The group meets weekly in the Green Room at Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight

Our funding from Southern Co-operative Foundation came to an end but we have been extremely fortunate to receive a grant from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation which will keep us running for two years.

2009: 

We have been working on a theme of 'Wild Places', not simply referring to nature but to the wild places within the mind.  We are also extending work into prose as well as poetry and experimenting with different forms all the time under the guidance of Lydia Fulleylove. 

We also hold sessions of practical criticism of our own work and of other poets.  We have made a link with the Albany Writers in Albany Jail on the theme of Inside/Outside, though contact necessarily has to be limited.

We gain new members and others move on but we have to report the sad death of our Treasurer Christine Petters. She saw us into independence after Healing Arts ceased support and was an enthusiastic member of the group.  We miss her and were able to make a tribute at her funeral.   Mark Mordey has kindly taken on this important job.