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GREAT ADULT FICTION ... and some SELF-HELP    Click a cover for more information ACTS of LOVE Julie-Anne Geddes More than a thousand ways to improve your love life... THE EMIGRANTS - Book One The acclaimed trilogy by JJ BARRIE The greatest diaspora of modern times - historical fiction at its best... MURDER on DISPLAY Reece Pocock The Flynn brothers lifted their Glocks, Dan knew he was in real trouble... INTERLUDE Margaret Avery White BETWEEN TWO WORLDS ... A compelling love story and heart-breaking romance! TWO SOULMATES Valerie Barrow Walking Through Time and History... BENEATH THE CAP Andrew Rae PTSD... where the past rules the present! BASED ON REAL LIFE POLICE EVENTS. CHESSBOARD of DESTINY Eugenia Jenny Williams The ageing Gypsy busker plays... Nazi camps, migration, a new life?

ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.... ... EXPLOSIVE! The true story of Britain's only spy in the IRA as told to Michael Tatlow UNPUBLISHED BIOGRAPHY FOR RELEASE LATE 2014

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A gripping novel of evil, justice, sacrifice and atonement...  A State of Oppression and Death... Uganda's Hell! Sarah Bourne's incisive novel.

On the Beeb...

Scriptroom 8 (Stage Plays) & The Writer's Prize  for Radio We are delighted to announce that we will soon be opening  for submissions for Scriptroom 8 (stage plays – comedy &  drama) and this year’s Writer's Prize, for which we are looking  for original, surprising multi-character narrative drama scripts of  45-75 minutes in length for Radio 3 or 4 (not monologues or  adaptations).  The submission windows for both opportunities will open on  15th September and close on Monday 29th September and  submission links will be available via the opportunities page  on our website when we open. Find out more about the finalists from last year's Writer's  Prize on our blog Read a blog by Sarah Hehir, whose script Bang Up was one  of the previous winners and subsequently broadcast on BBC  Radio 4. Rock Me Amadeus by Simon Topping was broadcast as part  of Radio 4's Original British Dramatists.Read a blog about  Original British Dramatists and watch an interview with Simon. Read the script of 'Rock Me Amadeus'           Craic Off! We have recently  announced two exciting  new opportunities for  writers in Northern Ireland  and Wales. Craic Off! is on the hunt for  new comedy gold in Northern  Ireland. Script submissions will  be open between 15th and 30th  September 2014. Find out more about Craic  Off! including the full terms  and conditions of entry.             Wales Drama  Award The second biennial Wales  Drama Award in partnership  withNational Theatre Wales  and BBC Cymru Wales is  open between 22nd  September and 7th October  2014 for scripts in any medium  by writers resident in Wales.  There is a £10,000 prize and  two runners-up prizes of £1000.  Find out more about the Wales  Drama Award including the full  terms and conditions of entry. There are still places available  for free workshops on  Thursday 31st July and Friday 1st August in Cardiff and  Wrexham.  Sign-up for tickets now The inaugural Wales Drama  award in 2012 was won by  Katherine Chandler, who has  subsequently gone-on to write  Tag, an Original Drama Short  for BBC iPlayer.  Watch the Original Drama  Shorts             TV Drama  Writers'  Festival 2014  on Storify The fifth annual TV Drama  Writers' Festival took place  on 2nd July at Central St  Martin's vibrant new campus  in London's emerging King's  Cross district. This year the festival was  chaired by Tony Jordan,  with a stellar line-up including  Jed Mercurio, Peter Moffat,  Simon Ashdown, Abi  Morgan, Levi David Addai,  Danny Brocklehurst, Barbara  Machin, Adam Curtis, Peter  Bowker, and Sarah Phelps.  The theme was 'If Content is  King, Where's Our Crown ...?'. See a storify of the whole day's  events including details of the  sessions, photos and packed  with hints and tips             Recent blogs Catch up with some recent posts  on the BBC writersroom blog Read a Q&A with Hugo Blick,  writer, director and producer of  The Honourable Woman on  BBC Two. Read a Q&A with David Greig,  whose play The Events  (inspired by the Anders Breivik  shootings) was The Guardian's  No. 1 in the best theatre of  2013 and recently broadcast  on BBC Radio 4. Lolita Chakrabarti blogs about  her award-winning play Red  Velvet which rediscovered Ira  Aldridge, the first black actor  of note to play Othello in the  1830s. Steve Stamp, the writer of  People Just Do Nothing blogs  about the journey from Youtube  to a full series on BBC Three. And Sally Stott attempts to  answer the question 'How  seriously should you take  scriptwriting books?'             Opportunities  for writers Opportunities posted on  our website include: And Then She Said a  Funny Thing which is  looking for contributions  from funny females for a  new podcast, Postscript from Skylight  Theatre, which gives  writers the chance to  present new work to  an audience and gain  constructive feedback iShorts+ Funny Girls  from Creative England,  which is looking for  cinematic and bold  stories to be directed  by female directors. Keep up with all the  latest Opportunities  on our website             New Scripts New additions to  our script library  include three episodes  from The Honourable  Woman by Hugo Blick,  Common by Jimmy  McGovern and People  Just Do Nothing by  Steve Stamp and Allan  Mustafa. Next week we'll be adding  the first week of scripts  from Radio 4's new World  War One drama, Homefront. Explore our script library             Keep up to date with  opportunities,  blogs, scripts, events  and other news on  our website and by  following  @BBCwritersroom on  Twitter.

