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Three Devon authors, who are all members of the same writing group, will be sharing their experience of the rocky road to publication, in an attempt to help other writers get published.

Calstock Arts are thrilled to welcome, Yaara Lahav Gregory, Anna Lunk, and Sophie Pierce, in conversation  at the Old Chapel  with their One Writers? Group: Three Routes to Publication.

Anna Lunk, a one time resident of Calstock and member of Girl?s Own Theatre lives in Staverton, while Sophie Pierce and Yaara Lahav Gregory live in Ashburton. They are all members of Ashburton Writers? Group.

All three have had books published in the last year, but know what a lonely business writing is, and how difficult it is to get published. The trio will share their experiences, reading extracts from their books, talking about their journeys to publication and discussing the support and encouragement they received from their writing group.

Their books are very different: Yaara?s Night Swimming in the Jordan (Cinnamon Press) is a novel set in 1970s Israel, but which also incorporates life in Devon. Anna?s novel Amie?s Rest  (Buzzard Press) is the story of a young girl navigating life on her own after being in care, while Sophie?s memoir The Green Hill: Letters to a Son (Unbound)  is about the sudden death of her son Felix, and the role of the Devon landscape in her journey of grief.

Says Anna: ?All writers know how difficult it is to get published. For many years, we?ve all been working away, mostly on our own, so being part of a writer?s group has been an enormous source not just of support, but of sharing of information.

Yaara is delighted the group have found success, and says writers should never give up. ?Who would have thought that all three of us would publish books in the same year, after so many years of hard work not to mention disappointments!?

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The Old Chapel, Sand Lane,

Calstock,

Devon,

England,

PL18 9QX.