Stephen Connolly’s first piece of non-fiction has been published in Issue 2 of DNA Magazine.
It’s a biographical piece, describing how he came to leave the Republic of South Africa in 1984 in something of a hurry…
Somewhere Else at the Cheltenham Literary Festival 2017
Congratulations to Somewhere Else members Jim Moeller and Iris Anne Lewis for their success in the 2017 Gloucestershire Writers Network/Cheltenham Literature Festival Competition, Iris as a runner-up for her poem ‘Matryoshka’ and Jim for his prose piece ‘Benefits’.
Both will be reading their work, along with the winners and other runners-up, at the Gloucestershire Writers’ Network event L322 at The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. There will also be readings from the competition judges Roy Mcfarlane and Dr Lania Knight.
Tickets will be on sale from 6th September, book early to avoid disappointment.
‘The Greenwood’ in Lughnasadh 2017
‘The Greenwood’ by Iris Anne Lewis is published in ‘Lughnasadh 2017’, the annual late summer harvest of magical poetry and flash fiction from the web journal ‘Three Drops from a Cauldron’
Lughasadh is the ancient Gaelic Festival held to mark the start of the harvest season
Poetry Success
May has been an eventful month for Somewhere Else writer Iris Anne Lewis with two pieces published in online magazines. ‘The Greenwood’, her retelling of the traditional Child ballad ‘The Cruel Mother was published in Issue 15 of Three Drops from a Cauldron
Her poem ‘Song for the Yazidi Women’ was posted on 13th May on the poetry blog I am not a Silent Poet.
Bath Fringe
Stephen Connolly read his short story ‘Gustav Carlson’s Autumn Leaves’ at Burdall’s Yard, Bath on Friday 2nd June. The event More Banksy than Bonnets was organised by Stokes Croft Writers as part of the Bath Fringe.
Tapestry at Gloucester Cathedral
Stephen Connolly was one of three lead writers on Gloucester Scriptorium’s latest project ‘Tapestry’, a play loosely inspired by the W.E. Henley poem ‘Invictus’, directed by Jarek Adams.
The play was performed in the choir of Gloucester Cathedral on Thursday 11th May, at 19:00 and again at 20:30. Tickets £12 from Cathedral shop, Box Office 01452 768928 or on their website
Poetry Publication
Cirencester’s Abbey 900 Festival was the inspiration for Iris Anne Lewis’s poem ‘The Imagined Abbey’. It was published on 19th March in Ground, an online poetry magazine for people of any religion or none who respect each other.
Another publication success for Iris is with the very different online poetry magazine Strange Poetry which has as its strapline ‘There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion’. Check out the site on 19th June when her poem ‘Peace is a peaceful lampshade’ will be posted for all to read.
Look Out Archers
Is the world’s longest running soap opera due to experience its first serious competition since it began in 1951?
Somewhere Else Writers are proud to present the first of three episodes of ‘The Inn on the Green,’ a Cotswold-based, serialised drama which began broadcasting on Sunday 26th March 4.30 – 5pm on Corinium Radio.
Read about the unusual way the drama was written – and what the process has taught us on our blog page.
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