Round-up on Greenacre Writers

Greenacre Writers has lots going on in September. Exactly a year since the occupation and liberation of Friern Barnet Library, there is to be a celebration and preview of a new book on the 5th September 2013 in the library at 7pm. Occupied and Opened - the story of Friern Barnet Library. The book edited by Rosie Canning, features the community voices and spirit that went into saving the library and will be published later in the year.

There is also a fabulous writing retreat in Oxfordshire from Friday September 6th to Sunday 8th. Take a break from the busy world and enjoy some countryside peace to get the words flowing. See here for details. Writers' Retreat

Refreshed from Oxfordshire,  Rosie Canning will be leading her second 6-part Start That Novel course from Monday 9th September. Details and online deposit payment here. Start That Novel

The Greenacre Writers 3rd Short Story Competition is underway with the closing date on 30th September - don't miss out. The top three winning stories receive cash prizes and publication in the third Greenacre Writers Anthology and the three runners up are also published. For rules and online entries see Short Story Competition

Copies of Greenacre Writers Anthology Vol 2 available here Anthology

We are also planning for next year's Literary Festival, and an exciting new course for novelists - details to be announced.

Our two Finish That Novel groups and the Short Story critiquing groups continue to be busy with plans for  re-structuring the Memoir and Autobiography group.

To follow the blogs of some of our members and guests at our two festivals: see links on the right.

Follow us on Twitter: @GreenacreWriter

Greenacre Writers' Competition is now CLOSED

The Greenacre Writers' short story competition is now closed. We have had lots of entries and look forward to reading through and choosing the long and short list. Well done and good luck to every one who entered. The results will be published here 14th May.

Focus on members: Rosie Canning

One of Rosie's short stories was published in York Tales. This anthology of contemporary writing includes twenty short stories inspired by Chaucer but set in the present day. 'The Old Wife's Tale', is set in York. Jeremy Bath is studying at York University, he only has one week left before he has to give a presentation on: 'What women really want in a relationship'. Poor Jeremy is stumped, they all want something different. He meets an old hag who says she can help but only if he promises to marry her!

Rosie is a founding member of Greenacre Writers. She thought up the idea of starting a writer's group for novel writers in Finchley and invited three writerly friends to join her. After an evening of discussion, the Greenacre Writers, Finish That Novel, group was formed. She also runs a Life Writing and Short Story Group and is a facilitator of Creative Writing Workshops. She is currently re-working a novel: Ways of Remembering, a literary fiction about a woman who can fly.


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