Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on 3 September
2019
Present:
Dave, Tony, Liliane, Beryl, David, Carole,
Georgina, Steve, Kay, Jim, Martin, Tom, Stephen, Liz, Cathy
Apologies:
Anne, Derek
Business:
Very pleased to welcome back Martin after an
absence of several years.
Steph, the manager of Felixstowe Library, has been
contacted by the authorities at Hollesley Bay prison. Some of the inmates are
interested in creative writing, and the prison authorities are looking for a
volunteer/s to support them in this. Steph forwarded the request to our group,
but after some discussion it was agreed that our members are not suitably
qualified to assist. Dave will notify her of our decision.
Ebook – Dave has been too busy to progress this
recently, but it will go ahead once he has time to deal with it.
Ray Foster. We are sorry to hear that neither he
nor his wife Sandy are currently in the best of health.
Writeathon – seven members have already done their
bit – currently with eighth member for progression. Martin happy to take part
too.
Tony told us that Felixstowe Radio will be airing
the Suffolk Reading Festival again – a repeat of the previous ninety-two slots
of pre-recorded work.
Reading of homework:
Topic was ‘tales of place’, and we were treated to
fiction, non- fiction, and a couple of poems besides – what an evening! With
fourteen readers to hear, there wasn’t a great deal of time for chat, but a
good time was had by all nonetheless.
Tony – We’re all going on a ….
David – Antarctica
Tom – Uncommon touch
Kay – A Scottish interlude
Liliane – A tour of the old
quarantine station and more
Carole – The Ha'penny Bridge and other secret places.
Stephen – Tales of place
Jim – Open mic night
Dave – The devil’s triangle
Liz – Gross misconduct
Steve – The Orkney islands
Martin – Manhattan
Georgina – This is not a
children’s story
Beryl – The railway track
Next
meeting: 17
September, when we will be enjoying a flash fiction session using word prompts.
