All workshops at Tenderbooks 6 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. 2 – 4 pm
Saturday 28 April 2018, 2 – 4 pm Saturday 19 May 2018, 2 – 4 pm Saturday 9 June 2018, 2 – 4 pm Saturday 30 June 2018, 2 – 4 pm Saturday 21 July 2018, 2 – 4 pm Saturday 11 August 2018, 2 – 4 pm
Do try to make it on (and on time!) and not just to one but to as many meetings as you are able.
Writers Forum – the future (February 2018)
The new venue is THE important thing; but there is much else; and I mean
apart from documenting recent history.
Everything else is on hold – publications, journals…
In the few hours between having a venue in Fitzrovia and being blamed for
the venue’s own incompetence, Matt Robertson and I began sketching out some exciting ideas; and I hope that we can build on that.
Pocket Litter, our print journal, will continue “as and when”. Web Pocket Litter is still an idea but should reach reality in the next few months. It should be straightforward; but I prefer to start something that continues.
Then maybe we can look at other projects.
Writers Forum – where we are now (February 2018)
Dear Friends, Writers Forum has a new venue. Another new venue.
This one seems to have been relatively easy to set up compared to the last
two! The last two took lots of time and came to nothing.
I say “seems” because the work has been done by Matt Robertson; so I
cannot *know how it went; but I trust to his ability. All glory to him.
Please be especially nice to him when you see him.
No joke.
The new venue, Tenderbooks, are being very generous with limited space
and we need to be considerate. Please!
There’s a considerable degree of playing it by ear, on both our parts.
PLEASE support us and them if you can. Let’s reward Tenderbooks with any
book orders we may have if possible.
I’m sending out this note before everything is completely tied up because I
know recent arrangements have been very rocky and I want to keep you as
enthusiastic as possible!
Hopefully there won’t be any changes
All workshops at Tenderbooks 6 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. 2 – 4 pm
How to get there. Leicester Square area. It’ll be easiest if you look it up on
google et cetera.
Contact me if you have difficulty.
Saturday 3 March 2018, 2-4 pm
to be confirmed
Saturday 28 April 2018, 2 – 4 pm CONFIRMED
Saturday 19 May 2018, 2 – 4 pm
very probable
Saturday 9 June 2018, 2 – 4 pm CONFIRMED
Saturday 30 June 2018, 2 – 4 pm
CONFIRMED
Saturday 21 July 2018, 2 – 4 pm
CONFIRMED
Saturday 11 August 2018, 2 – 4 pm
CONFIRMED
Do try to make it and not just to one but to all meetings.
Dear Friends and colleagues
I apologise for my silence.
I have been quite unwell and have major problems with my laptop.
But I was complacent re wf because I thought I had let you all know the
situation; but, when I went through accumulated emails, I found that the last,
the important one, had bounced…. The system announced my message had
been sent; I logged out; an error message was then sent to my inbox!
The sitcom BlackAdder offers the line: “Life vomits on my duvet again”
I really hope that none of you had a wasted journey. I am very sorry for the
confusion..
Also apologies to those who wrote inquiring about the meeting and had to
wait and wait for an answer. It does not look good; and I have – I had – tried
to keep up with inquiries
I shall explain in due course. For now I shall just say that a few hours after
confirming our 2018 bookings, only half a year after I asked, the “King and
Queen” pub cancelled the booking in arrogant and insulting terms.
My initial reaction was to give up. I remember I thought of Boxer in Animal
Farm. That may have been over the top.
Then I thought I would try again in a little while
There was a venue recommended to us. I sent an inquiry and thought to wait
for their answer. Then I wrote again. Now I have given up…
It wasn’t in a good location for most of our journeys.
NOW, we have a central location, thanks to work by our colleague Matt
Robertson.
I attach, with this note, details of the new plan. I hope you can attend.
Lawrence
This Saturday’s meeting has been cancelled
All those on the active mailing list have been informed
Martin used to attend WF Workshops and now runs our Chilean sister organisation FDE, foro de escritores
The launch of a web-based “Pocket Litter” is taking a little longer than anticipated.
In the meantime we are about to publish “Pocket Litter November 2017”, edited by Matt Robertson and publishing poetry by himself, Lawrence Upton and Xavier Velastin, poetry which has been presented at the workshop.
Launch date is 25 November 2017.
It will be available in a limited hard copy edition for attendees at the workshop; and a pdf version which can be sent via email for those who cannot attend the 25 November meeting.
Thanks to Matt Robertson.
Robin Vaughan-Williams writes
I thought you might like to know the poem I brought along to the last Writers Forum just went up on the International Times website: http://internationaltimes.it/u
The schedule page has been updated.
Apologies for odd presentation. They keep upgrading the software and making it harder to use; and the instructions are illiterate.
The page code needs to be rewritten and there is no time to do that now.
The new venue is reachable from Warren Street or Goodge Street — or other stations of course, most of which are a longer walk!
email us on info at wfuk dot org dot uk if you are coming
best
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I think and hope that our new programme is becoming clear.
I am sorry that it is so late in the week.
I list it below.
I hope to see those of you who can make it this Saturday.
General comments:
NB 15:00 till 17:00 is likely to become our norm.
15:00 till 17:00 suits the venue. And it seems fine to me.
2017 dates
Re Saturday 14 October 2017, the timing has had to be changed. We are now due to meet 4 pm until a little before 6pm
Similarly with Saturday 25 November 2017, when we meet 3 pm until just before 5 pm
The third date this autumn (9 December) has been cancelled in favour of 16 December 2017 meeting 3 pm until 5 pm.
That’s a little late into the Mad Season, I know; but I hope it’s ok for you. (Let me know!)
2018 dates
Details here are to follow. Most should be ok, it seems.
Here they are again
Saturday 6 January 2018 ; to be confirmed
Saturday 3 February 2018 ; to be confirmed
Saturday 24 February 2018; to be confirmed
Saturday 17 March 2018; to be confirmed
Saturday 28 April 2018 ; to be confirmed
Saturday 19 May 2018 ; to be confirmed
Saturday 9 June 2018; to be confirmed
Saturday 30 June 2018; to be confirmed
Saturday 21 July 2018; to be confirmed
Saturday 11 August 2018; to be confirmed