Events and Meetings in 2009-2010
The winner for 2009-10 was announced at Waverton Village Carnival on
3rd July. Andrew Sharp will be speaking at the dinner
on 29th October.
The winner was announced by Richard Taylor, from NNL, in front of the
Carnival Queen and the Handbag of Harmonies singers (picture below).
The last meeting for 2009/2010 was on 22nd March 2010 and the speaker
was David Whitley, who lives in Chester. David described
the inspiration for his teen novel Midnight Charter,
a fantasy inspired by The Enlightenment. A large audience was entertained
as well as enlightened by David's amusing but thoughtful performance.
David Whitley in full flow.
David talking to Richard Taylor, from our sponsors NNL.
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The first meeting of 2010 was on 11th January, and the speaker was Simon
Packham, author of The Opposite Bastard. Simon,
who was an actor for 20 years, gave a powerful presentation about his
challenging but entertaining novel which features an actor, a virgin and
a quadraplegic. Some pictures of the event follow:
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The November meeting was on Monday 30th November. The speaker was Andrew
Sharp, author of The Ghosts of Eden, a powerful
novel set in Uganda. Andrew spoke about his life in Africa and about the
relationship between the "stories" he hears as a doctor and those he writes
as an author. Some pictures of the event follow.
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The Awards Dinner was held at Eaton Golf Club on Friday 13th November.
Tom Rob Smith spoke eloquently about his craft of writing and answered
a number of perceptive questions before being enthusiastically applauded
by the diners.
Tom accepting his engraved tankard (and a bottle of the local Spitting
Feathers beer) from the Lord Mayor of Chester.
Tom signing books for Waverton Good Readers.
Tom Rob Smith flanked by Wendy and Gwen in front of the Russian dolls
which formed part of the evening's theme.
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The previous meeting was at Waverton Primary School at 7.30pm on Monday
14th September. The speaker was Jenn Ashworth, author of A Kind
of Intimacy, her first novel. The meeting was very well attended
by more than 80 people, who responded enthusiastically to Jen's talk.
Jenn has a blog at jennashworth.blogspot.com
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In 2008/09 the Award was sponsored by Borders (Cheshire Oaks), who provided
a prize of £1000 for the winning author.