Events at Snape Maltings

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'We've all got a book in us', so the saying goes, but how do we get it down on paper, and then how do we get it published? Join FlipSide industry experts Sarah Odedina, Sophie Hicks, Rachel Calder and Catherine Clarke as they impart their insiders knowledge and guide you through the dos and don'ts of writing and publishing. Writing for Children Join Hot Key books director, Sarah Odedina (left) and literary agent, Sophie Hicks, as they talk you through the best approaches when writing for children. Saturday 4 Oct 10.00 £8 How to get Published: an Agent’s perspective  Rachel Calder of the Sayle Literary Agency and Catherine Clarke of the Felicity Bryan Agency offer invaluable advice from the coalface of the literature industry.  Sunday 5 Oct 10.00  £8 Learn how to write for radio with skilled radio playwright, adapter and abridger Robin Brooks in our Writing for Radio Workshop. Robin will explore the base practical as well as the fine artistic considerations of writing radio drama. The workshop will also include the Byzantine mysteries of the commissioning process and the bizarre conventions of the recording studio. Saturday 4 Oct 15.00  £20

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A reminder... also transmission news...

Just a quick reminder that there is no meeting this week. 

Our next gathering is on Tuesday 5th August when there is an open homework allowing you to write on any subject, read an excerpt from your ongoing work or a favourite piece of 
writing. The only stipulation is that the work falls within the 1,000 word limit. 

And now for the Radio schedules from Tony. 

Hi all, 

This weeks transmissions are as follows:- (I hope) 
Weds 21.00-21.30 Felixstowe radio 107.5 fm or via internet 
Program 31 
Sword of the Kings Ch 10 
Book - Debbie Coveney, Brackets - Becci Clarke, Allirog and 
Enor Muss -  
Robin Saunders, 
Lord Drofgnol - Pete Guilder Cherry Blossom - Angela Silburn,
 Flingal  
Bunt - Becci Clarke, 
Eimer Deville - Sheila Martin, Man and Encompi Tant - Martin 
Jarvis,  
Zschiddte ver Brainnze - Brian England, 
Sam Wunnells - David Miller 
The Candles Getting Shorter 
Margaret - Ruth Dugdall, Edward - Robin Saunders 
Mates - read by Pete Guilder (Written by Richard Payne) 

