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Jenny Edgar
Derby County Council, County Offices, Matlock, Derby DE4 3AG
Phone: 01629 580000 x6544
Fax: 01629 585 363
Email: jennifer@brownedge.freeserve.co.uk

Jenny Edgar will be starting a newsletter shortly that will go out to groups and individuals interested in literature events Derbyshire. Anyone who would like to be added to Jenny's mailing list can contact her by e-mail at jenny.edgar@derbyshire.gov.uk or by phone on 01773 831394.
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Geographical Area covered
Derby County, except High Peak area.

Short biography
Jenny Edgar worked in social work before taking a Literature/Creative Writing degree, graduating in 1996. She is a writer of short stories, poetry and articles, and has completed a novel for young adults.

Areas of Activity
Writing groups and surgeries; author visits; oral history/reminiscence projects; workshops for all ages and for organisations.

Major Events of the Year

• Publication of Boiler Suits, Bofors and Bullets, the result of the work of the Collaro Project
• Summer School at Swadlincote for 8-12 year olds, August 9 - 14 1999
• trAce Writer in Residence, Bernard Cohen, running reminiscence groups with miners and ex-miners

Contemporary County

• Derbyshire County Council
  http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk