Artswords News December 2016

Dear Writers and Readers

Here we are, into the last month of 2016: December.

Hope you are warm and well.

Here’s a reminder of what Artswords and friends offer this month.
Mum's the Word, a friendly, informal group for mothers interested in writing, meets on Tuesday 6th December at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. Don't worry if you haven't had a chance to write anything yet. The group will help you get started, if you want it to. For further information, please contact Monica.

The 
Artswords Reading Group meets at Lower Shaw Farm at 7.30pm Tuesday 13th December to discuss Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov.   A love story . . . . - New members welcome!
And for this last session of the year, participants are asked to bring along suggestions of books for next year!
Further details about the reading group from matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk

For other reading groups across Swindon, run by Swindon Libraries, see 
here.
Poetry Swindon is taking a little break just now but will be bursting with ideas and action in the New Year! See http://www.poetryswindon.org/

Also taking a break this month is Artswords Writers' Cafe & Kitchen, a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers and anyone interested in writing. But it will happen again on Thursday 26th January at Lower Shaw Farm. Starting at 7pm and finishing at 10pm, it is a reflective and, whisper it, slightly rebellious and adventurous writers' group! The emphasis is on feeding back on people's writing, rather than focusing on the 'rules'. If you'd like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, please email said piece to artswordsinfo@gmail.com by Thursday 19th January, so that group members can read and reflect in advance of meeting. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or more than 40 lines of poetry. Please also bring food to share. 

And if you like seasonal stories, songs, mulled wine, and mince pies, and helping to raise money for the homeless at Christmas,check out Carols by Candlelight at Lower Shaw Farm this Saturday 10th December at 6pm. See http://www.lowershawfarm.co.uk/dec-2016#dec-carols

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 January and would like us to mention them in the next Artswords newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month by emailing matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk or calling 01793 771080.
Seasons greetings and happy reading and writing!

Matt Holland & Annie Vickers

SWINDON ARTSWORDS
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!

Artswords News November 2016

Dear Writers and Readers


Leaves are falling, temperatures too, and clocks have gone back. Easy to remember: it’s November. And we know what follows . . .

But for now, here’s a reminder of what Artswords and friends offer this month.

Mum's the Word, a friendly, informal group for mothers interested in writing, meets on Tuesday 1st November at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. Don't worry if you haven't had a chance to write anything yet. The group will help you get started, if you want it to. For further information, please contact Monica.

The Artswords Reading Group meets at 7.30pm Tuesday 15th November to discuss The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. How one disadvantaged yet kind and sensitive person can help others, by listening . . .  A small-town story of love, loneliness, and the need for understanding. Further details about the group from matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk 

For other reading groups across Swindon, run by Swindon Libraries, see here.

Events from Poetry Swindon that take place in November at the Richard Jefferies Museum, Marlborough Road, Swindon. SN3 6AA Tel 01793 613382 include these:-

Write Poetry starting Monday 7th November 18:00 - 20:00. Join Hilda Sheehan for a poetry writing course for all levels and abilities. Be inspired by poetry and exciting words to create your own work in a supportive group. £5 per session. 

Creative Journaling with Jill Carter on Thursday 24th November 14:00 - 16:30 with Jill Carter, Multi-Media Artist. Enjoy drawing and writing inspired by journeys, both real and imagined. Mindfully reflect, collect and document observations of self in response to people, place and time. Have fun outside/inside, with inks, brushes, dip pens and mixed media, to explore experiential and experimental collective and individual storytelling.  www.jillcarterart.com

Artswords Writers' Cafe & Kitchen, a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers and anyone interested in writing, takes place on Thursday 24th November at Lower Shaw Farm. Starting at 7pm and finishing at 10pm, it is a reflective and, whisper it, slightly rebellious writers' group! The emphasis is on feeding back on people's writing, rather than focusing on the 'rules'. If you'd like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, please email said piece to artswordsinfo@gmail.com by Thursday 20th November, so that group members can read and reflect in advance of meeting. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or more than 40 lines of poetry. Please also bring food to share. 

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If you have any news or events for December and would like us to mention them in the next Artswords newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month by emailing matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk or calling 01793 771080.

Happy reading and writing!

Matt Holland & Annie Vickers

SWINDON ARTSWORDS
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!