Fri 12.30-13.00 ICR 105.7 fm or via internet 
Program 24 
Sword of the Kings ch 8 
Book - Robin Saunders, Zschiddte ver Brainnze - Brian England,
 Sam  
Wunnells - David Miller, 
Eimer Deville - Sheila Martin, Lord Drofgnol - Pete Guilder. 
The Government Inspector (Translated from an original by 
Gogol)
 Act 4 
Judge - Sheila Martin, Charity Commisioner - Angela Silburn, 
Postmaster  
- David Miller, Luka - Tony Shearman 
Bobchinsky - Pete Guilder, Khlestakov - Brian England 
The Coral - read by Ann Kearney (written by Jack 
Wilkinson) 
Concrete Nightmare - Read by Alan Dix (with help from 
Unit 4 + 2)  
(written by Dave Feakes) 
What is the sun - read by Tony Shearman (written by 
Jack Wilkinson) 
Special Occasions - read by Sheila Martin (written by 
Jack Wilkinson) 


Programs 1 - 23 can be found at Mixcloud/suffolkreadingfestival 

Hope you enjoy them all 

MEETING REPORT FOR TUESDAY 15TH JULY 2014

FELIXSTOWE SCRIBBERS MEETING REPORT ON TUESDAY 15TH JULY 2014

In attendance: Barry. Caz, Dick, Tony, Jane, Les, Beryl, Richard,  Susie G, Liliane, Richard, Carolyn, Mairead and Tom.

Apologies were received from Derek, Dave and Susie H, Ali, Bruce, Gerry and Cathy.

We hope that Dave will soon be 'on the move again' without the aid of a walking frame.

Mairead very kindly bought us a huge stack of teas, coffee, sugar and biscuits to replace those mislaid at the last meeting . We would like to take this opportunity of saying a huge thank you for her kind generosity.

Then we moved on to the subject of this week’s Geographical homework.

Barry:  Having no homework Barry read from a book of letters entitled 'The Time Waster'. They were letters written by a man, to a well- known store about the ludicrous subject of his lost lace. Also letters written by the store manager back to him.

Dick:  Wind and Waves Inspired by the sea on a rough day with Thomas Cavendish Ships in the Harbour and gorgeous dolphins riding on the bow waves. The sounds being created were like an orchestra creaking through the timbers of the boat. When hope suddenly gave way to fear as the ocean whipped up a horrendous storm.

Tony:  We’re All Going On an .... excursion to New York? Antwerp?, Arizona? Kingston Upon Thames? Felixstowe? Monte Carlo? Holiday planning. 200 words to get nowhere. Flying sickness and whether to wipe fellow passengers clean or not! Helicopter sickness, is there was such a thing? Woolwich Ferry Sickness? A trip that would take by car (eight days to get there and eight to get back (meaning he would have to return three days earlier than he got there!) 

Les – Stop Over In Haven Before I start I am aware that some sceptics will believe I have a head full of trained nuts! I was booked to go to Australia. The flight was progressing nicely and I was holding a nice glass of cognac. My fellow passengers had all changed into strange green coloured clothing. I was unable to utter a single word as I pondered over the change in everyone. I wasn’t at all scared I had a strange sense of euphoria.  I sat back, sipped my drink and hoped that all would become clear.  The hostess’s attire had also changed and they confirmed we were stopping at Haven for seven hours, instead of Singapore. What on earth was going on? The airport was beautiful and everywhere I looked there were smiling faces. Animals like soft toys were everywhere at horrendous prices but also free to a deserving cause, if you will just care for it!  On our eventual landing in Australia Steve and his wife were waiting to greet me, with a look of euphoria all over my face.

Suzie’s poem  – Living By the Sea Climb up to the cloud place turn around, looking up to get lost in the sky. The wide Atlantic around you as the town nestles down. Hear the waves breaking on granite shore, beer-foam crashing and blowing being caught by the wind.

Richard – Passing Through In the 1940s  If you are coming from the station and you walk along the Marienstrasse, you will notice the architecture. It is in the post-war reconstruction, slab concrete style. Each morning at half past seven, when I walk to work, it reminds me of my situation and in the brightest of summer suns I remain pessimistic. At street level there is much going on, the butcher the baker, the agent for some technical equipment on the one side, the ladies’ hairdresser, an insurance office and a dress agency on the other. This is the street where I live and this for the moment is my lot. I count the weeks before giving my notice, quit the job and leave the Marienstrasse. and will the other residents notice my departure? I doubt it, for in this cold, transient environment, coming and going is unnoticed’ for the time being I hardly exist. 

