New Writers UK

Welcome to our newest members

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A warm welcome to Mike Dixon, Mike Lorenzo, Janet Roberts and David Elliot. We hope you enjoy being a member of New Writers UK.

Welcome to our newest member

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A Warm Welcome to Pamela Fisher, welcome to New Writers UK and hope you enjoy your membership.

Congratulations

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Congratulations to Andrew and Louise Dobell on the birth of their first baby. James Martin Dobell was born on Saturday, 30th January 2010 weighing 8lb 8oz and both mother and baby are very well. We send the Dobell family all our very best wishes.

December news

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'Radcliffe-on-Trent Library Friday, March 12th 2010. Nottinghamshire Library Services 'Storyfest' evening. Further details to be added soon.

Julie has been invited to join the judging panel for the 'Brit Writers Awards 2010' for unpublished writers. For further information on the awards visit www.britwriters.co.uk. I would ask that any member who wishes to enter their books let me know please.

Latest News

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New Writers UK Book Fayre and Festival VI will be Friday and Saturday, 15th and 16th October, 2010

School Safety Issues - authors please read

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We wanted to bring this article to your attention, click here to read the article in full. Thanks

More dates and information for your diary

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Christmas Craft Fair on 5th/6th December at Rufford Abbey Country Park.

Saturday and Sunday, 12th/13th June 2010. Rufford Abbey Country Park. On the 12th June 2010 at Rufford we will be launching the Children's Creative Writing Competition 2010.

Congratulations to Garry Slack

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We are delighted to send warmest congratulations to Garry Slack on being presented with the joint overall gold award in the books for ages 5 to 7 category of the Practical Pre School Magazine Awards 2009. Gary was invited to Manchester University on Friday, 27th September, to accept the award which he shares with long established and highly successful mainstream publishers Dorling Kindersley.

This is the first year that Practical Pre School Magazine has introduced the 5to7 Awards which makes it extra special for Garry. The magazine aims to identify and reward excellence in educational products designed for children in key stage 1. These new awards mean that, for the first time, they are able to give guidance to professionals working in key stage 1.
This is a tremendous achievement for Gary who is fairly new to writing and self-publishing. Well done, Garry, from all of us.

New dates for your diary

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Sunday, 1st November 2009. Borders Bookstore Leicester. Some of our authors will be there between 11.00am and 3.00pm.

Also a date for 2010

Saturday and Sunday, 12th/13th June 2010. Rufford Abbey Country Park

Hope to see you there

Programme for Festival V

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Please click here for the latest programme for Festival V

New Writers UK Festival V

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Creative writing workshop : Guest speakers : Independent Publishers : Book stalls : Snapshot presentations : Support for new writers: Secondhand Books : Raffle : Refreshments : Free Admission and Parking

Saturday, 19th September 2009
Assembly Rooms
County Hall
West Bridgford
Nottingham NG2 7QP
from 10.00am to 5.00pm

Our Guests:

Helen Hollick, Author and Scriptwriter
Mark Thornton, Proprietor, Mostly Books, Abingdon
Simon Potter, Publishing Manager, Printondemand– Worldwide
Steve Bowkett, Educational Consultant and Author
Raj Pathak, Film-maker and Producer
Chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council, Councillor David Taylor

AuthorHouse UK Ltd and Discovered Authors

Historical novels, crime, thrillers, true-life stories, children’s and teen fantasy adventures, ghost stories, non-fiction and more.

Special Event:
Prize presentation to winners of the
Creative Writing Competition for Children at 2.00pm.
Prizes presented by Des Coleman of
BBC East Midlands TV

Welcome to our newest members

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A warm welcome to our latest members - Nicholas Lane and Keiron Dann. We hope you enjoy your membership. Good Luck from New Writers UK.

Welcome to our newest members

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A warm welcome to our latest members - Anita McNamee and Catherine Cooper. A warm welcome also to our new Associate Member - Penny Young. We hope you enjoy your membership. Good Luck from New Writers UK.

Welcome to our newest members

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A warm welcome to our latest members - Simon Marshland and Janet Mary Gell Thompson. We hope you enjoy your membership. Good Luck from New Writers UK.

Welcome to our newest member

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A warm welcome from New Writers UK to our latest member - David Bruce. Good luck on your writers journey and we hope you enjoy being part of the group.

Welcome to our newest member

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A warm welcome from New Writers UK to our latest member - Claire Kinton. Good luck on your writers journey and we hope you enjoy being part of the group.

A date for your diary

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Meet the Author session - Victoria Centre, Nottingham - 4th July, 2009 9.00am to 5.30pm. For more information contact vicky@newwritersuk.co.uk

Capers - A great new cafe/wine bar opens

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One of our up and coming writers - Claire Mackintosh (and family), have opened their cafe/wine bar.

It's at 930 Woodborough Road Mapperley, NG3 5QS, it's called Capers and it's well worth a visit.

Lincoln Book Festival - 16th May 2009

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Meet the author at the Lincoln Book Festival - 16th May 2009 from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.
Our stall is situated on the High Street not far from Starbucks in Lincoln Central.
There is also a craft fayre on the same day.

For more information please contact vicky@newwritersuk.co.uk

Rufford Abbey - Saturday and Sunday 14th June 2009

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We will all be attending the following venue on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June, 2009 between 11.00am and 4.00pm both days.

Rufford Abbey Country Park
Ollerton
Nottinghamshire
NG22 9DF

Rufford Abbey Country Park is situated two miles south of Ollerton, 17 miles north of Nottingham on the A614 Nottingham – Doncaster road.

