A Potted History...

Chorley & District Writing Circle was formed 2002 with the support of Chorley Borough Council and funding from the National Lottery. The inaugural meeting was held at Chorley’s historic Astley Hall.

The Circle immediately attracted a number of local writers and was able to hold a very successful Literary Festival in venues across the town. They published the first anthology of members’ work in 2005 in a book called Aware. It proved extremely popular and a new edition has been published every year since. In 2008 the Circle held its very first writing short-story competition. The group has been able to attract a nyumber of respected authors to come and speak at meetings including Cath Staincliffe (crime novelist & screenwriter of ITV's Blue Murder) and Joseph Delaney (best-selling author of the children's series The Wardstone Chronicles)

Towards the end of 2008, Chorley Writers won a second Lottery grant to fund this year’s edition of Aware, a Lancashire-wide poetry competition and to set up a web site to encourage local people to take up creative writing. The new web site will hopefully help the Circle expand its network and grow – 2010 should be a very successful year!

Meetings

The Chorley & District Writers' Circle meets at 7.30pm on the last Tuesday in the month at the Hartwood Hotel, Chorley (M61/A49).  Everyone is welcome to come along...don't forget to bring a pen & notebook! If you would like more information please use the contact form. 

* Next meeting in January 2010 *