Riverside Writers Event

Press Release

Event:   Telling Tales - An Afternoon with Riverside Writers
Date:     9th July 2011
Time:   2pm
Venue: West Kirby Library, Wirral.
Fee:       Free

Riverside Writers will stage Telling Tales, a celebration of this imaginative group's original fiction and poetry.

Many of the group's members are published authors, and the group's literary tastes are entirely diverse. This will also be a chance for people to snap up the last few remaining copies of Riverside Writers 2010 anthology.

Telling Tales will take place at 2pm on the 9th July.  West Kirby Library has kindly agreed to play host, as they have on many other occasions for this lively creative writing group's popular public events.

The library is within The Concourse, which is next to West Kirby train station. There is ample car parking to the rear, and a frequent bus service directly outside.

Previous similar events from this Wirral-based creative writing group have included Old Tales for New Byways and Words From Wordsmiths, which were both part of the annual Wirral Bookfest in different years.   Riverside Writers have also been involved with Parallel Dimensions, an annual Wirral festival of fantasy, science-fiction and horror.

Telling Tales is a free event. Arrive early to be sure of a seat!

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