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Apr 28, 20211 min read
'In The Sticks' with Simon Fletcher and Cherry Doyle
In April Simon Fletcher and Cherry Doyle ran a workshop for us on Zoom. Offa’s Press has been encouraging people to write poems about...
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bilstonwriters
Mar 27, 20213 min read
Motivation, organisation and buddying up – with Jane Seabourne
By Ros Woolner Our March workshop was led by Jane Seabourne, a widely published poet, experienced workshop leader and long-time friend of...
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bilstonwriters
Feb 22, 20211 min read
Writing about home and birthplace with Michael W. Thomas
by Jill Tromans At February’s meeting of Bilston Writers, we enjoyed a workshop presented by Michael W. Thomas. The fact we are still on...
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bilstonwriters
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Bilston Writers at the Wolverhampton Literature Festival
We'll be performing poems and short stories on Zoom as part of the Writers' Hub during the literature festival on Sunday 14th February at...
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bilstonwriters
Dec 19, 20201 min read
Winter is coming - led by Marion Cockin
by Carol Howarth The November session was to stimulate writing about Winter; either poetry or prose. Marion presented several paintings...
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bilstonwriters
Oct 26, 20203 min read
Travel and haibun with Emma Purshouse
by Carol Howarth Haibun is the mixture of Prose and Poetry (Haiku). 17th century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho combined prose with Haiku,...
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bilstonwriters
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Inspired by images
In September we tried our hands at ekphrastic poetry and syllabic verse in a workshop let by Emma Purshouse. During lockdown, Emma wrote...
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bilstonwriters
Aug 16, 20202 min read
Sonnets with Paul Francis
In August we had a sonnet workshop (on Zoom) led by Paul Francis. Paul is a prize-winning and prolific writer of sonnets who often finds...
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bilstonwriters
Jul 28, 20201 min read
The Bilston Writing Wood
A collaborative piece inspired by Mandy Ross's workshop on seeds:
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bilstonwriters
Jul 19, 20201 min read
Seeds with Mandy Ross
Mandy Ross (www.mandyross.co.uk) led our July workshop. She had asked us to bring along a piece of fruit and some tree seeds. There were...
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bilstonwriters
Jun 20, 20202 min read
Creating characters with David Bingham
In June we had our second Zoom workshop, with Keith in charge of pushing buttons again. David started by getting us each to think of a...
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bilstonwriters
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Crime writing with Keith Rogers
In May, we moved online and met on Zoom for a session on crime writing. Keith gave us a planning sheet to help us think about the various...
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Ros Woolner
May 3, 20201 min read
Flash fiction & found poems
The last time the Bilston Writers group met before the lockdown was in February for the AGM. After the AGM, Karen gave an introduction to...
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Ros Woolner
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Bilston Writers at the Lych Gate 2nd Feb
Bilston Writers will be reading their poems and short stories at the Lych Gate Tavern during the Wolverhampton Literature Festival. When:...
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Ros Woolner
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Performance skills
In January, Keith Rogers led a discussion on performance skills. We thought about how to prepare to read our work in public, how to own...
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Ros Woolner
Jan 13, 20201 min read
PaperVerse
Just before Christmas we were treated to a PaperVerse workshop run by Marion Cockin and Jeff Phelps. We wrote short list poems on the...
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Roger Noons
Nov 17, 20191 min read
Writing for children
At the meeting on 16 November, 15 members enjoyed a lively session led by Wolverhampton’s Poet Laureate, Emma Purshouse. The subject was...
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Jill Tromans
Oct 22, 20191 min read
NaNoWriMo
At October’s meeting of Bilston Writers’, we were introduced to NaNoWriMo [National Novel Writing Month] by Karen. Her workshop was...
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Ros Woolner
Oct 14, 20191 min read
Plotting
Our September session was on plot. Keith Rogers guided us through an exercise where we were given a random object and had to write down...
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Steve Corton
Sep 20, 20192 min read
Birds
The August session was on the theme of 'birds'. It was led by Karen and attended by Ros, Roger, Fraser, Jackie, Cecilia, Anne, and Steve....
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