Network News: South East
by Jane Haryott
I’ve loving my new role as South East co-ordinator. It’s been great to meet SCBWI writers and illustrators and see how different South East SCBWI groups work.
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| Jane Haryott |
I’ve loving my new role as South East co-ordinator. It’s been great to meet SCBWI writers and illustrators and see how different South East SCBWI groups work.
Brighton
The Brighton group is led by Jane
McLoughlin and meets regularly on a social basis. I joined them on a Saturday
afternoon for brunch at Al Campo, the perfect venue for a relaxed, well-attended
get-together with writers and one illustrator, all at different stages in their
creative journey.
Winchester
The Winchester group is lead by Nancy Saunders
and is a critique group that meets monthly at The Queen's Head Inn. It was great to be
back in Winchester and to see past and present students from the University of
Winchester’s MA in Writing for Children course. The group discusses one
children’s book a month and then moves on to critique a piece of work by each
writer.
Chichester
The Chichester group is led by Susie Wilde.
This is another well-attended social group with lots of faces familiar to SCBWI
(Kathy Evans and Philippa Francis to name two).
They meet once a month in the evening in a coffee shop, Attibassi. At
the May meeting, there was lots of talk about next month’s visit by the new
children’s and YA literary agency, Skylark Literary.
Tunbridge Wells
The new Tunbridge Wells Critique Group is now
up and running. The first meeting was in April during the day. The next meeting
is on Thursday 4th June at St John’s Yard in the evening. New members
are so welcome. If you are interested in joining us on 4th June or
at another time, please email me on southeast@britishscbwi.org for further
details.
I’ve had lots of enquiries from new South
East members asking about SCBWI groups local to them. This is great news and
I’d like to say a huge thank you to group organisers for dealing with these and
helping new members feel so welcome.
Woking and Wokingham
With plans to meet the Woking and Wokingham
groups in June, I look forward to seeing more South East members. In the meantime, if you have any South East
queries, please email me on southeast@britishscbwi.org. I’d love to
hear from you.
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