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Book Circles and Writing Groups
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By Chris Clements
Published on 12/31/2006
 

For those of you interested in joining a Book or Writers Group here are a few in the Harlow Area..... 


HARLOW WRITER'S WORKSHOP
Meet: Every Thursday morning from 10-12 noon.
Venue: Moot House,The Stow, Harlow, CM20 3AG
Contact details: The Secretary, Harlow Writers' Workshop, c/o Moot House, The Stow, Harlow, CM20 3AG
Email: anne.neuhaus@ntlworld.com   tel: 01279-321665
or: Adrienne Tinn  shine@adriennetinn.me.uk  tel: 01279-723948
Info:  The group has been going for about 18 years. They read and make helpful criticism of each other's work - poetry, stories, articles and novels.
Current membership (2010) is 12, others will be welcome to join.  £2 per session.

Inkwells Christian Writers Group
Meet: 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm
Venue: The Salvation Army Centre, Tendring Road, Harlow
Contact Details:  Lorraine Fox 01279 441581

THE INN SCRIBERS
Meet:
Fortnightly on a Tuesday evening 7.30pm
Venue: Moot House, The Stow, Harlow
Contact Details: Lesley James 01279 438486 
Website:   www.the-innscribers.co.uk
Email: lesleymjames@talktalk.net
Info:  This writer's group was formed in 1997.Reading, writing, poetry, producing anthologies, plays lectures, workshops and social events. Writers from the Harlow area, would-be writers, and might-be-writers, are most welcome to join the Inn Scribers.For more details contact the Secretary, Lesley James


THE STORTFORD SCRIBBLERS
Meet: Every other Thursday at 8pm
Venue: Apton Road Day Centre, Bishop's Stortford.
Contact Details: Lesley leo@applecroft.freeserve.co.uk
Info: This group is based in Bishop's Stortford. It has  about 15 members but usually only 6-10 of them get together at any one time. The group welcomes short story writers, novelists, and fiction writers of any genre.  The first meeting is free for new members.

HERTFORD WRITER'S CIRCLE
Meet:  Third or fourth Wednesday of each month, 8.00pm - 10.00pm
Venue:  Upstairs at The Bengeo Club, Bengeo Street, Hertford
Contact Details:  Kate Miller 01992 505529  katemiller@globalnet.co.uk
Info: Meet regularly to improve creative writing and network.
£2 per session

WARE POETS
Meet:
 
1st Friday in the month 8pm
Venue: 
Garden room, Ware priory
Contact Details: 
David Perman 01920 467868
Email: 
david@rockpress.freeserve.co.uk
Info: 
Poetry evenings, Guest poets,   Fees £3/£1.50
website: 
 www.rockinghampress.co.uk

WOMEN'S NETWORK READING GROUP
Meet:
3rd Tuesday of month, 7pm – 8.30pm
Venue: MarkHall Library, The Stow, Harlow
Contact: Pauline Bruce 01279 300585

READING GROUP
Meet:
Monthly 2.30 – 4.00pm
Venue: St Johns Art & Recreation Centre, Market Street, Old Harlow
Contact:  01279 442447

HARLOW READING GROUP
Meet:
Various Tuesdays – once a month at 2.30pm 
Venue:
Member's homes 
Contact:
Alan Stevens (Service Development Officer, Harlow Library) 01279 413772email:alan.stevens@essexcc.gov.uk

HARLOW THURSDAY BOOKTALK CLUB
Meet:
Every four weeks, Thursday evenings at 7.15pm 
Venue:
Harlow Central Library 
Contact: 
Harlow Central Library
Info:
This group has been meeting for just over 1 year now.They are a mixed group – men and women, all ages and with very different reading tastes.The love of books and reading and talking about books and reading is what brings them together.

TYE GREEN BOOKTALK GROUP
Meet:
Last Tuesday in the month, 3.30pm
Venue:
Tye Green Library, Tilegate Road, Harlow CM18 6LU 
Contact:
Sue Cholerton (Tye Green Library Manager) 01279425002 
Info:
New members welcome

ARC READING GROUP
Meet:
Monthly, Thursday, 2.30pm
Venue:
St John's Arts and Recreation Centre, Market Street, Old Harlow
Contact: V
iv Goodfellow (Old Harlow Library Manager)01279 433170
Info: 
This is a very mixed group of men and women and all ages.They have been meeting regularly since December 1997 and read a great variety of books.

(ABC reading group are not looking for new members, but enquiries would be welcome)

BOOK GROUP
Meet:
3rd Tuesday in the month from 7pm
Venue: Mark Hall Library, The Stow, Harlow
Contact: Pauline 01279 300585
Details: The library provides the premises and books. The group reads Modern Fiction, Memoirs, Biographies and Poetry.The next books will be selected from the Orange Prize list.


AUDIO BOOK GROUP FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Meet:Tuesday Morning 11am – 12.30pm
Venue:
Mark Hall Library, The Stow, Harlow
Contact:
Pauline 01279 300585
Details:
This group have funding for door to door transport