Artswords News October 2016

Dear Writers and Readers

October is here and the Poetry Swindon Festival is underway.
Also this month, Mum's the Word, a friendly, informal group for mothers interested in writing meets on Tuesday 4th October at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. Don't worry if you haven't had a chance to write anything yet. The group will help you get started, if you want it to. For further information, please contact Monica.
On Sunday 16th October we have a special one-off, not-to-be-missed Swindon Festival of Literature promotion. Two world-class musicians and storytellers come to Swindon and play and celebrate the music of Paraguay and South America. Concert guitarist Richard Durrant and acclaimed Paraguayan harpist Ismael Ledesma will play music and tell tales from South America and beyond. Full details here.

The Artswords Reading Group meets at 7.30pm Tuesday 18th October to discuss Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Does wisdom come with age? Is knowing and understanding a solace or sadness? Further details about the group from matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk

For other reading groups across Swindon, run by Swindon Libraries, see here.

Artswords Writers' Cafe & Kitchen, a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers and anyone interested in writing, takes place on Thursday 27th October at Lower Shaw Farm. Starting at 7pm and finishing at 10pm, it is a reflective and, whisper it, slightly rebellious writers' group! The emphasis is on feeding back on people's writing, rather than focusing on the 'rules'. If you'd like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, please email said piece to artswordsinfo@gmail.com by Thursday 20th October, so that group members can read and reflect in advance of meeting. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or more than 40 lines of poetry. Please also bring food to share.

Finally, The Richard Jefferies Museum is one of only four heritage projects across the country to be shortlisted for the best community action project in the 2016 Historic England Angel Awards. The awards were founded by Andrew Lloyd Webber to celebrate the efforts of people taking action to champion their local heritage, and culminate in a red carpet awards ceremony at the Palace Theatre, London, on 31st October. The museum is also eligible for an overall award which will be decided by votes from the public, and it would be lovely if the people of Swindon could get behind this fantastic local project and voteDeadline is 12th October.

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Happy reading and writing!

Matt Holland & Annie Vickers

SWINDON ARTSWORDS
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!

Artswords News September 2016

Dear Writers and Readers

Summer’s sort of over. September’s here. As one season ends, another begins.

And Artswords kicks off with these offerings.


Mum’s the Word, a friendly, informal group for mothers interested in writing meets on Tuesday 6th September at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. Don’t worry if you haven’t had a chance to write anything, yet. The group will help you get started, if you want it to. For further information, please contact Monica at montimms@waitrose.com 


The Artswords Reading Group meets at 7.30pm Tuesday 13th September to discuss A Start in Life by Anita Brookner. How does being lost in good books compare with having good relationships? What does literature do for life: make it or ruin it?
Further details about the group from matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk


For other reading groups, run by Swindon Libraries, see http://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20057/books_and_reading_services/288/join_a_reading_group


An Artswords Writing Group, with Jill Sharp, will offer prompts and activities to stimulate fresh ideas and approaches to your writing, and tone the writing muscles in time for NaNoWriMo in November, meets at the Richard Jefferies Museum for 5 weekly sessions beginning 10.30 am Tuesday 13th September. Other sessions on 20thSept, and 4th, 11th, 18th Oct. To find out more or to book your place in this friendly and enthusiastic group, contact  jill@sharppractice.wanadoo.co.uk


Artswords Writers' Café & Kitchen, a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers, and anyone interested in writing, takes place on Thursday 29th September at Lower Shaw Farm. Starting at 7pm and finishing at 10pm, it is a reflective and, whisper it, a slightly rebellious writers’ group! The emphasis is on feeding back on people’s writing, rather than focusing on the ‘rules’. If you’d like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, please email said piece to artswordsinfo@gmail.com by Thursday 22nd September, so that group members can read and reflect in advance of meeting. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry. Please also bring a little food to share, if you would like to.


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If you have any news or events for October and you would like us to mention them in the next Artswords Newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month by emailing matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk or calling 01793 771080


Happy reading and writing!


Matt Holland & Annie Vickers
SWINDON ARTSWORDS LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE! 



Artswords News August 2016

Dear Writers and Readers 

In Europe, even though we may no longer be part of it, according to certain voting and thinking, they take a break in August. So shall we, in a manner of speaking.

So, please note. This month, there will be no Artswords Reading Group, no Writers’ Cafe, no Life Writing, no Poetry Swindon workshops, and no Mum’s the Word.

But there will be the launch of this year’s Poetry Swindon Festival!

Yes, hot off the press, the new Poetry Swindon Festival programme will be unveiled, with appropriate Dadaist fanfare, at 12.30pm on Thursday 11th August at Swindon Central Library. All readers of this Newsletter are welcome!

