For our 2016 retreat we headed down the beautiful Heart of Wales railway line to the isolated hamlet of Cynghordy.
Vicki Beeby
2015 December Meeting – Making Our Own Artist/Note Book
Suki White gave us a brilliant workshop at our December meeting showing up the various different Artists’ Books that she’s bought and made, and then gave us a demonstration on how to make our own. Cue the Blue Peter bit of lots of Pritt Sticks, cut out magazine photos, plain white paper … and a lot of imagination!
2015 Retreat – Castell Courtyard
For our 2015 retreat we didn’t travel far. In fact, we only just crossed the border into Wales and the beautiful Tanant Valley.
Congratulations to Tora Williams! (AKA …?)
Which member of Wrekin Writers is Tora Williams? Find out more, and her success at winning first prize in a Mills and Boon competition, by reading her interview on the Mills and Boon blog : http://www.millsandboon.co.uk/historical-heroes-winner-tora-williams
2014 February – Wrekin Writers … Writing!
Proof, if ever any were needed, that Wrekin Writers do write from time to time …
2014 February – Using Photographs to Inspire Creativity
In February, Simon tried showing how using photographs and images can help us add more creativity to our text, add more descriptive detail, and also generate new ideas.
2011 Christmas Meal
Well, they’d served us well in the past, so it was back to the Buckatree Hall Hotel for another Christmas Bash!
2010 Drumming Workshop
After having so much fun with a drumming workshop back in 2006, we decided it was time to bang those bongos one more time!
2009 – October Workshop with Nick Fletcher
Our 2009 October Workshops were facilitated by local writer, Nick Fletcher, who’s written over 30,000 articles and several books.
2013 (Back to) Llanfendigaid
We’d heard on the grapevine (okay, it was the Internet) that Llanfendigaid had been refurbished, so we couldn’t resist the opportunity of going back to this Welsh coastal property for another retreat.