Pieces of Eight
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Pieces of Eight was a British APA from 1986.
Frank's APA was created in 1983 but by 1986 all of the original members had left with "those who replaced them deciding, reasonably enough, that the APA they now belonged to bore no resemblance to the APA set up on a wave of enthusiasm in 1983 changed its name to Pieces of Eight" (Then).
Ian Bambro was OE in 1990 and contributed a piece about the APA to Matrix 88 (June 1990):
... what it is in essence is an opportunity for people who like writing to write – not in a private notebook, but in a considered way for a small, interested audience. There are some rules: rule 1 is membership – open to anyone; rule 2 is subs – currently £8 per annum for postage etc - and the only other thing which really matters is minimum activity – two sides in one out of three of the monthly mailings, a small but important commitment to ensure that members are active rather than passive, contributing as well as receiving. This, to me, is the crux: to be writing and for an audience that shares at least one sympathetic vibration, the impulse to put words to paper. We are all in the same boat.
Members and contributions:
- Ian Bambro
- Ken Cheslin – Marauder
- Vin¢ Clarke – K, Humour & Fantasy From Some Dusty Shelves
- Steve Jeffery –
- Christina Lake –
- Maureen Speller –
| Publication | 1986—???? |
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