Want to be a writer or learn more about writing?

Or are you already a writer who would like to meet other writers?

If so, the Geneva Writers' Group will be rounding off 2009 with a final workshop on Saturday 12th December in Geneva and new members are most welcome. The group has over 140 members, many of them published writers, those looking to get into print for the first time and those who just want to write for their own pleasure. The group holds regular writing workshops, readings and salons from September to June, and they have recently published a 10th collection of writing called "Offshoots" (a great idea for a Christmas present with contributions in it from writers from all over this area). A previous issue of "Offshoots" included a poem by a writer about the rooftops of Nyon! You can purchase this collection through the Geneva Writers' Group and find out more on their website.  Writers Conference next February near Nyon Next February 5-7 2010 the Geneva Writers' Group will be holding their biennial conference in Webster University in Bellevue (20 minutes from Nyon) with a choice of writing workshops in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. There are panel discussions and an opportunity to meet agents, editors and publishers. Previous conference attendees such as Irene Sabatini,Janet Skesklien Charles and Petina Gappah (recently announced winner of the 2009 Guardian first book award ) have all gone on to considerable literary success.  Below: The Welcome Centre in Geneva where the group meet. 

  Invited instructors to the 2010 conference include children's book writer Richard Scrimger, novelist Martina Evans, and Annette Kobak amongst many others.  Full details on the Geneva Writers' Group website.  Photos from the Geneva Writers Group Conference 2008 

  2008 Conference instructors: Poet: Jo Shapcott and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah  (If you register for the conference next year please tell them you saw this announcement on Living in Nyon!)  Back row: left David Applefield - Journalist, publisher of Paris literary journal Frank. Right Thomas E. Kennedy writer (recent novel In the Company of Angels)  Front  row: 2008 instructor/travel writer Philip Graham

Photos of Geneva Writers' group events. Below: Readings at Payot Bookshop in Geneva 

Above 2010 conference instructors: Susan Tiberghien,Wallis Wilde-Menozzi with writer Petina Gappah. 

Above: Writers Mavis Guinard (author of Petite Guide de la Suisse Insolite) and Zeki Ergas- Journalist 

  Above Writer Jaqueline Cooper author of childrens and adult books and of "Toby and the Escalade" a bilingual picture book on Geneva's historical event. In background D-L Nelson author of three novels. 

  Above writer and artist Karen Mcdermott, writer Melissa Miller, writer and journalist Marcus Ferrar