Carolyn – Dislocation Down Under Serious Ferry. Fresh salty air, the sea like a shimmering glass curtain. Sail boats racing, a party boat and a 18 footer scurrying by in Sydney Harbour. 16,000 kilometres away from Detroit. I know there is going to be a tomorrow because it is already there in Australia. Sunlight and colour everywhere. In the Southern Hemisphere it is the longest day on 21^st September. 

Tom – Grey – In 1940s Glasgow was so grey. John’s mood was lightened by the click, click, click, click of high heeled shoes on the pavement.. John was what the scruffs called a red sandstone boy. There was a surreal quality to the tenements of the Gorbals. There had been family holidays in Ayr, cinema, beach, Whittles Road and Mrs Mason’s Holiday House. Cream teas and being allowed to stay up late with the adults. Then clicking into real time the raised voices and in came Brian staggering as usual with too much alcohol inside him.

Liliane – The Gympie Pyramid On the internet. Showing the Queensland Town of Gympie. Stinging trees like nettles. 1867 Gold Rush – there was mining but there was no rush. Tourist Centre with pyramid. 13 Pillars – never been excavated. Who built it and why? Would be interesting to delve more into this mystery. The pyramid was said to be a tourist attraction but the pyramid and the land on it was bought by a company, who now deny anyone access to the site.

Jane – Feeling the Cold – Staring on the quay side Carol watched the ferry approaching in the distance, the bow of the boat cresting the gentle waves of the Aegean waters. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the day was at its warmest, forcing even the most devoted sun worshippers to seek some shade. Carol could feel the sweat dripping down her back, her pink t-shirt sticking to her. She didn’t mind though. Today of all days she wanted to feel the sun on her. A wonderful tale of love, deceit and revenge showing a poetic twist at the end of the story.

Beryl – The World-Wide Tour 2004 Well that’s what the travel agent called it when I booked it. It came about when my two little dogs died within three weeks of each other. Once I’d got over the trauma I suddenly realised I was a free agent. I had a brother in Idaho and a friend in New Zealand, both wanting me to visit. “Combine the two,” suggested the friend. “After all, Idaho’s halfway to New Zealand,” So I did. I spent 3 months with my brother Geoffrey in Boise, Idaho’ 2 months with Eunice and Angus in New Zealand, then back to America for Christmas and New Year. 6 months in all, a sort-of-semi-sabbatical. One last thing to mention’ on our way home from one of our days out we stopped at a Perkins, a chain of cheap and cheerful restaurants, where we discovered that our waiter had been to school in Snape.

Mairead – The Vicar’s Dilemma May 1856 (A piece of fiction loosely based on fact) The vicar whistled merrily as he gently guided his horse to a trot. A little fox terrier, sat beside his master,watching the lift and fall of his hands, as they held the reins. However, Teddy sensed the unease behind the vicar’s bravado and the front he put on for his parishioners. Whimpering, he pushed his nose into his master’s pocket. Was he a cold-hearted murderer that you will discover as the story unfolds!

Read by Caz: Dave – Space: The Final Frontier The growing discontent on Earth, increasing lawlessness and a planet lacking space for further criminals to be imprisoned. Through the centuries a new Penal Colony was created on the distant planet of Uranus and the Starship Depositor was on a mission to deliver 1,500 convicts there. Trouble brewed in one of the holding bays on the vessel and a crewman ejected them into the depths of deadly space. 

Our next Meeting with be in THREE weeks time on Tuesday 5^th August 2014 at the Room at the Top commencing at 19.30 hours. There is no set homework, this time you may write on any subject up to a 1,000 words or share an excerpt of an ongoing novel or story. 

Hope to see you all there.

Caz

Secretary

Felixstowe Scribblers.