Yes, we were probably mad to decide to do our own radio soap opera, given our combined radio script writing experience amounted to zero but Somewhere Else Writers are nothing if not brave, and the process of writing The Inn on the Green has made us laugh – and learn a lot.  The idea was to invent a collection of characters who congregate each episode at a mythical Cotswold pub, and then to each write dialogue for a single character, who we would also play.

The fact that only two members had done any acting did not deter us – nor the fact that none of us had written a radio play before. Selwyn Morgan, whose brainchild it was, came up with a rough outline for episode one and off we went. If you tune in to Corinium Radio on Sundays 4.30 to 5pm  or catch-up on this website you will meet landlords Jonathan and Alicia,  kitchen staff Lydia and Rosemary, countryman Joe, academic Gerry and the village bigwigs Bernard and Barbara plus many other characters yet to be invented. There’s intrigue and scandal – and some unintentionally weird radio moments.

It’s been enormous fun working together to create the world of Crompton Boswick and though we have made mistakes ( we’re not expecting the BBC to knock on our door any day soon) we are learning the complexities of writing radio scripts in the best way possible – by doing it. So do join us on our learning curve and discover what passions lie beneath the surface of country life.

Episode Two of The Inn on the Green will be broadcast on Sunday April 23rd and Episode Three on Sunday 28th May 4.30pm to 5pm.

We enjoyed it so much – we went back.

Sophie and Jim returned to Smokey Joe’s Cafe in Cheltenham in February to read at the second ever Flashers’ Club Night.

Jim read ‘A Little History of Mr Duncan’  and Sophie read ‘Breathing Out.’ They just hope the audience enjoyed it as much as they did – thank you organiser Alex Clark. Pictures of the evening can be found here.

Somewhere Else Writers Presents…

Feb 26th @ 16.30 – 17.00 In Focus: Clare Finnimore talks to fellow writer Selwyn Morgan about his influences.

Four members headed to Cheltenham for the first ever Flashers’ Club event at Smokey Joe’s cafe last month.

Organised by writer Alex Clark,  winner of the 2016 Gloucestershire Writers Network Competition, there was a warm and enthusiastic audience for the 15 short stories. Jim Moeller read his own ‘Converting from one Country to Another’ and also Sophie Livingston’s ‘Little Town.’

The next flash fiction night will be on February 9th.

Somewhere Else Writers Present The Imagined Abbey. Iris Anne Lewis introduces new prose and poetry inspired by the Abbey 900 Festival on Sunday 22nd January at 4.30pm on Corinium Radio.

Congratulations again to Jim and Graham who have both been highly commended in the literary magazine, Graffiti’s  short story competition.

Their stories ‘Saintly Michael’ and ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ will be published in this quarter’s edition. The theme of the competition was ‘Temptation’.

Somewhere Else Writers welcomed William Cooper, from Cirencester Civic Society, to a November meeting to talk about the history of the town.

The group plans to provide stories and poems for a number of events celebrating Cirencester Abbey’s 900th anniversary in 2017 and the talk was a great way of sparking off some creative ideas.

Somewhere Else Writers now have a monthly slot in Cirencester Scene, a community magazine delivered to 12,000 homes. The November issue features ‘Letter to an Unknown Soldier’ by Iris Anne Lewis.