The Fearrington Writers’ Group is open to any resident interested in writing. Our aim is to:
-discuss the art and business of writing;
-aid one another in composition and publishing;
-share useful information; and,
-give participants a platform for our work.

Many members of the group have shown interest in family history, personal memoir, essays, creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry. The group meets regularly from September through May. The format of our meetings is influenced by input from members.

In general, we attempt to:
-provide useful information for writers and anyone who is thinking about writing’
-encourage members to share experiences from writers’ conferences and workshops;
-provide a forum for sharing your writing; and,
-encourage writing – in any form – for any purpose.

We encourage everyone to write something! There are two subgroups: one for folks interested in poetry (see below) and another one for those interested in prose writing (see below). We are eager to fine-tune our mission and change our meeting format to meet the needs of the group. We encourage any and all comments and suggestions.

Contact Laura T. Jensen at: prosebylaura@gmail.com
Facilitators:
Dick Merwarth (Prose Group) crmerwar@intrex.net
Bill Sommers (Poetry Group) bsommers@earthlink.net

Thursday, June 27, 2013

The Fearrington Writers Read held yesterday (6/26) was a lively success with talented writers/readers and a packed house. We thank all who attended and invite you to join us when we do this again. We will announce the when and where shortly. In the meantime the next meeting of the Fearrington Writers' Group is scheduled to begin our fall season on September 16. Please mark your calendars now.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

GET READY: The first (annual) Fearrington Writers Read is next week!
GET SET: McIntyre's, 6/26 at 2 p.m.
GO: To listen to an interesting and exciting hour with 8 skilled writers from the Fearrington Writers' Group!

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Fearrington Writers Read

We are happy and proud to announce the first (annual) Fearrington Writers Read. The event will take place at McIntyre's Bookstore on Wednesday, June 26 at 2 p.m. You will be thrilled to hear from the following eight readers, all members of the Fearrington Writers' Group, who will read short prose stories and answer questions from the audience. Please put this date on your calendar and come out to hear your friends and neighbors, talented writers one and all, read their own works.
Sherman Poultney
Dick Merwarth
Forrest Greenslade
William Polf
Caroline Taylor
Les Ewen
Barry Reece
Laura Jensen