Felixstowe Scribblers Weblog: Booker winners need not apply

Felixstowe Scribblers Weblog

We are a long established Writers Circle based in Felixstowe, Suffolk. This Weblog will be about us, Writing, Writing Competitions, Writing in Felixstowe, life and generally what we are up to as a Group and individuals and what interests us. We are based in Felixstowe but our membership comes both from a wide area within Suffolk and we also have many 'online' members from around the UK, Europe and the US.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Booker winners need not apply - Sunday Times Online

Not good enough - give it up - what would you know about writing Mate!

Booker winners need not apply by Jonathan Calvert and Will Iredale in the Sunday Times.

Top novels in disguise rejected by publishers

THERE is no greater award for a writer than the Nobel prize for literature. Five years ago the accolade went to VS Naipaul in recognition of his 50-year writing career.
Naipaul, born in Trinidad, also won the 1971 Booker prize (now the Man Booker) in Britain, where he has lived since 1950. It was awarded for In a Free State, his novel about displaced colonials on different continents.

Surely the special qualities of such timeless prose would be recognised by today’s publishing industry?

The Sunday Times sent out the opening chapter of In a Free State to 20 agents and publishers to find out. Only the names of the author and main characters were changed.

For the rest of the article please click Booker winners need not apply - Sunday Times - Times Online.

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Joining

Interested? Then why not join us at one of our meetings?

We meet on the First and Third Tuesday of each month at the Felixstowe Library in Crescent Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7BY., meetings start at 7.30 pm and we endeavour to be finished by 10pm.

Click here for a full sized map of how to find the Scribblers meetings.

The ^New!2009 programme is:-

All meetings are held at Felixstowe Library

Start at 7.30 pm and finish by 10.00 pm.

Suggested 50 pence donation per meeting, includes tea or coffee

January

20 Bill Budner Trophy – Anonymous competition for attending writers only
24 Social meal at Castle Lodge Hotel
25 Group session with Maureen Blundell at Castle Lodge Hotel

February

3 Meeting
17 Meeting

March

3 Meeting
17 Creative writing exercise

April

7 Meeting
21 Meeting

May

5 Meeting
19 Bill Budner Trophy – Anonymous competition for attending writers only

June

2 Meeting
16 Meeting
Beach Party Social to be arranged June/July

July

7 Meeting
21 Creative writing exercise

August

4 Meeting
18 Meeting

September

1 Meeting
15 Bill Budner Trophy – Anonymous competition for attending writers only

October

6 Meeting
20 Torchlight Halloween Meeting

November

3 Meeting
17 Meeting

December

1 Meeting
15 Creative writing exercise followed by the Christmas party.

Remember, membership is FREE, so why not come along? We ask for an optional donation of 50p per meeting to help towards running costs but that does include tea or coffee and a biscuit!

For further information contact the secretary; scribblers@btinternet.com or telephone 01473-402022.

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