Hello friends
Welcome to the June newsletter, and a particular warm welcome to our new members. We have lots of exciting things planned for the months ahead so watch out for the email I send out about a week before each meeting.
Next Meeting Thursday 13th June
This month Amelia, Anne Gunn’s daughter, will be talking to us about autism and how it tends to present differently in women and girls. Should be fascinating and enlightening.
July 11th
Do you remember a year or two ago we had a bunch of comedy improvisation people come and entertain us briefly as part of a comedy evening? So many people said how good they were, and how they wished we could have seen more of them, so next month they have the whole evening!
September 12th
It’s been a while since we’ve had an author come and speak so I’m delighted to announce the welcome return of the Summer Book Read. The book is called ‘How to Be a French Girl’ and is the debut novel of local girl Rose Cleary. You have the summer to read it and then Rose will be coming to talk about her inspiration, creative process etc and answer questions. Here’s the blurb that I copied off Amazon:-
She’s from Southend. She wanted to be an artist and ended up at the best art school in the country. But that didn’t work out. Now she works as a receptionist in an IT firm, where her only creative outlet is arranging the sandwiches she’s ordered in for other people’s meetings. And she still lives in Southend. Outside work, soulless sex has become a symptom of her boredom. Then Gustav appears: older, perceptive, attentive. And French. He’s her way out, she thinks. But more than that, a chance to be creative again: to become someone new. How to be a French Girl is a fierce, disturbing and funny debut novel about desire, art and what we’ll risk to change ourselves.
Cake donations
Everything is always even better with cake and many thanks to you lovely people who bake for us each month. If you’re happy to bring something along next week just reply to this email to let us know so that we have some idea how much to expect.
Things to bring
As usual, donations for the food bank, raffle and swapsie table are always very welcome.
What a very serious newsletter this is. Not a single joke! I think the miserable weather is throwing me into the doldrums. Hopefully by next month the sun will have shone every single day and my newsletter will be so hilarious that I’ll win a Perrier Comedy Award.
Looking forward to seeing you all next week.
Much love,
Vanessa
June Newsletter
