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...

by John Ellard David Bingham led our workshop for another enjoyable session. We started by watching a short video to whet our appetites....

by Ros Woolner In October we welcomed writer and performer Naomi Paul, who led a workshop on sketches, scripts and dialogue. In an...

September saw the publication of our new anthology and a launch at the Light House in Wolverhampton as part of 'City Voices', a monthly...

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...

by Roger Noons At the latest Zoom meeting, members again welcomed Emma Pursehouse to lead a Workshop on Poetry Form and Juxtaposition. A...

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...

by Jill Tromans Question: What can you expect the day after Friday 13th if you are a member of Bilston Writers’? Answer: An excellent...

by Ros Woolner Cherry was back with us again in April, leading a workshop on metaphors (‘using a thing to describe another thing’), and...

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...

by Roger Noons Yet another Zoom for our February meeting, a workshop led by published poet, Cherry Doyle. We knew well in advance that...

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...

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...

by Ros Woolner Our November writing session was all about objects, but we also revisited some forms of writing that we’d covered earlier...

by Ros Woolner “If you see a cliché kill it dead” That’s the first line of a fun poem by Emma Purshouse entitled “Advice for...

by John Ellard Keith Rogers was leader of the September session on Writing Articles Keith presented us with a plan to help structure our...

by Roger Noons On Saturday 21 August, Haibun Master, David Bingham, zoomed into the homes of our members. He began his workshop on the...

by Ros Woolner Karen started our July workshop by running through ten benefits of structuring a story before you start writing. They...

by Karen Miller This month we indulged our inner child with a look at writing picture books for children. Ros started us off by taking a...

by Roger Noons Prior to the start of Bilston Writers May Workshop, Carol Howarth, the Chairperson, announced that Ros Woolner had...