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Welcome to carolfenlon.com
The home of Carol Fenlon, novelist, short story writer and poet.
Carol has been writing short stories and poetry for fifteen years, many of which have been published in mainstream magazines and small press publications. She has also won prizes for her work in many literary competitions. Her debut novel Consider The Lilies, won the Impress Novel Prize 2007 and was published by Impress Books in June 2008.
Carol has recently completed a PhD in Creative writing at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. and is also working on her second novel. She is an active member of several writing groups, including Skelmersdale Writers’ group and Ormskirk Writers’ and Literary Society.
EXTRA LATE NEWS: Check out Skelmersdale Writers exciting new programme for January to June 2010. Click on the link to view.
Dr Ailsa Cox from Edge Hill University's Creative Writing Department will be giving a reading and workshop on the short story at our meeting on Tuesday 16th March at 7.45pm. Venue is The Engine Rooms, Westgate, Skelmersdale. Dr Cox is an expert on the short story form and has done much to raise its profile in the UK, including the development of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize for a published collection which is now a well recognised national competition. Ailsa Cox is the author of the Routledge Writer's Guide, Writing Short Stories. Her short fiction has been published in many literary magazines and her short story collection The Real Louise and Other Stories has recently been published by Headland Press. This is a free event but please email me to book a place.
LATEST NEWS: Read Carol's latest short story 'Half Mile Island' in Radgepacket Vol 4, to be published shortly by Byker Books . You can still get Radgepacket Vol 3 which includes Carol's story, 'Half Known Things' ( a coincidence of halves here?) available directly from Byker or from Amazon. If you like rough tales of the inner city, these collections are for you.
WRITING SUMMER SCHOOLS: Carol will be leading two writing summer schools at The School of StitchedTextiles this year.
1.START TO WRITE 5TH - 8TH AUGUST.
Always wanted to write but don’t know how to go about it? This relaxed introduction to creative writing for beginners will show you how. The course consists of taster workshops in fiction (short stories and novels) non-fiction (magazine articles, biographies,memoirs) and poetry and will also include a workshop on how to get published and market your writing.
2.WRITING FICTION 19TH - 22ND AUGUST.
Someone once said that everyone has a novel in them. Certainly everyone has a story to tell. This relaxed course for beginner or novice writers aims to develop your writing skills to produce a short story or a novel outline. A series of workshops will lead you through the mechanics of fiction writing and help you to infuse them with your own original voice.
To book for these courses or to find out more please click on the link above or email me writeme@carolfenlon.com
NOT ABOUT WRITING BUT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SKELMERSDALE AND THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF WHITEMOSS HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL SITE
Public consultation has now closed with the Lancashire Minerals and waste Development Framework on proposals to extend the site at Whitemoss by incorporating a further large area of arable land and by granting a further time extension to the site's activities.
If this extension is granted it means the continuation of toxic waste being dumped for many years leaving us with a legacy which will last way beyond the actual life of the site..
The Whitemoss site is situated in the middle of our best arable land, amongst incresingly rare peat deposits which should be conserved. The effect on the local water table and watercourses such as the river Tawd cannot be ruled out for all time.
It currently surrounds several residential properties and the proposed extension will further encroach on homes along Whitemoss Road South.
It is also within a kilometre or so of residential areas of old Skelmersdale. A study carried out on hazardous landfill sites across Europe in 1998 found that there was an increased risk of certain health problems within 3 km of such sites, the risks becoming more significant the closer such families lived to sites. You can read more about this on the Lancet website www.thelancet.com/journals and search for EUROHAZCON study.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3RD. SKELMERSDALE RESIDENTS MET TO FORM THE PROTEST GROUP WEST LANCS RESIDENTS AGAINST TOXIC HAZARDS (WRATH) TO ORGANISE OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSALS FOR AN EXTENSION TO WHITEMOSS HAZARDOUS LANDFILL SITE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WRATH EMAIL WRATH2010@yahoo.com
The next meeting of WRATH will be on Thursday 18th March at the Knowl Brow pub on Liverpool Road at 7.30 pm. This meeting is only for people who are willing to get involved in helping with the next steps in the protest against the proposals. Please contact Wrath on the link above if you would like to attend, a more general meeting for anyone concerned about the proposals will be held at a later date.
If the prospect of continued toxic dumping in Skem concerns you please do something to make your voice heard and join WRATH. It is only through joining forces that we can hope to have any effect. We can do nothing about the dumping which has already taken place but we may be able to effect damage limitation. It is not just our land it is our children's futures. Hasn't Skem been dumped on enough already?
Please pass this information on to your friends and relatives. There is a group on Facebook, SAY NO TO MORE HAZARDOUS WASTE IN SKELMERSDALE which you can join to show solidarity. Click on the facebook link at the bottom of this pageto access. Please feel free to email me with comments, information or ideas. writeme@carolfenlon.com
To join the Facebook group 'SAY NO TO MORE HAZARDOUS WASTE IN SKELMERSDALE CLICK HERE
Member of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists and also of the Society of Authors.
Agent: Sallyanne Sweeney: Watson,Little Ltd.
Carol lives in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, UK and is available for creative writing workshops and for readings from her work.
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