Members' Successes 2019/20
July 2020
Richard Buxton - his second Shire's Union novel, The Copper Road, will be launched on 26th July.
Alison Hawes - has published four non-fiction 'book bag' titles for the Read Write Inc series: Mythical Monsters, Small but deadly, Plants, A letter to Grandad; has published a further three digital titles for Oxford Reading Buddy series: Puppets, Red Fox, Ant and Dove and has been commissioned- to write four fiction early readers for OUP.
Rose Bray - was shortlisted in the Fish Lockdown Poetry prize. She was just one of 131 shortlisted, however there were 1436 entries and £4342 was donated to Oxfam.
June 2020
Sarah Higbee - published Picky Eaters, a short story about family life, dragon-style, on 22nd June. All proceeds to go to mental health charities. Available at Amazon as an ebook and paperback.
Gina Holland - her new novel, Little Village of Second Chances is being released in June.
Alison Hawes - has published two Ladybird-Read-it-yourself readers: Wags the big dog, Banana Muffins and has published- two further fiction titles for OUP's new Word Sparks series: The Hunt for Ted, The Twins.
May 2020
Cherrie Taylor - had a poem published in Reach Poetry in May. "A man stopped near his porch"
April 2020
Roger Shadbolt - his short story 'Last Ferry to Santa Margherita' was short listed for the April edition of 'Writers Forum'
March 2020
Jan Henley - her latest book - FROM VENICE WITH LOVE by Rosanna Ley. Published by Quercus Books March 2020 (hardback) and June 2020 (paperback).
January 2020
Tracy Fells - came 3rd in the Writers' Forum magazine monthly competition winning £100 with a story called Cupboard Love. It was published in the January issue.
December 2019
Liz Eastwood - has won a prize in the BHAC poetry competition (which one will be revealed on 24 November) and is on the Bridport Prize short list.
September 2019
Linda Robinson - her debut play, Truth Will Out, is being published by Lazy Bee Scripts.
Alison Hawes - has been commissioned to write three more early readers for OUP and her non fiction reader for Rising Stars, entitled Animal Heroes is out now in paperback.