit for tourism, events, galleries, museums, libraries and theatres; alongside outdoor leisure and attractions; community, sports and arts development. Tracey has held the role since returning to Wales in August 2014, and will talk to the Circle about …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member's house and have a link via Zoom for those who can't attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
In June we welcome short story and memoir writer Julie Ann Rees. Julie Ann holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and is studying towards a PhD at Swansea University. Her stories have been published both on line and in print with Parthian books (Heartland), Sliced up Press …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member's house and have a link via Zoom for those who can't attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
In July our speaker is crime novelist Rosie Claverton. Rosie grew up in Devon, daughter to a Sri Lankan father and a Norfolk mother, surrounded by folk mythology and surly sheep. She moved to Cardiff to study Medicine and adopted Wales as her home. She later moved to London to specialise in psychiatry. Her Cardiff-based …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member's house and have a link via Zoom for those who can't attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
The Circle meeting in August is a members evening, where winners of recent internal competitions will be reading out their entries. There will also be an open mic session for members to read out some of their work. The meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 2 August 2023. Everyone is welcome. The meeting …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member’s house and have a link via Zoom for those who can’t attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
Our speaker in September is Carolyn Lewis, a novelist, prize-winning short story writer and a creative writing tutor. She has an MPhil in writing from the University of South Wales and currently she is taking a PhD at Swansea University. Her new book, Some Sort of Twilight, published by Watermark Press is a collection of …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member’s house and have a link via Zoom for those who can’t attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
Our guest speaker in October is Holly Greenland, a self-published author and content writer, currently undertaking a study investigating the shared characteristics of self-published authors through a PhD at Kingston University. Holly self-published her debut novel "Murder on Maternity" through Amazon's KDP platform in 2020 and recently co-authored a guide to democratic engagement as a …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member’s house and have a link via Zoom for those who can’t attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
Our speaker in November is Circle member Alana Davies, who will talk about self publishing. Alana has had a number of careers but started to write in earnest after she retired. Although she had been writing short stories and poems since a teenager, it was a part-time course in Creative Writing with the Open University …
Our regular monthly meeting where members share feedback on each other’s writing in a friendly and informal setting. Where possible, we meet at a member’s house and have a link via Zoom for those who can’t attend in person. Our Feedback Group meetings generally take place on the third Thursday of the month. They are …
