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Tony Domaille lives in Thornbury and has over twenty scripts published by Lazy Bee Scripts, Pint Sized Plays, and Ilkley Playhouse. His work has been produced on BBC Radio and on stage in eighteen countries, including famous locations like Theatre 80 in New York. Many of his plays have been nominated for and received awards. […]

'Oh Crumbs'  "a lively accessible spoken word event" continues to offer live space for poets, story tellers and performers. With a Thursday evening spot every 2 weeks from 8pm they have welcomed performances from many places: live stories from Iran, Donegal, Cardiff, rants from London, tales from Ruardean, Salford, poems from Bream, Gloucester, Usually, a […]

Jennie Farley’s poems from her new collection-in-progress have recently featured in: The Sunday Tribune (The Museum of Dreams) Raceme (The Worry Doll) Poetry Wales (Bones, The Summer Ghost) Dear Reader (The Lonely Glove, Annabel, Judy’s Hand)

Kathryn Southworth’s poetry pamphlet on the death of Virginia Woolf with line drawings by Charles Perrett was published by the letterpress Paekakariki in March. Limited edition copies available from Paekakariki or from Kathryn priced £10. Click here to purchase your copy of A Pure Bead.

Cheryl Burman's new women's historical fiction novel, 'Keepers' was released in early April and is attracting five star reviews. Click here for more information.

Submissions are open for the 2021 edition of Superlative!   The theme this year is 'Scapes From landscapes and seascapes, to cityscapes and escapes, please interpret the theme however you choose, but the more intriguing, imaginative and well-crafted your stories are, the better.   Superlative publishes quality work by aspiring short story writers, in order […]

Now online every Wednesday afternoon the Somewhere Else Writers Group covers poetry, novels, short stories, drama, including radio plays on Corinium Radio, and commissioned plays. They created and produced for local radio six episodes of The Inn on the Green, very loosely modelled on The Archers. Their writers have been successful in having work published, […]

There’s a wrinkle in time on the 15:15 train from Paddington to Cheltenham Spa... Jan Turk Petrie is delighted to announce that her new novel, Running Behind Time, has been published in paperback and on Kindle, available from Amazon. It is free to read if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, and the paperback will soon […]

Michael Newman's latest poetry book Seasoned with Nostalgia has been published by KT Publications. Copies available from the author at 18 Courtiers Drive, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, GL52 8NU for £5 including postage.

Clare Roberts, a postgraduate student at the University of Gloucestershire, is putting out a call for writers to help with her ‘Personalised Poetry and Flash Fiction’ research project. The project is a website for people to commission poems or short stories for friends and loved ones on birthdays and anniversaries, etc. She is researching the […]

Amy Scott is a writer and editor, working with new writers setting out with their first novels, and offering free creative writing courses and workshops. For more information about creative writing courses and workshops, or to get in touch with Amy about writing or editing, click here to visit her website or click here to […]

The first two books in Barry Faulkner's DCS Palmer and the Serial murder Squad series will be offered as a single volume FREE ebook as a taster on Amazon between 5th-9th March.   First in new series 'Ben Nevis and the Gold Digger' thrillers is out on March 5th - pre-order now, ebook for only […]