Holiday for Writers and Other Creative Artists and Their Friends

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Holiday for Writers and Other Creative Artists and Their Friends

To everybody who might be interested in next year's UKAway (http://www.ukauthors.com)event in Northern Cyprus.

This year's event in Greece was judged a great success by everyone who took part, including two non-writers. It's essentially a very relaxed week among supportive and creative people, giving you the chance to unwind in a warm country and, if you want to, work on your own projects in whatever area of the arts they may be. It's equally suitable for novelists and short story writers, poets, or painters, song-writers or composers. We'll probably have sessions where we try to help each other with constructive criticism, but it isn't a "course" and there are no "experts". It's just a week when you can have the luxury of time to do your own thing in beautiful surroundings and among supportive people who understand what creative work involves.

There are eight places available in total, of which four have been taken up so far. The dates are Saturday 29th March to Saturday 5th April and the accommodation cost is £125 per person, for a double or twin room in one of three adjoining houses in Bellapais, near Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus. Travel is the responsibility of individual participants, although we have found a Cyprus Airways flight from Heathrow that seems ideal. Regarding food, we can either cook in the houses or (far more likely) eat at any one of a number of nearby resteraunts and cafes (and Northern Cyprus prices are very low by EU standards).

We think this will be another great event, and no doubt lead to the production of another chapbook and more first class published work from the participants.

Come and join us!

To find out more visit the event's website at: http://davidgardiner.net/UKAway_2008.html