Although I spend the hours between 11am – 2pm inside, I still like to look out through the small studio window and see a
glimmer of sunshine. There is currently no glimmer and no sunshine. It’s July! Awww come on, this is just so unfair. I am not one to sit in the sunshine as my pale skin burns very easy plus the fact that the sun gives you wrinkles, however, I still like to see the smiles on the faces of the people traipsing by the studio when the sun is out. The sun makes you feel good; obviously I am talking about the fireball that glows down on our planet and not the newspaper. No more News of the World – I don’t know how I will cope without knowing who is having an affair with who.
My guest in the studio today was the delightful and go getting Sylvia Kent, Vice President of the Brentwood Writers Circle and author. Its always a pleasure to talk to Sylvia and as you will hear from the interview we chattedabout the Brentwood Writers Circle, her new book (The Woman Writer) The History of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists and much more besides.
[audio:https://www.phoenixfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sylvia-kent-interview-edit-14thjuly2011.mp3]Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers &
Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers,
journalists, poets and playwrights. From its early days when at least 200 women
applied to join, the Society has expanded to become a world-renowned body, with
members both in the United Kingdom and abroad. To celebrate the centenary of
the birth of the SWWJ’s much-loved President of twenty-two years, Joyce
Grenfell, the Society’s archivist, Sylvia Kent, reveals the long and
fascinating history of the Society. Not only is the evolution of the Society
fully explored, but also the lives of many of its members have been thoroughly
researched to paint a vivid picture of how the Society has gone from strength
to strength. Accompanied by images of the Society’s members, both past and
present, this book will interest not only members of the SWWJ, but is a
must-read for women writers everywhere.
To buy your copy and to see other books by Syliva https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woman-Writer-History-Society-Journalists/dp/0752451596/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1311014889&sr=8-11
Find out more about Sylvia at: https://sylviakent.blogspot.com
