The audio track playing is the opening to COLDWYND SANDS . . . this story was written and produced by RBW creative writing workshop participants. The audio track in full has been donated to local hospital radio for broadcasting and the local talking newspaper for the blind for their library and will be broadcast by the Prison Radio Association later this year on their national network. COLDWYND SANDS was launched on 26th January 2009 at the Main Library in Market Street Stafford. See Our Pictures Albums to view this event in pictures.
http://www.morgenblumemusic.net/RBW.htm
The above link provides access to FREE track downloads of this entire book.
REVIEWER QUOTE: 'a gentle, warm and reassuring comedy'
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NEW 2009. WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY audio tracks are being previewed prior to publication - find the link on www.myspace.com/risingbrookwriterslive
Below video clip of the recording team in action - music is an original work - Fallon's Theme.
2008 CAMPAIGN: A POET LAUREATE FOR ALL COUNTIES AND CITIES.
Did you know in Britain 25 areas already have a Poet Laureate for their city or county? Usually these two year posts are funded by applications to Arts Council England. According to one poetry publishing house there are over 44,000 active poets in the UK currently on their database. Does this mean all the other 150 or so regions are missing out on poetry promotion to schools, libraries and touring workshops? If the government's stated aim is for children to be exposed to 'culture' what better way than for all places to recruit a Poet Laureate to promote the creativity of the written word in all its forms?
Now more about us . . . RBW is interested in all forms of Creative Writing produced by the Over 50s and senior citizens - we love short stories - novels - poems - factual articles - memories about social history.
Older people carry a great wealth of the fabric of 'true' social history locked in their collective memory - if they don't share these memories and pass them on, much of the truth of our times will be lost.
PLEASE NOTE: RBW only accept new friends who have Open Profiles and who are are genuinely interested in the art form of creative writing...
Music
During 2005 we researched music of the 1890 - 1950s as performed on the Old Time Music Halls.
2007's storytelling anthology was a light hearted frolic into supernatural and paranormal encounters. Launched on 20th Sept 2007 at the Ancient High House in the Civil War Room.
April 2007: WE MADE THIS . . .Promotion tour of Stafford Remembers book. Trustees dressed as Dad's Army and Mrs Mop revisit all the Senior Citizen's groups which took part in the project:-
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HOT FUNDING NEWS :
In 2006 Rising Brook Writers projects were supported by
Stafford Borough Council, Staffordshire County Council YOUR LIBRARY and AGE CONCERN
In 2007 Rising Brook Writers gained lottery grant support for our new season of workshops and publishing projects.
More GOOD NEWS about fund raising:-
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also supported RBW community projects in 2007. In 2008 RBW was grant aided by Stafford District Arts Council, Stafford Borough Council Community Fund, The Wakeham Trust, the Midlands Co-operative Society and Staffordshire County Council Arts and Museum Service Development Fund.
Recording Oral History: 2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund and SCC Arts and Museum Service are supporting RBW Touring Community Workshops Programme and production of a memories book and audio track based on childhood seaside memories.
In 2009 Staffordshire Community Foundation will be sponsoring the online project: Where There's A Will There's A Weigh - book and audio track.
In 2009 Stafford & District Arts Council will be sponsoring the second poetry collection: Eclectic Mix book and live performance in Festival Week. Gatehouse Theatre Rehearsals of five new plays.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THESE ORGANISATIONS FOR SUPPORTING CREATIVE ARTS PROJECTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
Television
LINK:http://www.comedyplays.co.uk
If you're into script writing for the stage check out this site for new comedy writers wanting to break into the AmDram circuit. http://www.comedyplays.co.uk
LINK: http://www.createwrt.net/
This is a brilliant site for Creative Writers (over 50s and disabled) based in the Stockport Area. Submissions accepted for poems/stories etc. Check it out. It's user and disabled access friendly. Large size fonts - audio reader/podcasts all the latest technology. WOW!!!
LINK: http://www.createwrt.net/
LINK: http://www.roomintheroof.org
Room in the Roof writers' forum The Art Room, Burslem School of Art, Queen's Street, Burslem, Stoke on Trent ST6 3EJ - Thursday 7-9pm
LINK: http://www.cityvoices.org.uk
Writers' Forum Stoke on Trent
LINK: Openwriting Web Magazine
www.openwriting.com
LINK: Congleton Poets - Poems and Pints
www.harry-owen.co.uk and www.myspace.com/harrythepoet
LINK: Congleton Poet Laureate 2004 John Lindley
www.johnlindley.co.uk
Books
Rising Brook Writers Projects and Publications
JUNE 2009 WILL SEE THE LAUNCH OF RBW' SECOND POETRY COLLECTION: ECLECTIC MIX
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JAN 2009 SAW LAUNCH OF NEW BOOK AND AUDIO TRACK: COLDWYND SANDS
2008 STAFFORDSHIRE INTROSPECTIVE: first poetry collection published
Formed in 2005 RISING BROOK WRITERS is a UK voluntary registered charitable trust (RCN 1117227) for the Over 5Os/Senior Citizens and Disabled Writers.
RBW aims are to share the joys of creative writing with others: to empower/encourage/build self-esteem/build self-confidence through self-expression by means of the medium of Creative Writing.
