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November 2012 Why Rio Needs Your Help To get To Madagascar … Inside this issue: in her own words From the Editors I am a local 16 year old girl in project through donations and spreading the word to friends and family. Help me to raise the money to Writing Competition full time education planning a 4 travel to the island, teach in the local school, and Book Launch 2 week project in an isolated fund any equipment the communities require for Book Fair community in Madagascar. My Literary Supper conservation and schooling. Raising money for my project encompasses working project is proving very difficult and despite voluntarily in a Madagascan Variety Concert organising fundraising raffles and attending local Christmas Fayre 3 school, teaching English and events to collect donations I still need all the help I With Great Pleasure Environmental Education to can get! Pantomime both adults and children and I To further support my project, come along to need your support. Carnival News Lupton Christmas Fayre (Lupton House) on 25 th The project, which I will Amenity Society 4 November, where I will be face painting while undertake in 2013, can make collecting donations for the project or see me in the direct positive impacts on Writers’ Circle Woodway Room during the Chudleigh Christmas disadvantaged families and Heather Ball 2012 5 Fayre on 6th December exotic wildlife species. Community Project Donations can be made and more You may know there are information can be found on my website many small communities in What’s On www.riomadagascar.webs.com Madagascar that are cut off Town Hall News 6 Many thanks for all donations. I am Adverts from other parts of the island, extremely passionate about the project I am making development extremely planning and really believe it can help to make a difficult. By learning English, the country can difference to the lives of the people on the island for Pre-Christmas connect with other parts of the world, enabling trade generations to come. of produce and economic improvements. Book Fair Rio Bayley Additionally, Madagascar is home to many And exotic species of plants and animals, both on land and in the island’s coral reefs, which cannot be Launch Party found anywhere else in the world. Because of this, Malagasy 23rd November the environmental and conservational aspects of my child with project are equally important. one of the Town Hall This project is vital for the development of exotic species Rio 6pm to 9pm Madagascar, bringing opportunities and knowledge hopes to directly to Malagasy communities. As a result, meet next Details page 2 communities will have the ability to communicate year and demonstrate the specific needs of one of the Teignbridge Local Plan world’s most vulnerable, yet biodiverse regions, Consultation period setting a precedent for generations to come. You can get involved and support my Details page 6 There is a second vacancy on closed at noon today, 16th Town November). Since only two Paper Phoenix the Town Council. Michael nominations were received, Feeney has resigned due to he December issue of Chudleigh Phoenix Council there will be no need for a poll T work commitments. The will be produced as a paper version which and the candidates will be advertisement of two vacancies will be delivered to every house in town Vacancies automatically elected. The resulted in ten electors writing during the week before Christmas. names of the new Councillors to Teignbridge District Council To allow time for printing, the copy will be announced later this No Poll requesting an election. deadline is 30th November . Make sure your month and they will take up A call for nominations articles are with us in time. Required their posts in December. Chudleigh Phoenix November 2012 Page 2 available for sale on the night. From the Editors The annual Christmas Book Launch Fayre, when we switch on the There’s quite a lot about books and Christmas Lights, is taking place The long wait is over…a second collection of short writing in in this month’s issue. We on 6th December. Look out for stories by Elizabeth Ducie and Sharon Cook is released both feel passionately that reading the brochure coming through this month — and just in time for a handy stocking filler! is one of life’s great pleasures and your letterbox towards the end of The Devon writing duo were so heartened by the we do everything we can to per- the month. enthusiastic reviews received for Life is Not a Trifling suade everyone else to think the And a final word for With Affair they decided to pen a few more tales. same way! Great Pleasure on Sunday 9th Life is Not a Bed of Roses was the result. Their So we’re sure you’ll forgive December. A good old-fashioned second collection again embraces life in all its many us if this page is all about us! We evening of entertainment. Buy guises, seen through the eyes of a random mix of are delighted with our new book your ticket NOW (they’re rare characters from all walks of life. and very grateful to Colin Avery for too). Enjoy this issue. And they turned to a local artist to adorn their front his illustration of it. Our joint Kate and Sharon cover with a striking illustration which they both feel sums launch party and Book Fair on 23rd up so many of the themes contained within the ten stories. November should be great fun. Sharon said of Colin Avery’s painting: “We had no We’ve assembled a huge list of The Trusham and Teign Valley idea what Colin would come up with, but he has done our authors for the event and really Book Group will hold their 7th stories proud. It really adds to the feel of the book.” hope you will all come and join us. annual Literary Supper at The Life is Not a Bed of Roses is currently available The mulled wine is on us. Sheldon Centre on Thursday 28 th direct from the authors. It is also available as an ebook on If you are planning to come February 2013. The speaker is Amazon. Links for both formats are here: to the Variety Concert on 24th travel writer, Helena Drysdale, http://www.chudleighphoenix.co.uk/roses.html November, and you haven’t bought who has lectured at the Royal The official Chudleigh launch party will be during the Geographical Society amongst your ticket yet, you need to do it Pre-Christmas Book Fair on Friday 23rd November. NOW. We know that the people of other national organisations. See below for details of this not-to-be-missed event. Chudleigh always leave booking For further details contact events until the last minute but these any member of the reading group tickets are selling fast. It is highly or e m a i l M a r g a r e t a t Bumper Book Fair unlikely that there will be any seats [email protected] Authors are lining up to sell their books at the Chudleigh Pre-Christmas Book Fair on Friday 23rd November. A Copy date 30th November for December issue. Reserve your space in advance. host of top local names will be on hand to give readings, [email protected] or phone Kate on 01626 854611 sign books and help promote a variety of home-grown The editors reserve the right to edit copy for considerations of space. literature. The views expressed in CP are not necessarily those of the editors. Once again, Chudleigh Phoenix will host the event and as authors themselves both Kate and Sharon know how challenging it can be to reach your local markets. 2013 “Mulled wine usually helps,” said Sharon, “but this Short Story Competition year we have some great names to draw people in. Books make fabulous Christmas presents — and they are easy to wrap!” Open to all writers, published or unpublished The whole evening will be talked into being by Open theme, 1200 —1500 words, entry fee £4 The Grand Bard of Exeter, Jackie Juno, who will also be on hand to sign her own poetry books. (£3 for members of Chudleigh Writers’ Circle) Guest authors include Iris Jones Simantel ( Far from the East End ), Miriam Darlington ( Otter Country: In Closing date for entries: 31st January 2013 Search of the Wild Otter ), Anne Allen ( Dangerous Three main prizes: £100; £50; £25 Waters ), Carol Rifka Brunt ( Tell the Wolves I’m Home) Roger Whale ( The Damon Tree ) and Belinda Seaward additional £25 prize for best entry from a local writer (The Beautiful Truth). Parents and grandparents will want Judges: Katherine Parris, The Write Retreat Ltd, Brittany to see the new picture books by Sue Parkes; The Farmer John stories from David Evans; and the new app of plus Elizabeth Ducie and Sharon Cook Wind in the Willows . Lovers of poetry will be spoilt for For competition rules and details of how to enter choice with works from at least five Moor Poets. Anyone with food allergies won’t want to miss No Naughties from www.chudleighphoenix.co.uk Tarja Moles. The line-up will be completed by Chudleigh’s own Orchard Publications and the quality or email us second-hand books of Buy The Book. [email protected] So do pop in to Chudleigh Town Hall on Friday 23rd November, between 6-9pm, for a sip of mulled wine www.heathside.com Competition sponsoredwww.thewriteretreat.com by: and a chat with a writer, poet, novelist or fellow book fan Heathside Information Services Ltd – and stock up for Christmas.