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A Few of our Favorite Things – 2018 Anthology
Inside this slim volume you will find some of our very favourite things – stories and poems the members of HWG have written and would very much like to share with you.
All profits from the Anthology go to our chosen charity – Hastings Mencap Active Arts
IMAGINE THAT!
This year marks the Platinum Anniversary of the Hastings Writers’ Group. Yes, that’s 70 years! As part of our celebrations we decided to publish a children’s anthology to support local charities and encourage the authors of the future.
1st June 2017, saw the launch of Imagine That! a compilation of stories, poems and pictures, written by local children to support three charities.
Over twenty young contributors from the Hastings & St Leonards-on-Sea areas, aged between 5 and 11, read extracts of their work to a packed audience, which included other contributors and their families, invited dignitaries including Hastings Mayor Judy Rogers, Michael Foster and HWG Chair Eileen Masters, along with representatives from the charities, which are:
Charity for Kids – http://charityforkids.co.uk/
Dragonflies – http://www.fsncharity.co.uk/young-peoples-bereavement-mental-health/dragonflies/
The Oliver Curd Trust – http://www.theolivercurdtrust.co.uk/
Our compère for the event was HWG Vice Chair and world-renowned children and young adults author Kate O’Hearn, who put the children at their ease and moved things smoothly along.Imagine That! costs £5 and is now available at the Hastings Tourist Information Centre, as well as from Hastings Writers’ Group and the charities themselves. All proceeds will be divided between the three charities.
We would like to thank our funders for making the book possible: Isabel Blackman Foundation, Hastings Lions Club, Hastings and St Leonards Muffin Club, Hastings Round Table, the Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust and Hastings Writers’ Group, along with the White Rock Theatre for the use of the Sussex Studio.
We also want to thank the team which organised the book and the event – Rosemary Bartholomew, Roz Balp, Anne Hooker, Carol Pullen, Anne Spiring, Amanda Giles and Liz Allen. Thanks also to Amanda’s family who provided strong-armed assistance.
We hope that group members and local people alike will support Imagine That! and its charities, and enjoy a terrific book by the authors of the future.
Seawords –
The 2017 Hastings Writers’ Group anthology was Seawords, . All stories and poems are loosely based on the theme of Hastings and are available soon both as an eBook and paperback through this website.
William I conquered England with the bow and the sword and put Hastings on the map. In this little book you’ll find the thoughts, stories and poems of some of the present-day inhabitants of Hastings, which show the affection we hold for our town.
Let us inform and entertain you as we explore the characters, places and history of Hastings – stroppy seagulls, mettlesome mermaids, deadly ‘do-it-yourself’ enthusiasts and art historians with a past of their own – there’s a lot more to Hastings than you might imagine!.
You can buy Seawords here.
