Christmas News

It's the fifteenth of the month and the time when we bring you all the exciting news from members. Firstly, as this is the ACW blog, I have news of the next Writers Day. This will be held in Birmingham in March with speaker Sheridan Voysey.

Sheridan is a writer, speaker, and broadcaster on faith and spirituality and the author of six books including: Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams into New Beginnings,Resilient: Your Invitation to a Jesus Shaped Life and Unseen Footprints: Encountering the Divine Along the Journey of Life.

Sheridan is a regular contributor to faith programmes on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live and numerous other radio and TV shows. Australian-born and Oxford-based, he is married to Merryn, and speaks at conferences and events around the world

More details can be found on the ACW website


ACW member Allison Symes has had a short story published in an anthology.

The Best of Cafelit 5 - Edited by Gill James. Publisher: Chapeltown Books (as mentioned Bridge House Publishing, Cafelit and Chapeltown are all interlinked).

Blurb: Each story in this little volume is the right length and quality for enjoying as you sip the assigned drink in your favourite Creative Cafe. You need never feel alone again in a cafe. So what's the mood today? Espresso? Earl Grey tea? Hot chocolate with marshmallows? You'll find most drinks in our drinks index. If you're reading the cafe's copy and you have your Kindle or iPhone with you, why now download the Kindle version? Or browse the CafeLit web site for more examples of CafeLit stories?

http://cafelitcreativecafe.blogspot.com

www.cafelit.co.uk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Caf%C3%A9Lit-5-Miss-Hobbs-Wyatt/dp/1910542040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481746584&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Best+of+Cafelit+5



She has also had a short story published in a further anthology 

Baubles - an anthology Edited by Debz Hobbs-Wyatt and Gill James. Publisher: Bridge House Publishing.

Blurb: The challenge was to write a bauble of a story. So we have a varied selection of snippets that sparkle. Once again we feel privileged to publish this fine group of writers. Each story is different and glitters in its own way. Enjoy!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1907335463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481747038&sr=8-1&keywords=Baubles+an+anthology

https://www.facebook.com/Baubles-204986853276063/


Member Wendy H. Jones released book five in the DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries.

A man found hanging by the neck until dead A ship with a historic past A killer with a deadly personal quest DI Shona McKenzie is anticipating a peaceful Scottish summer when a hanging thrusts her into the midst of a fatal chase. As the body count mounts unravelling the difference between reality and fantasy is a deadly challenge. Shona and her team will need to use every trick in their arsenal to solve the puzzle and bring a killer to justice. Will they do it before more innocent victims die?

Available from Waterstones, CLC Dundee, Amazon and signed copies from her website


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