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.

 

Successes in other years