Writing poems about birds with Simon Fletcher and Kuli Kohli
by Carol Howarth Simon Fletcher, poet and manager of Offa's Press and Kuli Kohli, Poet Laureate of Wolverhampton, presented a session...
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- Apr 23
- 2 min
Memoir Writing with Louise Palfreyman
by Ros Woolner ‘We are all walking histories’, Louise tells us. So you could almost say we have a duty to write about our lives. Louise...
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bilstonwriters
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Collaborative Writing with Roger Noons
by Ros Woolner Earlier this month, Roger Noons led a very enjoyable workshop on collaborative writing. As he pointed out at the start of...
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bilstonwriters
- Feb 12
- 1 min
Writing Humour with Naomi Paul
by John Ellard Naomi Paul led our February workshop on Writing Humour, following her successful Zoom visit to us last October. The ...
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bilstonwriters
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Competition success
Carol Howarth, Chair of Bilston Writers, has won the WV Postcode Prize in the Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Competition 2023...
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bilstonwriters
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Bilston Writers at the Wolverhampton Literature Festival
Bilston Writers took part in the Writers' Hub on 5th February. Run by Poets Prattlers & Pandemonialists as part of the literature...
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bilstonwriters
- Jan 25
- 3 min
Planning Your Creative Year with Carol Howarth & Marion Cockin
by Steve Corton I just noticed a stain on the carpet. Just over there. I’ve sat here to type various scripts hundreds of times and I’ve...
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bilstonwriters
- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
Myths & Legends with David Bingham
by John Ellard David Bingham led our workshop for another enjoyable session. We started by watching a short video to whet our appetites....
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bilstonwriters
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
Sketches, scripts & dialogue with Naomi Paul
by Ros Woolner In October we welcomed writer and performer Naomi Paul, who led a workshop on sketches, scripts and dialogue. In an...
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bilstonwriters
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
Only the Skies - the new Bilston Writers anthology
September saw the publication of our new anthology and a launch at the Light House in Wolverhampton as part of 'City Voices', a monthly...
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bilstonwriters
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
Parks & Gardens with Ros Woolner
After two years of Zoom meetings, in August we met in person - in Bantock Park. On one of the hottest days of the year, the park was a...
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bilstonwriters
- Jul 17, 2022
- 2 min
Poetry form & Juxtaposition with Emma Purshouse
by Roger Noons At the latest Zoom meeting, members again welcomed Emma Pursehouse to lead a Workshop on Poetry Form and Juxtaposition. A...
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bilstonwriters
- Jun 19, 2022
- 1 min
PoArtry with Rick Sanders
Our June workshop, led by Rick Sanders, was on ekphrastic poetry. An ekphrastic poem is one that responds to a work of art, and who...
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bilstonwriters
- May 17, 2022
- 1 min
The Twilight Zone with Karen Miller
by Jill Tromans Question: What can you expect the day after Friday 13th if you are a member of Bilston Writers’? Answer: An excellent...
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bilstonwriters
- Apr 9, 2022
- 1 min
Nature as Metaphor with Cherry Doyle
by Ros Woolner Cherry was back with us again in April, leading a workshop on metaphors (‘using a thing to describe another thing’), and...
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bilstonwriters
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Flash fiction & short stories with Carol Howarth and Karen Miller
by Carol Howarth This was an opportunity to write flash fiction or a short story of 250-500 words. In most competitions, flash fiction is...
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bilstonwriters
- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
The seasons (in reverse) with Cherry Doyle
by Roger Noons Yet another Zoom for our February meeting, a workshop led by published poet, Cherry Doyle. We knew well in advance that...
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bilstonwriters
- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min
Wolverhampton Literature Festival here we come
by Karen Miller It’s AGM January already. Can you believe it? Where has the time gone? This session we held our Annual General Meeting...
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bilstonwriters
- Dec 29, 2021
- 1 min
Old year, new year
In December, still on Zoom, we took it in turns to read pieces connected to Christmas, winter or the end of the year. Some people read...
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bilstonwriters
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
"Still Life" with Marion Cockin
by Ros Woolner Our November writing session was all about objects, but we also revisited some forms of writing that we’d covered earlier...
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