Super Slam!

Just a reminder to all viewers that the inagural Cumbernauld Poetry Slam takes place on the 15th Jan at the Muirfield Centre in Cumbernauld. Be there, or be square! MC for the night is not MC Hammer, no it is Danny O’Connor. For more details go to: http://cumbernauldpoetry.wordpress.com

Mirror Realm

Frontier Writers lynchpin Alexander J. Cunningham (aka, Sandy) has created a blog for his upcoming children’s novel, Mirror Realm. This is the first novella in the series and is a story of herioc fantasy. But, hey, we can’t do it justice here, if you want to find out more about this exciting project, click on the link below.

http://mirrorrealm.blogspot.com/

Member’s Story Online

James A. Stewart has had a story published at Short-Story.Me!.The rather dark yarn is called For One Night Only and can be accessed by clicking here.

Anthology Cover

The cover for the anthology was meant to be a burnished gold effort, but when the proof copies came in the pixels looked poor. So, in order to keep the project on track for the launch night on 20th November the decision was taken to invert the original gold and black design. If you want to get a sneak preview of the cover, click here.

Chimeraworld #6

James A. Stewart and Danny O’Connor have both made it into the sixth edition of the acclaimed Chimeraworld anthology series. Danny’s Bankrupt Heriocs is immediately followed by James’ Malthus Was Right in the 180 page collection. There are 23 new stories featured. For more info on the book, published by Mike Philbin at Chimericana Books, click here.

Launch Night and Travel Details

The second Anthology of work from Frontier Writers will be launched on 20th November 2009. The event will take place in the Muirfield Centre, Brown Road, Seafar, Cumbernauld. G67. From 7pm till 10pm

Directions by car from George Square, Glasgow

By bus From Buchanan street: Take buses X3, X37, or X39 and get off at the bus stop after the Town Centre (beside Dovecote Beefeater restaurant) the Muirfield Centre is a few moments walk and is situated behind the Dovecote and local police station.

Final Proofs and Launch Night

Well, they are here! The final proofs are in and will be reviewed this week and the big order will take place later in the week.

And the good news is that we should have them in time for the launch night on 20th November.

Catherine has confirmed with Gordon that the 20th is free and arranging a license is all in hand. So, get yer gladrags out and the babysitters (where applicable) arranged.

Proof Copies Here

The proof copies of the Anthology are here. We will be looking for all accepted contributors to sign off on the content to ensure you are happy to proceed. A further reviewing of formatting will take place thereafter and the book will be ready by early November.

Anthology Update

All submissions are in, and the proof copies are ordered. Some 220 pages of poetry and prose. There are over 60 pieces in there.

Expectations are a launch night on 20th November. Excited?

August and everything after…

Well, the month of August is a pretty laconic period. Not so for the Frontier Writers. The only things that stop us meeting are Christmas and elections (don’t ask).

New this month, and mentioned before on the blog previously, is the sale of Gutter. This features the wonderful work of Catherine Baird.

Click on this link to find out about a mystery member I found when surfing the web tonight. I was trying to find a link to poem published on the Lyric site, but this is better.

A transient friend has returned to visit us for a while – Samuel McCann, welcome back.

Work continues apace on the anthology. There have been a few accepts, a few maybes and a fair few “naws!”.