{"id":168,"date":"2015-12-08T22:31:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/?p=168"},"modified":"2019-09-25T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:00:41","slug":"meeting-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/08\/meeting-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Every now and then I like to get out of my cave and meet people face-to-face &#8211; especially writers, naturally! Today I went to the Leicester Writes <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterwrites.co.uk\/writers-meet-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Writers Meet Up<\/a> (see, I resisted the temptation to insert an apostrophe and\/or a hyphen there!) and saw a few familiar faces from the festival back in June, as well as meeting some new people too. I always find it inspiring to hear writers reading their work; this evening was no exception.<\/p>\n<p>I have to big up Farhana Shaikh from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dahliapublishing.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dahlia Publishing<\/a> for organising these events &#8211; she does a great job.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in the Leicester area and are interested in attending writing-related events, I recommend you join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/421153584653205\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicester Writing Events<\/a> Facebook group, which pulls together everything writerly that&#8217;s happening in the area.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have any photos from this evening, so here&#8217;s a completely unrelated doodle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/zendoodle2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-166\" src=\"http:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/zendoodle2-776x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pen doodle that looks a bit like chains\" width=\"590\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/zendoodle2-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/zendoodle2-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/zendoodle2.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then I like to get out of my cave and meet people face-to-face &#8211; especially writers, naturally! 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