Other Voices: A Night of Language, Laughter and Unexpected Love Poems
Read all about our latest workshop.
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Halloween Launch – Great Success!
Read all about the launch event.
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“Other Voices” Workshop
Susan Mandela, PhD, from Writing Works Consulting joining our meeting on Wednesday 26th November, 7pm – 8.30pm (ish) at McNabs, Barnard Castle, delivering a workshop themed around ‘Other Voices’.
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Durham Book Festival – Scratch Event
Linda has written an article about the Durham Writes Scratch Event which was part of the Durham Book Festival.
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Shadows of Barnard Castle
The BCWG launch of our new anthology and readings from the book on Friday 31st October and 1st November.
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The Art of World Building
Thoughts on creating worlds drawn from discussions with Terry Pratchet.
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Witham Podcast
Announcing our new publication and participation in the Scratch Event at Durham Literary Festival.
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The Rose of Raby: An Evening with Annie, Cecily and Richard
Jo’s reflections on the recent evening with Annie Garthwaite talking about her new book.
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Thoughts on writing and getting performed – Joseph Hare
Joseph, a member of the BCWG, had piece performed at the Camden Fringe, his article talks about that and other writing projects.
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4 ways to build confidence as a writer
Amy Lord is a novelist and short story writer from Middlesbrough. She is the author of The Disappeared – gives some of her valuable insights on building writing confidence
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“Other Voices” Workshop
Susan Mandela, PhD, from Writing Works Consulting joining our meeting on Wednesday 26th November, 7pm – 8.30pm (ish) at McNabs, Barnard Castle, delivering a workshop themed around ‘Other Voices’.
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Gothic Tale of Teasdale
David Jennings launches his new novel “The Pleasures of Melancholy” at the home of the BCWG – McNab’s Bookshop – on Friday 5th September at 7pm.
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Ghost Story Anthology
An introduction to the BCWG’s next anthology of members’ work
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The Rose of Raby…
Article in Teesdale Mercury about award-winning author Annie Garthwaite
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Creating character credibility
Creating characters that grip your reader by a guest writer.
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Writing as Therapy – Healing Through Words
How therapeutic writing can help with mental health by one of our members.
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A cure for sneering
Reflections on fantasy writing by one of our members.
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The Votes are in – Our New Logo Unveiled
Find out about our new logo designed by our youngest member.
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The Rise and Rise of Poetry
Jo has muses upon poetry and why it is so important to her writing.
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Witham Podcast
Martyn, one of our members was interviewed about the New Writers North Masterclass and the BCWG on “Talking Teesdale” by Stuart Laundy – this podcast is a regular feature for The Witham.
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Sometimes workshops work.
One of our members talks about a recent poetry workshop and shares the process and the final completed work.
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One of our members featured in Teesdale Mercury after being successfully chosen for a writing masterclass by New Writing North
Barnard Castle Writing Group 