Writers Abroad – an online writing community with links to Parisot

Writers Abroad is a online community of expat writers all over the world.  Membership is capped at 20 to enable members to get the most out of it and to contribute in a secure, friendly environment.

Members “meet” and communicate online to improve their writing by critiquing each other’s work, sharing writing opportunities and networking.  For the past four years Writers Abroad has published an anthology of writing, the proceeds of which have been donated to charities helping children gain access to books and to reading. 

Not all members are British, although everyone writes in English, covering non-fiction, short stories and novels.  Many of the members are published authors and overall the group has an excellent record of winning or being placed in creative writing competitions. 

Two of the authors appearing at the Festival this year have links with Writers Abroad.

Vanessa Couchman has been a member almost since its inception five years ago. Her short stories and non-fiction pieces have appeared in the four anthologies that Writers Abroad has published.  

Amanda Hodgkinson wrote the foreword to Writers Abroad’s 2013 anthology, Foreign and Far Away. She also features in the online magazine in an interview by Vanessa Couchman, in which she describes her own writing journey and gives advice to budding authors.

You can read this article, and find out more about Writers Abroad, by following this link:

http://www.joomag.com/magazine/writers-abroad-magazine-september-2014-issue-1/0261277001409151273?short