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Carlisle Writers' Group

Welcome to Carlisle Writers' Group blog, showcasing some of our recent writing and outlining a few of our other activities.

Places of poetry

Lancashire Litfest has produced a map of poetry from the north west. They are still taking submissions, so see where…

inspiration, litfest, outdoors, poetry, romantics, scenery, Writing

Joseph’s New Toy

Another tale of not seeing someone for a while, but people can be busy in your absence! This twisty little…

prose, spooky, twist, unexpected, Writing

Not Seen

While we are living separate lives, it is easy to miss missing people. This chilling little tale from Christine Howe…

chiller, people, prose, Writing

Secret Lives

Not seeing someone for a while…we are all going through that it seems. But sometimes people who you see every…

people, prose, secrets, Writing

The Frost Fair

This piece is by Carrie MacIntyre, and explores a character reinventing themselves, whilst holding on to family traditions. Using the…

character, emigration, frost fair, prose, reinventing, Thames, tradition, travelling, Writing

The Weird Girl…

Another character from a song – this is from Ross Kerr, who set us the exercise. It has proved really…

character, prose, songs, spooky, weird, Writing

Blackout on the Last Blue Mountain

An exercise which has prompted a few interesting responses is the “Blackout Poem”, whereby a piece of text is altered…

blackout poem, last blue mountain, poetry, vertebrate press, Writing

A character from a song.

                       This first exercise of the year, set by Ross, is a touching piece by John Nevinson. See if you can…

character, contact, prose, song, Writing

An exercise in the unnerving.

We set writing exercises, and prompts, and sometimes they produce full length stories, other times they produce snippets which can…

horror, prose, spooky, Writing

Dear Diary

A new year, and a new exercise set by a new member! This is a piece by Ann Ferguson, who…

diary, new starts, Writing

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