Our January newsletter, compiled by EWG secretary Jim Vanselow can be read here now. It's in PDF form, readable by Adobe Acrobat reader, which you can download free from Adobe.com.

Words at work

Here you can read some of the products of EWG members' imaginations. We have works by Jack Buckingham, Robert Kemp Linda Brinckman, Manfred Clootie, Judith Buckingham, Brian Le Marquand and Gwayne Naug with more to come later this year.

The order in which these names appear doesn't reflect any kind of judgment about their merit. They're listed in the order of acquisition.

Judith Buckingham - Frog and Flowering cherry

James R. Vanselow - Timeless man

Judith Hughes - Off Point Lonsdale

Suburban Vampire - Some Sonnets by Manfred Clootie

Trevor Blum  -  Poems for Helen
G. M. Naug - Queenstown
Seahorses
Brian Le Marquand - Ben's Dog
Robert Kemp - three poems
Trevor Blum - Thinking about migraines
G. M. Naug - Streamers
Linda Brinckman - Lion Tamer

To see more of the Eastern Writers' works, go here!  

Or Visit the Eastern Writers Group's

Anthology Page here

 

The Eastern Writers Group's Biggest Little Short Story Competition for 2007 - The winning entries

First Prize ($250)
Take me - I'm yours
by Jim Murphy of Mornington, Victoria

Second Prize ($100)
Chooser
by Maggie Clarke of Coffs Harbour, NSW

Third Prize ($50)
I forgot
by Johan Luidens of Green Point, NSW

Two stories were highly commended by the judges. They were:

Too cocky by half by Maria Quinn of Milsons Point, NSW and Quasimodo's paradox, a mathematical love story by Michelle Lopert of Kendall, NSW

You can read these stories by clicking on the titles, but please remember that copyright belongs to the authors.

 

 

 

Currently available books by Eastern Writers Group members

Two books from one quartet

First there was Seeds of Empire

by Gwayne Naug

And now Number two in the series known as The Ferenghi Quartet

Banners of the Sun

The second volume was launched at the Eastern Writers Group's Christmas meeting, December 20 2009

Go here for pictures from the launch.

We'll have more news about the new book early in the new year.

For details, go here

and, while you're here, read Gwayne's story Sinbad

or

sample her work in lighter vein by visiting: http://www.wikinorthia.net.au/index.php/Nillumbik%27s_Fools_Gold

and

http://www.wikinorthia.net.au/index.php/The_Thylacine_sighting

 

And from 2009

Lighter than air

by Clive N. Chatfield

A novel by by an Eastern Writers Group member

In June 2009 The Eastern Writers Group launched Clive N Chatfield's Lighter than Air.

If you like fast-moving action (much of it in the air), then this is the book for you.

About the book:
Clive is using Palmer Higgs Books to issue the book. You'll find out more by going to this website: http://www.palmerhiggsbooks.com.au/lighter-than-air-p-4.html

 

To meet the author himself visit this site: http://www.palmerhiggsbooks.com.au/page.html?id=9

 



Author Clive in control

The Biggest Little Short Story competition for 2009

The results are in!

First prize of $200: Crazy or not?
by Marie Parkins of Mont Albert, Victoria

Second prize of $100: Sammy's certificates
by Garry Hurle of Calulu, Victoria

Third prize of $50: Iluka
by Rhonda Aron of Darlinghurst NSW

Congratulations to the placegetters.

To read these stories, you only have to click on the titles (but remember that copyright belongs to the authors.)

If you'd like to know how the judges felt about this year's entries, their report is here.




Who are we?

The Eastern Writers Group is an association of writers, amateur and professional, that has only one aim: to encourage writers.

The group was founded in 1938 and has functioned continuously since then, which means that we are seventy-one years old this year.

Meetings are held once a month at 2 pm on the third Sunday in every month at the Box Hill South Neighbourhood House, 47-49 Kitchener Street, Box Hill South, Victoria 3128. (The starting time used to be 1.30, but the committee felt that members needed time to finish their lunches before going to a meeting, so it's now 2 p.m.)

Writers are welcome to attend meetings and read samples of their works. Non-writers who are interested in literature are also welcome.

We aim to give community writers a chance to hear their work discussed and to help one another by freely expressing their opinions.

Our meetings are informal; there is a contribution of $4.00 per member per meeting to pay for hire of the Neighbourhood House. (Only those who actually attend a meeting are asked to contribute; we have no joining fee and no annual fee.)

For details phone (03) 9434 3491. (E-mail address: rdalvean@bigpond.com)

Our Monthly meeting place

Wait a while for the map to load . . . if it doesn't load, go to Google.com and select "maps". Then enter 47-49 Kitchener Street, Box Hill South. If that doesn't work, consult a Melbourne street directory.

 
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This page is maintained by Bob Dalvean, Treasurer of the Eastern Writers Group.
Telephone (03) 94343491, email rdalvean@bigpond.com

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