The year starts with a workshop facilitated by poet in residency Andrew McMillan at the Feb (28th) BWC meeting. The following month, on March 27th, the BWC meeting will feature readings of member entries to this years Basingstoke Music and Arts Festival - creative writing competition. As well as the AGM. the April meeting will feature a first for the BWC a 'Literary Quiz' <I'm assured it wont be too taxing thank goodness> with prizes for the winners.

For May discussions are in…

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Midnight. Salzburg, Austria. At last, a refreshing change in the oppressive meterology that had caused the day to drone on in a haze of heat and discomfort. My zen-like state of calm was returning as the temperature dropped to a bearable level. I leaned on the river-side railing, lost in a solipsistic mood,  playing with the buckle of the "orologio" I'd picked up in a boutique shop by a small harbour on the Amalfi coast. It brought back precious memories of those long, summer days and set them… Continue

If you've paid your subs, you'll soon be receiving an invite to join the all-new Basingstoke Writers' Circle website.

Your invite will arrive at your email address and will look like this:

Simply "Click to Join" and you'll be taken to the registration page for the new site.…

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Get even more out of your welcoming South Ham Library by checking out the 2011 Open Mic annual poetry event, organised by the long established Basingstoke Writers' Circle. The event, hosted by South Ham Library, Paddock Road, RG22 6QB is on Tuesday, the 5^th of July at 7.00pm – 9.00pm. The doors will be open earlier at 6.30pm for registration. Admission £2.00, with free refreshments.

Your audience will be eager to listen to those poets who have just begun to…

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"I don't care if that was your favourite wrench, there's no way I'm going back in that attic."



I held my hands up, shaking my head like I was swatting Key West's ever-present mosquitoes. I don't know much other than plumbing, but I knew I didn't want to go up there again for a lousy toolbox. Ben slid off the bar stool, angry and fuming.



“Damn you, Jimmy”, he spat, “I've got enough crap to deal with today without you leaving my stuff all over town."



He turned to… Continue

Thank you for your interest in the Basingstoke Writers’ Circle (BWC). We will be pleased to welcome you to the London Street United Reformed Church (LSURC) in the Worting Room the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December), at 8.00 – 10.00 pm. Please bring along some of your work to read if you so wish. The following will give you an insight into the BWC activities and a taste for further sociable literary… Continue

Standing room only for some of the seventy guests who attended the grand opening of Basingstoke Writers’ Circle (BWC) Exhibition on Friday evening, 27th November at the Willis Museum!

The Circle wishes to express our thanks to the friendly staff that kindly catered for more people than…

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