Poems Hoarded and Boarded
Chris Andrews
Lucy Aykroyd
Ruth Bean
Lilian Cameron
Carol Ann
Susan Cunningham
Anne Forbes
Phyllis Goodall
Margaret Grant
Haseley Hinton
Haworth Hodgkinson
Annie Lamb
Anne Rogers
Maureen Ross
Linda Smith
Fiona Wilson
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Huntly Writers
Review of 2009 by Linda Smith
Huntly Writers has continued to thrive in 2009. Meetings are characterised
by lively discussion and debate and we have been encouraged to try out new forms
of writing and new ways of presenting our work.
On Wednesday 6th May we put on one of the group's most successful Wordfringe performances. This entertaining evening of prose,
poetry and song, appropriately entitled Cream of Strathbogie, was held at
the Rizza Ice-Cream Factory in Huntly before a large and appreciative audience.
Another successful enterprise in 2009 was the renga workshop hosted by Huntly Writers
at the Brander Library on Sunday 29th March. Several writers were keen to learn
about this Japanese poetic form and attended the workshop, which was run by Colin
Will, a renga master. The afternoon was much enjoyed by all and the resulting renga
poem was read at our Wordfringe performance. On Sunday 6th September six members
also participated in Gadiefest
2009 at Archaeolink. Huntly Writers' contribution to the event was entitled
Hills o Whin.
Huntly Writers continue to have work accepted by a variety of publications and again
there have been several members who have given readings or participated in arts
events throughout the North-East. Congratulations are due to: Phyllis who
won first prize at the
Buchan Heritage Festival and Margaret who was highly commended; to
new member Haseley Hinton who launched her first novel, Shadow of the Seacrow
at the Edinburgh Fringe and gave readings from it at Better Read Books in Ellon;
to Phyllis and Maureen who were invited to read at events in Kintore
and Aberdeen; to Haworth for organising, promoting and participating in,
not only Wordfringe, but so many other successful events; and to Margaret,
our treasurer, who had the Last Lauch at Dead Good Poets in Aberdeen.
Earlier in the year Brian Nisbet applied to join a course in creative writing
in Oxford and, no doubt despite fierce competition for places on this prestigious
course, was accepted. While Huntly Writers will miss him, we are delighted at his
success.
Finally we were pleased to be joined this year by new members Anne Rogers
in April and Haseley Hinton in June, while Yasmin Becha has been a
regular observer of our proceedings. We look forward to an equally successful and
challenging 2010.
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