RISING BROOK WRITERS meets in Rising Brook Branch Library STAFFORD on Monday afternoons. RBW received a nomination certificate from the panel of ADULT LEARNERS' WEEK AWARDS in 2009. Our main website is at www.risingbrookwriters.btik.com
Every year RBW goes on tour and holds creative writing themed workshops for senior citizens/Over 50s organisations. Touring workshop programmes began in 2006.
The video clips above and below are of touring workshops in March 2009: Heritage Project: Oh we DID like to be beside the seaside! Workshop Leader John Price: This project is recording postwar holiday memories of senior citizens and will culminate in a book/DVD and an audio track for broadcast on Hospital Radio etc.
Depicted in the slide below is a new group's first workshop in October 2008.
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The 2005 project was Old Time Music Hall in the 1930s. The resulting book TALES FROM THE GAIETY was jam packed with stories/articles/graphics which showcased the talents of the group. Comedy was a new field for everyone.
Some of our writers are absolute beginners while others are published novelists/playwrights, award winning poets and retired journalists.
The 2007 Creative Writing Workshops Tour (15-20 workshops) recorded a slice of social history i.e. Home Front Memories. The 2007/08 workshops were led by a popular local author and university lecturer. A community workshop based anthology: STAFFORD REMEMBERS: the 1940s and early 1950s featuring pictures and memories of local residents was published in March 2008 (Awards For All).
Slide below shows a Retirement Fellowship Workshop in October 2007
Who I'd like to meet: DRAMA DAY 2009 - Gatehouse Theatre Stafford - a day of live poetry and play rehearsals - 27th June 2009 - launch of Eclectic Mix Poetry Collection and five new plays. Actors taking part were from the Rotten Park Road Theatre Company and Etruria Cafe Theatre.
More pictures and video are on our Pic and My videos pages.
DRAMA DAY 2008 - LIVE Poetry Recital and launch of Staffordshire Introspective - Drama Workshop SEVEN new plays rehearsed by professional actors and directors from Etruria Cafe Theatre 21st June 2008 MET Studio Theatre Gatehouse Complex Stafford
RWB provide creative opportunities for the Over 50s and would like to meet Over 50s who have an interest in Creative Writing.
IF YOU DON'T TELL YOUR OWN STORIES, WHO WILL?
THE ABOVE SLIDE CONTAINS IMAGES FROM 'TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL' - 2007 ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED IN SEPT
The slides below depict the launch at the Ancient High House on 20th Sept 2007. Thank you to everyone concerned for making this such a special day.
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2008 PROJECTS: books and workshop projects:
STAFFORD REMEMBERS : The 1940s and early 1950s . . . a collection of memories and stories told by those who were there, launched in early Spring 2008.
STAFFORDSHIRE INTROSPECTIVE : A collection of reflective poetry by twelve Staffordshire poets. Launch 21st June 2008.
DRAMA DAY - 21st June 2008 - MET Studio Theatre - All day workshop with professional tuition in conjunction with Etruria Cafe Theatre aiming to add capacity to Stafford Festival.
BELOW: October 2008 Celebrating NATIONAL POETRY DAY - LIVE PERFORMANCE over a dozen poets
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BELOW ARE SOME OF OUR MYSPACE FRIENDS AND A LINK TO RISINGBROOKWRITERS . . .LIVE! . . .
TO HEAR SLICES OF SOCIAL HISTORY OR SOME OF OUR POETRY SET TO MUSIC HAVE A LISTEN TO RISINGBROOKWRITERS . . .LIVE!
RBW can also be found on FACEBOOK
IMPORTANT NOTE: RBW ONLY ADDS NEW FRIENDS WHO HAVE OPEN PROFILE PAGES
PLEASE NOTE ORIGINAL CREATIVE WORKS ON THIS SITE AND OUR LIVE SITE ARE SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT AND MAY NOT BE COPIED OR CHANGED IN ANY WAY.
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THE SMOKING POET: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – WINTER 2008-09!
THE SMOKING POET publishes flash fiction; fiction; nonfiction; poetry; feature author interview; feature poet; feature artist; book and cigar reviews. We publish work that ignites our imagination, inflames our passion, leaves us with a smoky aftertaste. The Smoking Poet also shares an extensive list of links and resources for writers and the cigar aficionado.
Submissions open year round. Send with editor’s attention in subject line: poetry to Zinta Aistars; fiction to Russell Rowland; general non-fiction and cigar-themed fiction/ non-fiction/poetry and cigar reviews to J. Conrad Guest. For book reviews, please query first.
TSP’s FIRST ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST is also underway! Check our site for special submission guidelines. Honorary judge is poet extraordinaire, Dorianne Laux. Submissions not following guidelines will NOT be accepted. Winners published in Winter 2008-09 issue. $5 entry fee per 3 poems. Cash prizes. Subject line: “Contest/Last Name.”
For full submission guidelines for general and contest entries, along with contact information, visit: http://thesmokingpoet.tripod.com/fall2008
Winter 2008-09 and TSP First Annual Poetry Contest Deadline: November 30, 2008
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I just handed off my new book to my first pre-reader. I've still got about 2 months of editing to do, but it's time to get some feedback on the story. I've begun line editing and if all goes well with this first read, I may be ahead of schedule for my October release!
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