On 29th July 2017, my fellow Oldbury Writing Group members (Julian, Angie, and Dave) and I visited the Warstone Lane Cemetery in the Jewellery Quarter. Yes, you’ve read that right, we went to visit a cemetery. As weird as this may sound, a cemetery is a perfect place…
On Thursday 15th June 2017, my Oldbury Writing Group posse and I went to the Black Country Radio Station to be interviewed by Billy Spakemon about our World War Two anthology titled From Sunrise to Sunset. Since this was my first time being interviewed on the radio, I…
On the 7th May 2017, I (and the Oldbury Writing Group) had the pleasure of attending the PowWow Festival of Writing (2025 Update: The PowWow Festival no longer runs) for the third time. Yes, the third time. As always, the festival was held in the beer garden at…
On Saturday 6th May 2017, we (the Oldbury Writing Group) took part in the Museum of Cannock Chase’s VE Day Celebration to promote our World War Two anthology titled From Sunrise to Sunset. As I mentioned in my ‘From Sunrise to Sunset Book Launch – My Experience’ post,…
On Saturday 22nd April, we (The Oldbury Writing Group) launched our first anthology titled From Sunrise to Sunset at the Oldbury Library. From Sunrise to Sunset is a World War Two anthology of poems and short stories. During the event, we each read some of our pieces from…
From Sunrise to Sunset is a World War Two anthology of short stories and poems written by the Oldbury Writing Group. This anthology focuses on the people rather than the war as a whole. We hear stories of individuals around the world who fought to survive when all…
After months of planning and preparation, our (The Oldbury Writing Group) book launch is finally here. We will be launching our World War Two anthology of poems and short stories titled From Sunrise to Sunset. The book launch will be on Saturday 22nd April (this Saturday, folks) at…
On Tuesday 7th February 2017, my fellow Oldbury Writing Group members and I took part in another book reading of our soon to be released World War Two anthology titled From Sunrise to Sunset at Wednesbury Methodist Church. Thanks to our member Dave, we were invited by the…
On the 26th November 2016 (Yes, this post should have been written ages ago lol), I went to the Dudley Library’s Writers Networking Morning with the Oldbury Writing Group. For the event, there was a panel of four speakers: Nell Dixon, Gemma Todd, Elizabeth Hanbury, and Brenda Read-Brown.…
On Saturday 8th October my writing group took part in the West Bromwich at War event. I mentioned this event in my last post titled ‘Oldbury Writing Group Event – World War Two Anthology Reading’. For the event, we read out a selection of short stories and poems…