{"id":17574,"date":"2013-10-22T12:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T12:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=17574"},"modified":"2013-10-22T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T12:18:47","slug":"roath-writers-publish-first-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/10\/22\/roath-writers-publish-first-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Roath Writers publish first book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17590\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/10\/Active_5_RoathWriters_Big_MKN.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17590   \" title=\"By Christina Thatcher\" alt=\"Roath Writers celebrating at the pub after their first anniversary session (Photo provided by founder, Christina Thatcher)\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/10\/Active_5_RoathWriters_Big_MKN.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/10\/Active_5_RoathWriters_Big_MKN.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/10\/Active_5_RoathWriters_Big_MKN-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17590   \" title=\"By Christina Thatcher\" alt=\"Roath Writers celebrating at the pub after their first anniversary session (Photo provided by founder, Christina Thatcher)\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/10\/Active_5_RoathWriters_Big_MKN.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/10\/Active_5_RoathWriters_Big_MKN.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/10\/Active_5_RoathWriters_Big_MKN-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Roath Writers celebrating at the pub after their first anniversary session (Photo provided by founder &#8211; Christina Thatcher)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Locals who form the monthly Monday club,\u00a0<a title=\"Find out more about the sessions here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.llenyddiaethcymru.org\/writers-groups\/i\/141673\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roath Writers<\/a>, have published their first anthology in celebration of the club&#8217;s anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by a series of late night conversations and a creative group of individuals,\u00a0<a title=\"Buy the book here \" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/roath-writers\/to-the-pub-and-back-again-a-roath-writers-anthology\/paperback\/product-21228959.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>To the Pub and Back: A Roath Writers Anthology\u00a0<\/i><\/a>was published in September; a year after the club was founded.<\/p>\n<p>The classes have an age range of 19 to 65 and are held at the Gate, Roath, they welcome anyone who has a passion for writing. The sessions allow participants to share their work, take part in workshops and engage in discussions sparked by all things literature.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Contact Christina here\" href=\"http:\/\/collectingwords.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christina Thatcher<\/a>, founder of Roath Writers said: \u201cWe write and workshop in every session and then head to the pub after. It&#8217;s always a great evening!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late night conversations inspire Cardiff\u2019s writing class to publish book<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":17590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1817,249,1630,2991,98,234],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-17574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-book","tag-classes","tag-english","tag-publish","tag-roath","tag-writers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roath Writers publish first book - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/10\/22\/roath-writers-publish-first-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roath Writers publish first book - 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