Suffolk Reading Festival

Tune in to ICR on 105.7fm or via the internet, tune app, and various others on Friday 28th April at 12.30-1300. for

The Suffolk Reading Festival.
On the show Friday:-

The Sword of the Kings by ADW Shearman.
(Chapter - A Short cut to Humbugs pt
Beryl Sabel reads the book.
Ryan Guilder the Brackets
Brian England is Zschiddte ver Brainnze
Alan Dix is Blivion Teck Durchnit
Andy Sindle is Clapping Lost Marbles
Stella Day is Botox Skin Grafting

Floating in the Wind by Tony Shearman
David Miller is Andy
Sheila Martin is Barbara
Angela Silburn is Carole
Peter Guilderr is Dave

The Morrison Shelter by Beryl Sabel
read by Beryl Sabel

Hope you enjoy them.
And if you miss it. Catch the repeat at 13.30 Saturday 29th April.

Cheers all

Tony

Anthology and Bill Budner's Trophy

Hi Scribblers,

ANTHOLOGY.

I thank everybody for their stories they have already sent in but must remind every else that the deadline for submissions is virtually upon us. I hope that more stories will be forthcoming to help make our publication successful.

If you would still like to send something in and have decided the deadline is too close, please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate you.

There is still an awful lot of work to do to prepare for publication but that is part and parcel of this enjoyable ‘task’. The main thing is that we must meet the deadline with our printers  

THE BILL BUDNER TROPHY.

As you will know our next meeting is fast approaching – it’s on Tuesday 2^nd May in our usual meeting place. Starting at 7.30pm we will have two ‘volunteers’ to read out the stories that are all vying for a grip on the handles of the Trophy. Once again the stories can be on any subject, but must be within the 1,000 word limit. They should be typed but there must be no indication to the author of the work. It should be another enjoyable evening. There is always one question at this stage... who will be the next holder of the trophy – this time for six months.

IT’S ANOTHER BANK HOLIDAY.

Hope you have a good one!

Keep Scribbling,

Dave 

Arun Scribes...

This morning I received an email from our friend Angela Petch. As you may have noticed earlier she has a new book available entitled  'Now and then in Tuscany' which is soon to be launched, with three other writer's books, at the Arundel Museum.

A member of the  Arun Scribes, Angela wonders if our Felixstowe Scribblers would like to be 'twinned' with them. I think its a great idea. To see their website go

to 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1124757317646074/

They came up with a novel way to get their books noticed. You can see their efforts here:

https://youtu.be/i_DfEKPTxEU

I think its great! Hope you do too.

Keep Scribbling, 

Dave

The Suffolk Reading Festival

Hi Scribblers,

        Tune in to ICR on 105.7fm or via the internet, tune app, and various others on Friday 21st April at 12.30-1300. for

The Suffolk Reading Festival.
On the show Friday:-

The Sword of the Kings by ADW Shearman.
(Chapter - A Short cut to Humbugs pt1
Beryl Sabel reads the book.
Ryan Guilder the Brackets
Brian England is Zschiddte ver Brainnze
Alan Dix is Blivion Teck Durchnit
Angela Silburn is Bangen Ollafsen
Peter Guilder is Wellused Darc Grobag

Floating in the Wind by Tony Shearman
David Miller is Andy
Sheila Martin is Barbara
Angela Silburn isCarole
Peter Guilder is Dave

Mates by Richard Payne
read by Peter Guilder

Hope you enjoy them.
And if you miss it. Catch the repeat at 13.30 Saturday 22nd April.

Tony

Meeting report

Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 18 April 2017

Present:  Dave, Steve, Beryl, Mairead, Liliane, Daniel, Anne, Jim, Cathy

Apologies:  Di

Business: 

Dave reported that Jane, our winner of the Bill Budner trophy last time, will make sure that the trophy is engraved and returned in time for our next meeting on 2 May, when the BB competition will be held again. Dave mentioned that for many years now, Scott at Mr Cobbler has done our engraving for nothing. However, Dave felt it reasonable to offer a £5 payment each time, and has now done so.

Jane will be unable to attend Scribblers for the foreseeable future due to family sickness, and work commitments; she will be much missed.

Additional comment from Dave:

The anthology. Just a gentle reminder that your stories or poems should be with us by the end of this month. The more time we have to finalise the layout and order, the better it is to reach our deadline with the printers.

Additionally it was suggested by one of the Scribblers that we all submit a few facts about ourselves to be included as a kind of pen picture – and for those wishing to include a photograph then we can accept jpeg images of preferably portrait photos. There is no compulsion for photos though.

We are hoping this anthology will be at least as good as, if not better, than our last one.

Talking of anthologies, our aim is to have this one available for the Felixstowe Book Festival which is a reminder that the programmes are now available. Copies were spotted in the library last night.

Tasty snacks – as ever, thanks to Mairead for these.

Readings of homework

‘Tales from/of the past’ was the theme, and for sheer variety of interpretation, this set of readings will take some beating! From Winston Churchill to spacemen, chocolate men to peculiar goings on in historic Leiston – an exceptional range of tales. There was lots of lively feedback and debate, plus much laughter – a really good evening.

Dave: And in the beginning

Anne: Night time

Cathy: Walking in the past

Beryl: Le Chevalier de St Georges

Mairead: The Admiral takes a bath

Daniel: The healing power

Steve: Should I stay or should I go?

Liliane: Re-enactment

Jim: St Curly Wurly

Next meeting: 2 May, when the Bill Budner competition is to be held. Full details on the weblog, but just to remind everyone that the anonymous entries (up to 1000 words on any topic) will be read out by two readers – please make sure there is nothing on your work to identify you! The proud winners can identify themselves at the end of the judging.

What a night!

Tales from the Past produced some excellent work by all the attending members. Brilliant stuff from start to finish. Some very involved research, factual work, humorous tales, and complete fiction... it was all so entertaining. A real shame the meeting had to end!

Next time, Tuesday 2nd May, is the Bill Budner Trophy, details of the competition are set out above. This is our premier competition for attending members and asks for up to 1,000 words on any subject. The entries should be typed, have a title but please ensure there is no reference to the writer. It is hoped we will have our usual duo reading each story out. Usual rules apply.

Until next time...

Keep on Scribbling...

Our next meeting and a reminder about the anthology.

Well, with Easter upon us I'll start by wishing you all a Happy Easter!

As is the case, this may be quite a hectic weekend so I thought I'd get the meeting reminder in as soon as I could.

Next Tuesday 18 April at 7.30pm. It's our Tales from the past evening which should conjure up a few interesting stories. All we ask is for up to 1,000 on the subject - but remember if it doesn't appeal to you then please bring along any story of your choice.

Whilst I am on line, I must say thank you to those who have already submitted stories for the anthology but would remind those who haven't sent anything in yet that the deadline is the end of April. So please email those stories to me preferably in Word, either as an attachment or within the body of the email.

Looking forward to hearing from you and, of course, seeing you on the 18th! Until then,

Keep Scribbling!!!

Dave