And if you want to keep your hand in at writing, note this. There are just a few weeks to go to enter the 10th Aesthetica Creative Writing Award.
Prizes include:

  • £500 each (Poetry Winner and Short Fiction Winner)
  • Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
  • One year subscription to Granta
  • Selection of books courtesy of Bloodaxe and Vintage
  • Consultation with Redhammer Management (Short Fiction Winner)
  • Full Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner)

Short Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words. Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines. Works previously published are accepted.
Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2016. To enter, visit http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/creative-writing-award/ 

If you have any news for September that you would like us to put in the next issue of this Newsletter, please send it to us by the middle of this month.

Have a good August!

Matt Holland & Annie Vickers
SWINDON ARTSWORDS
matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk

Artswords News July 2016

Dear Writers and Readers  


Summertime in Swindon… and Artswords and friends offer a range of reading, writing, and listening activities throughout July.

Mum’s the Word, a friendly, informal group for mothers interested in writing meets on Tuesday 5th July at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. Don’t worry if you haven’t had a chance to write anything, yet. The group will help you get started, if you want it to. For further information, please contact Monica at montimms@waitrose.com 

Poetry Swindon’s workshop with award-winning poet and educator Jean Atkin takes place on Sunday 17th July from 5 to 7pm at The Richard Jefferies Museum, SN3 6AA. 'Mapping into Landscapes of the Mind’ uses the environs of the Richard Jefferies Museum, incorporating its eponymous work, Edward Thomas', and more recent writing. Jean will follow this with a guest reading at Poetry Swindon’s Open Mic at 8pm.  Further details, including ticketing options, available here.

The Artswords Reading Group meets at 7.30pm Tuesday 19th July to discuss 20th-century metaphysical classic, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. Transported from an ordinary life in the ‘flatlands’ to the rarefied mountain air, a young man discovers the introspective world of a sanatorium. He ends up spending more time there than expected, and learning much more than he expected too…
Further details about the group from matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk

For other reading groups, run by Swindon Libraries,see http://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20057/books_and_reading_services/288/join_a_reading_group

And for other reading-related activities in Swindon libraries this summer, see https://swindonlibraries.wordpress.com/category/events-and-activities/

Artswords Writers' Café & Kitchen, a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers, and anyone interested in writing, takes place on Thursday 28th July at Lower Shaw Farm. Starting at 7pm and finishing at 10pm, it is a reflective and, whisper it, a slightly rebellious writers’ group! The emphasis is on feeding back on people’s writing, rather than focusing on the ‘rules’. If you’d like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, please email said piece to artswordsinfo@gmail.com by Thursday 22nd July, so that group members can read and reflect in advance of meeting. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry.Please also bring a little food to share, if you would like to.

Sunday 30th July from 2.30 to 5.30pm sees the annual Poetry Swindon picnic at The Richard Jefferies Museum. Come and enjoy good food, lovely company and some great poetry and music, courtesy of guest performers. Better still, bring a poem or two to share.

Finally, we’d like to draw your attention to events happening nearby. The Hungerford Arts Festival takes place from 1st to 17th July. A celebration of music, poetry, plays and performers, you can find out more, including purchasing tickets, here.

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If you have any news or events for August and you would like us to mention them in the next Artswords Newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month by emailing matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk or calling 01793 771080

Happy summer reading and writing!

Matt Holland & Annie Vickers
SWINDON ARTSWORDS 
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!

 

Artswords News June 2016

Dear Writers and Readers

It’s June, the growing season, a good season for reading and writing too.. 

Mum’s the Word, a friendly, informal group for mothers interested in writing, meets on Tuesday 7th June at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. Don’t worry if you haven’t had a chance to write anything, yet. The group will help you get going, if you want it to. For further information, please contact Monica at montimms@waitrose.com 

Men in Slacks, a gravity-defying show with slick stunts and trouser tricks, takes place at 7pm on Saturday 18th June at Lower Shaw Farm. Tickets on the door. Further info from hi@jacobhiho.com

Poetry Swindon’s workshop with Sabotage Reviews' founder and ‘hard-core’ reviewer Claire Trévien takes place on Sunday 19th June from 4 to 6pm at The Richard Jefferies Museum, SN3 6AA. Claire will be providing an insight into the reviewing process, teaching what to look for when reviewing works and how to convey this to an audience. Claire will also be the guest reader at Poetry Swindon’s Open Mic at 8pm. Further details, including ticketing options, available here

The Artswords Reading Group meets at 7.30pm Tuesday 21st June at Lower Shaw Farm to discuss Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell. A 21st-century novel about a solitary surgeon on a Swedish island, which, amazingly, deals with ageing and relationships. Further details about the group from artswords@lowershawfarm.co.uk 

Artswords Writers' Café & Kitchen, a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers, and anyone interested in writing, takes place on Thursday 30th June at Lower Shaw Farm. We have decided to start slightly later at 7pm, finishing at 10pm. Please bring food to share. You may simply read your work, prose or poetry, for up to 5 minutes; or, if you have a story, to tell, not read, and ideally a story from your life, please bring it along and tell it. 