We look forward to seeing you there, for more information please contact vicky@newwritersuk.co.uk

Lowdham Book Festival

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New Writers UK are pleased to announce that we shall be present at the Lowdham Book Festival on Saturday 27th June 2009. We will once again have a stand and a large selection of books from New Writers UK authors, some of which will also be present to sign any books you purchase on the day.

We look forward to seeing you there.

For more information on the venue please click here

May 23rd 2009 Borders Bookstore - Meet the Author event

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May 23rd 2009 - Borders Bookstore, Staines, Middlesex - 11.00am to 4.00pm Two Rivers Mustard Mill Road Staines UNITED KINGDOM TW18 4WB. See our programme of events

Announcement

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New Writers UK are sorry to announce the death of our member Deryck Coleman who sadly passed away on March 22nd. Our thoughts are with Deryck's wife and family at this time.

Deryck was the author of 'Bahama Backlash' and 'Jack High' and had been a member of the group since November 2007. He will be sadly missed.

Our thanks to Nottinghamshire County Councillors...

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New Writers UK would like to extend our thanks to the following Nottinghamshire County Councillors for their support in the many events we have organised over the last two years but particularly in connection with the forthcoming Creative Writing competition for children.

Councillor The Hon. Joan Taylor MBE
Councillor John Allin
Councillor Jen Cole
Councillor John Stocks
Councillor Alan Rhodes
Councillor Andy Stewart
Councillor Peter Barnes
Councillor Keith Walker

Further details of the competition will be provided at the beginning of May.

New Writers UK 2009

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We are busy booking venues for our meet the author events, check back soon for more dates.

September 4th - Book Launch at Bar Risa, Nottingham

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NOTTS-based self-published authors' group New Writers UK stages a five-title book launch in Nottingham next week – a curtain-raiser for the organisation's fourth major festival later in September.

Among the works to be unveiled at Bar Risa in the British Waterways Building, off Canal Street, on Thursday (7.30pm) is Second Sight, by Paula Newcombe.
"It is the first book I have had published and it is all thanks to New Writers UK," says Paula.

"I started my story over two years ago whilst on maternity leave and was motivated to finish it when I joined the New Writers group in September 2007. They offered advice and encouragement together with suggestions of how to go about editing my story to a mainstream standard, designing a cover and finally getting it published.
"There are other new authors in the group I found useful to talk to. It can be a lonely business writing a book especially if there are no writers amongst your family or friends. We could share both experiences good and bad!

"The New Writers festivals have had well known authors like Helen Hollick and Jo Field giving talks which I found very enlightening and encouraging.

"I am hoping to finish my second book which is completely different to the first very soon."

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Book Launch September 4th 2008, Bar Risa Nottingham

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The five volumes to be launched on Thursday are ...

If Wishes Were Horses, by Pam Littlewood
THE year is 1796 and Will Bristowe is 21, privileged and headstrong, confident that he will one day inherit his Uncle Samuel's country estate. A headlong gallop out of Newark one night, hotly pursued by constables, will change the course of his life ...
No Quarter Asked, No Quarter Given, by Stephen Taylor
A GEORGIAN romp starting with a chance encounter between two young men – one a rogue and an impostor and the other a man of honour who wants to stand up and fight the world and put right all the injustices he sees in it ...
The Celtic Holy Grail Quest, by David Stocks
AN autobiographical account of the author's immersion in what was originally a Celtic quest for the mythical land of Tir Tairngire (the Land of Promise). It was during this quest that he stumbled backwards on the original source for the Holy Grail legend, firmly rooted in Celtic mythology ...
The Mystic, by Paul Trotter
IN 1307, arrested and executed, the Knights Templar vanished from history along with their treasure including the fabled Holy Grail. In Leicestershire in 1983 a young woman finds herself drawn into a 700-year-old mystery ...
Second Sight, by Paula Newcombe
SARAH Miller is a young woman with a good career, new husband and new home. Then Sarah discovers the property is haunted and she has regular visions of at least one brutal murder that appears to have taken place in their very home ...

The fourth in New Writers UK's festivals will be held at County Hall's assembly rooms on September 27 (10am to 5pm).

Guest speakers will include authors Elizabeth Chadwick (11am) and Helen Hollick (2pm), and Steve Bowkett will preside over a workshop on children's creative writing (11am). All three will join the panel for a question and answer session (3pm).
Several New Writers authors will also attend the event, which is sponsored by publishers Authorhouse and NG5 Magazines. A raffle will be held in aid of the Danielle Beccan Memorial Trust.

Book Launch - 4th September 2008

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We are celebrating the launch of 5 new titles and the New Writers UK imprint, on 4th September 2008 at Bar Risa, Waterways Building, Canal Street, Nottingham NG1 7EH.

Please join us at 7.30pm for drinks and nibbles.

Our next Festival is on 27th September 2008, for more information and the programme go to http://www.newwritersuk.co.uk/newsandevents/festival.html.

A small update to the site

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We have just completed a small update to the site so that behind the scenes stuff works better.

2 New Festivals to attend

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Lincoln Book Festival - 17th May and Lowdham Book Festival 28th May - are all great places to promote your book. Graham has a stall arranged at the Lincoln Festival for New Writers UK so please attend and support us. More info to follow ....

April Books

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We would like to introduce a new book from one of our members this month - Stephen Taylor's No Quarter Asked No Quarter Given.

Welcome to our new members

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New Writers UK would like to welcome our new members - Garth Raynor-Krill, Lesley Berrington, Rosjke Hasseldine and our first Associate member - Jo Field. We hope you enjoy your membership, meeting other writers, reading great books, selling your own books and more.

Welcome to New Writers UK Blog

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Our latest news is

New Writers Festival 4 - 27th September 2008 - to be held at the County Hall Assembly Rooms, more exciting news to follow.