First, a few Circle members were lucky enough to hear Andrew Lambert read as the featured poet of the Rhubarb Open Mic at the Triangle, Shipley on Wednesday, Jan 30th. Congratulations are due for what was acclaimed on the night as a great set and a thoroughly engaging performance.

Gill Osborne recently had her short story Second Chances longlisted for the Henshaw Press short story competition. It has now been accepted for publication later this year by Park Publications in their quarterly magazine Scribble.

Pat Belford has scored another success with The People’s Friend. This latest story, called Counting Sheep, is set in a Victorian country village in Northumberland in very heavy snow. A young man and his girlfriend are able to save the Squire`s sheep when rustlers were plotting to sell them over the Border.

Marg Greenwood has an article about the island of Gigha appearing in the Jan/Feb edition of Scotland Magazine.

Finally, Emma Storr has been featured on John Foggin’s blog (The Great Fogginzo’s Cobweb), introducing her as an (un)discovered gem – although not undiscovered to us, of course. He talks about hearing and listening and showcases a few of Emma’s poems. Read the piece here.