If you’d like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, and this is the ‘Kitchen’ part of the Café, please email said piece to artswordsinfo@gmail.com by Thursday 23rd June, so that group members can read and reflect in advance of meeting. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry. For further information, contact artswords@lowershawfarm.co.uk or call 01793 771080 

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If you have any news or events for July and you would like us to mention them in the next Artswords Newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month. 

Happy reading and writing! 
Matt Holland & Annie Vickers 
SWINDON ARTSWORDS 
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!

Artswords News May 2016

Dear Writers and Readers

It’s May, too early for hay-making but perfect for making merry, meeting great authors, and chatting with good friends at the Swindon Festival of Literature.

Now in its 23rd year, the Festival kicks off on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May at 5.30am with the Dawn Chorus in Lawn Woods, to celebrate a new day and the sun rising over Swindon, with musicians and minstrels, poets and performers, storytellers and maypole dancing, hot breakfasts on site, and, we hope, … you!

The Festival runs until Saturday 14th May. and offers an eclectic mix of writers and thinkers, talks and performances. And also competitions! Might you fancy entering the Poetry Slam on 7th May or the Think Slam on 13th May? Both will test your thinking, writing, and speaking skills, and are great fun!  You can find the whole Festival programme, including how to enter competitions and book tickets, here.

It also includes Poetry Swindon’s monthly Open Mic evening on 8th May.

If, by the end of the fortnight of hearing and meeting published authors, you feel like turning your hand to writing, improving your skills, and edging towards publication, check out one of the Festival’s final events, the Writers’ Lunch & Writing Workshop on 14th May

And later in the month, you can share your work and discoveries at the monthly Artswords Writers' Café & Kitchen on Thursday 26th May, 6pm – 10pm at Lower Shaw Farm. It’s a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers, and anyone interested in writing to meet, greet, and connect.

The Cafe starts with pot-luck supper from 6pm. If you can, please bring something to nibble or drink, and to share with others. Following acclimatisation with food, drink, and friendly chat, we take time to look at our writing, hear it, and comment where wanted.

You may simply read your work, prose or poetry, for up to 5 minutes; or, if you have a story, to tell, not read, and ideally a story from your life, please bring it along and tell it; or, if you’d like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, and this is the ‘Kitchen’ part of the Café, bring 10 copies of one piece of writing to pass around and read out. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry.

For further information, contact artswords@lowershawfarm.co.uk or call 01793 771080

Mum’s the Word meets on Tuesday 3rd May at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. A friendly, informal group for mothers (and grandmothers) interested in writing. No need to bring any writing along; that’s what the group is for! For further information, please contact Monica at montimms@waitrose.com

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If you have any news or events for June and you would like us to mention them in the next Artswords Newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month.

Happy reading, writing, and Festival-going! 


Matt Holland & Annie Vickers
SWINDON ARTSWORDS
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!

Artswords News April 2016

Dear Writers and Readers  As the clocks go forward, so we look ahead to all sorts of literary delights this April in Swindon.

Mum’s the Word meets on Tuesday 5th April at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. A friendly, informal group for mothers (and grandmothers) interested in writing. No need to bring any writing along; that’s what the group is for! For further information, please contact Monica at montimms@waitrose.com

The Artswords Reading Group meets at 7.30pm Tuesday 19th April to discuss Nora Webster by Colm Toibin. Set in an Irish town in the 1960s, this is a story about an Irish mother and a country in a time of trouble and change. It is a study of grief and widowhood. Further details about the group from artswords@lowershawfarm.co.uk

Poetry Swindon, in collaboration with Elephant’s Footprint, is hosting a Film and Poetry Workshop at the Richard Jefferies Museum on Saturday 9th April from 10am to 5pm. Further information, including how to book, available here

Poetry Swindon’s Workshop with Mario Petrucci and Open Mic takes place on Sunday 17th April at the Sun Inn Pub in Coate, Swindon SN3 6AA. A workshop exploring the compositional process, guided by Mario, a ‘master of the art’ (so says the Poetry Writers’ Yearbook), it is suitable for all abilities. Mario is also the guest reader at the evening’s open mic at the Sun Inn: combined tickets, as well as workshop places only, are available here.

