NewPlays YouTube

Following the recent launch of his Facebook page, Norwich Writers' Circle committee member James Dimelow has now created his own YouTube channel.

The new video channel will used to promote James’ plays, and will also highlight the best theatre-related short films currently available to watch online.

For more, please check out youtube.com/newplaysuk.

The Assembly House

A film celebrating Norwich Writers' Circle's historic meeting venue is now available to watch on our YouTube channel.

The short film features an opportunity to explore The Assembly House, as well highlighting our popular writing group's use of the Grade I listed building. Please go here to watch.

New Programme Reminder

The start of our 2010/11 programme is now only a month away.

Highlights of our new programme include visits from Taggart creator Glenn Chandler, travel writer Laurence Mitchell and children's author Paeony Lewis. We will also be welcoming back Lucy McCarraher and Jean Fullerton, both of whom proved immensely popular on their previous Circle visits.

Everyone is more than welcome to come along to our free Open Evening on 21st September - the first meeting of the new season.

Full programme details can be found at norwichwriters.org.uk.

We look forward to seeing you next month.

Enter Stage Left

As some of our members may have seen in last Friday's Eastern Daily Press, Garboldisham Amateur Dramatic Society are holding a Playwrighting Competition.

Entrants in the competition must be over 18, and must write a one-act play that has a running time of up to 45 minutes.

The competition closes on the 31st October 2010, and its entry fee is £10.00. The First Prize is £200.00, plus a performance of the winning play by the local amateur dramatic group.

For an entry form, plus a full list of terms of terms and conditions, please contact June Owen.

Please also see the GADS Facebook page for more.

Visiting Writers Celebration

Our recently launched YouTube channel has been updated to include a film which celebrates all the visiting writers from NWC's 2009/10 programme.

Amongst the featured writers included in the short video are Simon Scarrow, Lucy McCarraher and Jean Fullerton, the latter two of whom will be returning to the Circle in the coming months.

To view the film, simply click here.

Spread The Word

Thanks to the popularity of this Blog, we have been able to add an additional feature to further enhance your online experience.

The Write Stuff visitors can now share this site's contents on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, by using the series of buttons located at the bottom of each Blog entry.

Still Keeping The Fire Going

A short film promoting our Open Poetry Competition 2010 Winners’ Anthology is now available to watch online.

Keeping The Fire Going was an immediate sell-out when it was first published earlier in the year.

To discover more about this popular read, and to order your copy of the Anthology, please go here. Alternatively, why not check out our new YouTube channel to view the book’s trailer.

The Write Stuff

Norwich Writers' Circle's Blog popularity continues.

According to Google, The Write Stuff is currently the most read Writers' Circle Blog in the UK, whilst worldwide, we are at present, the second most popular.

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