Next Meeting
Our next meeting is at 7pm Wednesday 17 February 2010
The Writers Workshop Evening
Everything is settling into a routine here at the Battersea Arts Centre. We have found our feet.
By which I mean, we have a format. There is a room for those who want to read and plenty of space for those who want to write. So choose your poison.
The order of events is that we always meet up in our designated room at the beginning of the evening and I quickly separate everyone into groups. We are still keeping the Reading groups to around seven max. It seems to work best that way. And those of us that want to write -- there are plenty of spaces around the BAC. Then come nine o'clock we all meet up in the bar.
It is a good format and seems to work well. As I have said in the past, do bring your work, from working on finished pieces of writing, brainstorming ideas, develop notes, even readings from favourite authors. You can try anything and learn everything.
Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones
Well done Bobbie for publishing her second novel 'Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones'. Bobbie and her publishers, Sandstone Press are delighted to invite you to the launch at 7 p.m. Saturday 20 February 2010 at the Clapham Library, 1 Northside Clapham Common SW4 (near Clapham Common tube station)
To RSVP, email Bobbie at bobbie.darbyshire@ntlworld.com
Jurgen Wolff's Breakthrough Strategy
Jurgen's 60-day online Breakthrough Strategy starts on January 24th. He aims to support you achieve your writing goals. More information at
www.jurgenwolff.com. Jurgen tells me that if you mention my name you get a 10% discount!
Bobbie Darbyshire's 'Truth Games'

Congratulations to Bobbie on the launch of her book
"Truth Games" by Cinnamon Press. If you pass a bookshop, be sure to pop in and ask them to order up a copy!
"Fantastic story telling, with wonderful characters who you soon feel you’ve known for ever. Set in the 1970s between the advent of the pill and the onset of aids, Truth Games explores the complex relationships between a group of friends in the long hot summers of 75 and 76 and the winter in between. Cleverly observed, the book has laugh out loud moments interspersed by episodes that challenge you to examine your own behaviour when dealing with close friends and those not so close. For those who remember the 70s Bobbie Darbyshire conjurs up lots of memories, from the clothes we wore, to the things we ate and the parties we threw. For those who don’t remember the 70s don’t be put off. There’s as much here that’s as relelvant today as it was back then. The nature of friendship and fidelity between friends as well as between partners. Page turning stuff. Thoroughly deserves a 5 star rating!" Posted on Waterstones Website
Colin Macintyre's 'Island'

Congratulations to Colin on releasing his latest album
"Island".
"Although ‘Island’ was recorded on both sides of the Atlantic, it’s West Scotland and An Tobar where the heart of this LP lies. Rootsier than his old band, The Mull Historical Society, and his previous solo LP ‘The Water’, ‘Island’ sees MacIntyre take influence from traditional British folk music in a largely strippeddown effort. This is notable both on the tender ‘The Edge Of Nearly’ and the intensely personal ‘Samuel Dempster R.I.P’. It’s not all stories round the log fire, though; ‘Cape Wrath’ is a stirring conglomerate of strings, dry percussion and brass, whilst the closing ‘Ned’s Song (Brother)’ sees a community choir of An Tobar’s finest bring a well-paced and lovingly-crafted album to a rousing finish." Simon Jay Catling, The-Fly.co.uk
John Rico's Border Crosser

Congratulations to Johnny on the publication of his book
'Border Crosser' published this June by Ballantine Books.
“A timeless story of confounded youth and its eternal struggle for meaning, this book may well signal the birth of a titanic new voice. . . . [Rico’s] precise, evocative prose balances pathos and humor with an almost destructive compulsion for honesty and so much frustrated wit that, even at his most naked and sensitive, he holds nothing sacred.” Publishers Weekly
Richard's short story 'Connie'
And congratulations to Richard Oldale who has just had his short story 'Connie' accepted for publication in 'Debut' magazine.
Till next time.... keep writing
Rupert