Arts & Creative Arts Articles

Try your hand at some creative writing!

Published 8th March 2023

Our next meeting will be on Thursday the 9th of March from 11 am to 12:30 pm and will take place at our usual venue of the Monmouthshire Building Society. Suggested themes are Sowing/Sewing Machines, Buses, Books or Lockweiler or anything you want to write about as usual. Lockweiler is a construct of Lock and […]

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Shared ideas and advice

Published 22nd February 2023

Bring along a craft to do in interested company. Need help or advice with a project? Bring it along. Want to try something new but don’t know where to start? Come and get some help. Next meeting is on Friday 24th February at 11am in the old cafe at City URC, Windsor Place, Cardiff. All […]

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The Whispering Trees

Published 16th February 2023

The Whispering Trees by Jacqueline Harrett Published Nov 2022 by Diamond Books  ISBN 978-1915649188 The second DI Mandy Wilde novel. The unidentified body of a young man is found in Nant Fawr woods, Cardiff, giving DI Mandy Wilde and her team a big problem. There’s only one clue – his expensive handmade shoes.But where is […]

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Greenscapes

Published 6th September 2022

by Janet Laugharne ISBN 978-1-912455-33-1 Published by erbacce-press 2022 https://www.erbacce-press.co.uk/janet-laugharne

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Creative Writing Newsletter

Published 3rd September 2022

The latest creative writing newsletter from our subject adviser, Marcia Humphries, is now available.To read the newsletter follow this link

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The Nesting Place

Published 12th July 2022

“The Nesting Place“by Jacqueline HarrettPublished 2021 ISBN: 1838402675 My debut crime novel, ‘The Nesting Place’, was published by Diamond Crime, a new Indie publisher (a form of publishing that doesn’t rely on the Big 5 publishing houses) They have been a joy to work with and, as writers themselves, the team have been collegial and […]

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What Lies Between Them

Published 15th April 2022

By J. L. Harland Publisher: Dixi Books (UK) LimitedISBN: 9781913680350Number of pages: 256 Janet Laugharne and Jacqueline Harrett have been members of the U3A Writers Enjoying Words group for many years. They write together under the pseudonym J. L. Harland, as well as separately under their own names. Both are delighted to belong to a wonderful group of […]

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Cardiff Castle Dragon Tale

Published 12th April 2022

by Mary and Phil Mullett Published by Grosvenor House Publishing ISBN: 978-1-83975-141-7

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Dark-Eyed Sailor

Published 12th April 2022

“Dark-Eyed Sailor“by Doug Bennie (Owen Parry)Published 2018 Kindle Edition only

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One Syrian Summer

Published 12th April 2022

“One Syrian Summer“by Dorothy Al-KhafajiPublished 2018 Publisher: Book Guild Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1912362937

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