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THE SECOND ANNUAL

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May 2013

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thMay - Main Festival Programme

1.30 Welcome 3.25 Guest authors

1.40 Guest authors 4.05 Greenacre Writers

2.20 Greenacre Writers 4.30 Panel: Truth & Fiction

2.55 Break 5.30 Book signings

17 May Workshop 4.30-6.30 & Open Mic 7-10pmFriern Barnet Community Library, N11 3DS

18 May Workshop 11am and Main Festival 1.30pm

Trinity Church Centre, Finchley, N12 7NN

Admission by ticket only

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Greenacre Writers are delighted to confirm the authors appearing at the Greenacre Writers Lit Festival:

Fri 17th May 4.30-6.30pm Friern Barnet Community Library

'So you want to write for Kids!' Creative writing workshop with author/facilitator Miriam

Halahmy 10.50. Miriam will offer insights into the world of writing and publishing fiction for

9 years to teens as well as offering some writing starters to get the creative juices flowing.

Fri 17th May 7.00-10pm Friern Barnet Community Library

Allen Ashley will be facilitating an Open Lit Mic: Guest poet Sarah Doyle, CJ Flood and Miriam

Halahmy will be appearing but this is your chance to shine too. We are opening slots to

members of the writing community to showcase their work: greenacrewriters@gmail.com

Sarah Doyle is a published poet with work in a number of poetry anthologies and she hasbeen placed in several national poetry competitions. She is poet-in-residence for The Pre-

Raphaelite Society

Sat 18th May 11.00am-12.30pm Trinity Church Centre

Dr Josie O Pearse will be running a Workshop, Life Writing & The Writing Life, 8.50. She

has just completed a PhD at Cardiff University in creative and critical writing. She writes sexy

romances under the pseudonym, Angel Strand, and is published by Random House.

Sat 18th May 1.30pm-5.30pm MAIN FESTIVAL at Trinity Church Centre Tickets: 5.50

Sarah Harrison is author of twenty five books and counting. She made her name with the

bestselling The Flowers of the Fieldand its sequelA Flower Thats Free. The third in the

trilogy, The Wildflower Path, is coming out in September.

Leigh Russells first novel Cut Short(2009) was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger

Award. Her next four crime novels have gained similar success. Stop Dead, the fifth title in

the Geraldine Steel series will be published later this year.

Gina Blaxill's first novel for young adults, Pretty Twisted, published by Macmillan, is an e-

book best seller. It was followed by Forget Me Never, with a third, Saving Silence, coming out

later this year.

C.J. Floods first novel Infinite Sky, was published in February to critical acclaim. The Times

selected it as their children's book of the week. C. J. is currently working on her second

novel, due out in February 2014.

Sat 18th May 4.30pm PANEL TRUTH AND FICTION at Trinity Church Centre

Alex Wheatle, MBE, will be joining Josie, Sarah and Leigh on the panel, mediated by Allen

Ashley discussing Truth and Fiction. Alex is the author of eight novels, most of which are set

in Brixton where he grew up. He was awarded his MBE for services to literature in 2008.

(Alex is also the Judge for the 3rd

Greenacre Writers Short Story Competition).

17-18th

MAY 2013 - THE SECOND ANNUAL

Literary

Launch of GW Anthology, Sun 28th

April 3pm at Caf Buzz, North Finchley N12 8JY

Greenacre Writers will be donating ticket sales to Trinity in May sponsored charity RNIB

To book Festival Tickets or Workshops see www.greenacrewriters.blogspot.com