Sorry folks...no meeting today (5th May 2021)

Bay and Basin writers group 2021

All welcome

The Bay and Basin writers group will continue to meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 1 pm to 4 pm. Location Vincentia Country Club (Golf Club) 49 Murray St, Vincentia.

Bring your pen and paper or your electronic device.

Have a look at previous records of meetings in this blog to get an idea of how the meetings work.

Contact Pat Lucock 0405 325 235 for further information.

Peter Porter and Moth Poetry competitions

Peter Porter Poetry Prize $10,000 closes 1 October 2020

Judged by Lachlan Brown, John Hawke, A. Frances Johnson, and John Kinsella

    

Click here to enter the 2021 Porter Prize

 The Moth Poetry Prize – $10,000 (or Euro 6,000) – Closes 31 Dec 2020

 https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=8466&page=18

Record of meeting 5 August 2020

Present

Pat, Trevor, Pauline, Fran, Helene and welcome to Faye.

Words of the day

Quiescent – resting or dormant

Duologue – a conversation between two people

Frieze – rough heavy woollen cloth

Hereditary – transfer of characteristics to descendants

Physique – bodily structure and appearance

Aficionado – knowledgeable, enthusiastic about a subject

Minster – church of a monastery or cathedral

Writing from words of the day

After a five month break the writers enthusiastically grabbed the words of the day and wrote about - Links to the church, In front of the class, The police officer, Unstable family background and Hard to see.

Writing exercise Fran’s ideas - Gum branches and or storm damage

The writers read out their stories about; My koala, Driving in the USA, Learning from nature, A murder mystery, Rain was horizontal and The Gumnut story.

Homework

A Dinasour with three legs

Meetings to resume Wed 5 August 2020 1 pm Vincentia Golf club

Shoalhaven writing group information

Winifred Sadlier from the Shoalhaven Writers Group phoned Pat last week.

Winifred wanted other groups to be aware and in contact with her group particularly during this time of isolation. They are sending in a monthly article on-line during the lockdown and are reading and commenting on each other’s work to keep in the mix during this isolation time.

Winifred has recently had her children’s book published on Amazon and is happy to come and talk us through the process once we are all meeting again.

If anyone is interesting in working with Winifred and the Shoalhaven writers Group you can contact Winifred on  4447 8251 or at her email address winifred.sadlier@gmail.com

Corona virus - break for group

The Bay and Basin writing group will not hold meetings until further notice.