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Fairfield, Queensland, Australia
Fairfield Writers Group is a mix of beginner and experienced writers who meet the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at the Brisbane City Council Library in Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, Fairfield road, Fairfield, Queensland. Our passion is writing and we work hard at our craft. Our aim is to encourage, support and help each other to reach new heights in our writing. New members are always made welcome and usually whisked off to the local coffee shop at the end of meetings for sustenance and socialisation with the rest of the crew.

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

NEWSLETTER-JUNE 2011

  
Minutes of Exercise meeting
11th of June 2011
at
Fairfield Library




Present: Maarten, Jennifer, Vera, Anne, Helga, Lorraine and Wendy.
Minutes: by Jennifer
  • Anne read her lovely short story "Oh the Stupid Goat" plus a comic verse and a poem "Never ask your Mom".
  • Helga read her short story titled "Rescued".
  • Lorraine read her story "Over the Back Fence".
  • All were congratulated on their creativity and efforts.
  • Discussion was held about a highly recommended book by Cindy Rogers called "Word Magic for Writers" which is available on "amazon.com" for $20 plus postage of $8. The book is sold at some book shops for $35.


    Minutes of Novel/Short Story meeting
     25th of  June 2011
    at
    Fairfield Library

    Present: Helga, Anne, Vera,   Karen & Carol
    Apologies: Anna
    Minutes: Carol
    • Once again our meeting was small. However, Helga brought along two of her poems with an autumn theme. They were excellent.

    • Anne brought some poems that included her poem about ‘what is a friend’. It is truly a beautiful poem. Well done Anne.
    • The meeting closed at 11.30 am.

      Next meetings:

       9 July –    Exercise Group
                         Anthology Group
          23 July– Novel/short story

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