Minutes of the Meeting on 4 April 2019 Venue: Neo’s Sports Club, Pegeia

Present:

Michael White, David Greensmith, June Megennis, Helen Ratcliffe, Paul Trebiss, Svetlana Garshina, Ann Joyce, Beril Lowe, John Goodwin, Mary Duffy.

Greetings Scribes, A big Thanks to June for taking notes on this session.

A good response from last weeks prompt “Tales from the Riverbank.” led to a variety of approaches.

Readings:

Mike. Terry’s River boat Life. (Living on a Canal Boat)

David The Coming of the Wizards. (George Stanley in Africa 1870s)

Paul. Alone but not lonely. (A riverside Walk)

Anne Flowers from the Riverbank) (Set in Vietnam)

After the coffee break Beryl brought us up to speed on progress of her new novel, “Lizzies Secret.” The final part of her trilogy following “Maggie’s Secret” and “Susie’s Secret”. The new one is being proofread now and after final edit it will be published by Anixe Publishing soon.

Readings continued:

Mary The Riverbank. (A poem about the River Liffey)

Svetlana Iron Man (An Article about a Marathon Runner)

David Aston Hall (Extract from a Novel he is developing)

Thanks to Caroline’s efforts Next week 11th April we will be have a guest speaker: Former newspaper journalist and editor Andrea Busfield. She is running courses in journalism in Paphos.

This week’s Writing Prompt:

Write a story poem or article on the theme of “No Place like Home.”

Thanks to all who attended.

Our next meeting will be on: Thursday 11th April at Neo’s Sports Club.