Artswords Writers' Café & Kitchen takes place on Thursday 28th April, 6pm – 10pm. A meeting place for new writers, experienced writers, and anyone interested in writing to meet, greet, and connect.

The Cafe starts with pot-luck supper from 6pm. If you can, please bring something to nibble or drink, and to share with others. Following acclimatisation with food, drink, and friendly chat, we take time to look at our writing, hear it, and comment where wanted.

You may simply read your work, prose or poetry, for up to 5 minutes; or, if you have a story, to tell, not read, and ideally a story from your life, please bring it along and tell it; or, if you’d like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, and this is the ‘Kitchen’ part of the Café, bring 10 copies of one piece of writing to pass around and read out. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry.

For further information, contact artswords@lowershawfarm.co.uk or call 01793 771080

Finally, the programme for the 23rd Swindon Festival of Literature, from 2nd to 14th May, has been launched. Featuring a variety of writers and thinkers, tickets for some events are already selling fast. You can find out more and book your tickets at http://www.swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk

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If you have any news or events for May and you would like us to mention them in the next Artswords Newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month.

Happy reading and writing! 

Matt Holland & Annie Vickers
SWINDON ARTSWORDS
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!

Artswords News March 2016

Dear Writers and Readers

Here are March offerings for you from Artswords and local partners in Literature. 

Mum’s the Word meets on Tuesday 1st March at 7.30pm at Lower Shaw Farm. A friendly, informal group for mothers interested in writing. For further information, please contact Monica at montimms@waitrose.com

There is something exciting, colourful, and creative happening in the Central Library in the second week of this month, to coincide with the Localities meeting, and in preparation for a significant launch on 17th March!

If you want to know more, or even take part, see here or telephone the Library on 01793 463238 and ask for details about The Butterflies Project!

At 12 noon on Thursday 17th March, the brand-new 40-page full-colour programme for the Swindon Festival of Literature will be unveiled, hot off the press, at Swindon’s prize-winning Central Library.

We would like to invite you to join us for this little launch and to be among the first to see the brand new programme for Swindon’s twenty-third Festival of Literature, which takes place 2nd – 14th May 2016.

The Artswords Reading Group meets at 7.30pm Tuesday 22nd March – The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch. A central story, about an ageing author who falls in love, bookended by a forward and a postscript. There’s jealousy, intrigue, and lots of ideas about writing and relationships. Further details from artswords@lowershawfarm.co.uk

Poetry Swindon’s Open Mic takes place at 8pm on Sunday 20th March at the Sun Inn Pub in Coate, Swindon SN3 6AA. This month, it’s all about bright prospects: both our own and those of our guests.

Two students, taught by Carrie Etter on the Bath Spa MA programme, Nick Compton and Sean Martin, join two poets selected by Angela France from the University of Cheltenham programme for our guest readings.

To embrace this potential, we would like to hear the oldest poem you have you feel comfortable reading. Which poem was the first one you looked at and said "poetry is for me!". We'd like to hear it too! Tickets HERE

Artswords Writers' Café & Kitchen takes place on Thursday 31st March, 6pm – 10pm. A meeting place for new writers, experienced writers, and anyone interested in writing to meet, greet, and connect.

The Cafe starts with pot-luck supper from 6pm. If you can, please bring something to nibble or drink, and to share with others. Following acclimatisation with food, drink, and friendly chat, we take time to look at our writing, hear it, and comment where wanted.

You may simply read your work, prose or poetry, for up to 5 minutes; or, if you have a story, to tell, not read, and ideally a story from your life, please bring it along and tell it; or, if you’d like your work to be the subject of helpful comments and discussion, and this is the ‘Kitchen’ part of the Café, bring 10 copies of one piece of writing to pass around and read out. This should amount to no more than 500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry.

For further information, contact artswords@lowershawfarm.co.uk or call 01793 771080

If you wish to forward this newsletter, please do; and like us on Facebook or join the conversation on Twitter

If you have any news or events for April and you would like us to mention them in the next Artswords Newsletter, please let us know by the middle of this month.

Happy reading and writing! 

Matt Holland & Annie Vickers
SWINDON ARTSWORDS 
LOVE LITERATURE! LOVE LIFE!