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  • poems wk 5 Challenge 9
  • Challenge 12
  • Robin Moorhouse
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    • Home
    • Events
    • Meet our authors
    • Membership
    • CONTACT US
    • Order your book here
    • Meet the team
    • Challenge 8 roundup
    • Make a donation
    • Week 4 Challenge 9 poems
    • poems wk 5 Challenge 9
    • Challenge 12
    • Robin Moorhouse
  • Home
  • Events
  • Meet our authors
  • Membership
  • CONTACT US
  • Order your book here
  • Meet the team
  • Challenge 8 roundup
  • Make a donation
  • Week 4 Challenge 9 poems
  • poems wk 5 Challenge 9
  • Challenge 12
  • Robin Moorhouse

Welcome to Spill the Beans - your online writing community

Spill the Beans welcomes writers regardless of writing experience, age or cultural background. We set writing challenges and publish your responses here on our home page. You can vote for your favourite stories or poems. The most popular ones are printed for our members in book format. Scan below to read stories and poems in our eBook.  

What a year for the Beans!

Thank you to all our supporters, Catherine Wilson, STONE Real Estate, Georgia Wye, Harry Hartog Books, Liam Carroll, Tawny Frogmouth, DY RSL, our hard working volunteer executive, and of course all our wonderful members and writers.

 Have a happy creative holiday!

Hey! Want to meet new people this year?

Why not join our friendly team?  Lots of fun events coming up - writing challenges, book launches, market stalls and more.


We are looking for people people with a variety of skills to help us to run our online writing community.  Do you have good organisational skills?  Basic computing?  promotional, editing or marketing skills?   We would LOVE to welcome you to our friendly team.


Send an email today to spillthebeans321@gmail.com

Wishing you all a happy, writing New Year!

Check out your AWESOME Challenge stories and poems

Beans get together and have some awesome fun!

A HUGE thank you to our wonderful sponsor Catherine Wilson (STONE REAL ESTATE).  We couldn't have published your stories and poems without her help. 

    We LOVE what you write

    Challenge 1

    Challenge 1

    Challenge 1

    What did you write? - click here

    Challenge 2

    Challenge 1

    Challenge 1

    What did you write? - click here

    Challenge 4

    Challenge 1

    Challenge 5

    What did you write? Click here.

    Challenge 5

    Challenge 5

    Challenge 5

    What did you write? - click here

    Challenge 6

    Challenge 5

    Challenge 6

    What did you write? - click here

    Challenge 7

    Challenge 5

    Challenge 6

    What did you write?

    Challenge 8

    Challenge 10

    Challenge 8

    What did you write?

    Challenge 9

    Challenge 10

    Challenge 8

    What did you write?

    Challenge 10

    Challenge 10

    Challenge 10

    What did you write? Click Here

    Challenge 11

    Challenge 11

    Challenge 10

    What did you write? Click Here

    Challenge 12

    Challenge 11

    Challenge 12

    What did you write? Click Here

    Books are awesome gifts!

    Meet us at Manly Village School Markets

    Put the date in your diary.   Saturday  18 February 2023

    Meet local authors

    Chat and buy their amazing books.  Members email us if you would like to sell your books at the Market.  Put 'Sell my books at the market in the subject line.

    Spill the Beans books on sale

    At only $5 they are a fabulous read and a wonderful gift.

    Membership

    Did you know members' stories and poems are printed in Spill the Beans Books?  Maybe you have a budding author who would love to see their story or poem in print.  Buy them a Spill the Beans membership for Christmas.  Only $20 p.a or $10 concession. Click the membership tab today. 

    Read your stories and poems

    Always wanted to write?  Take a writing challenge in 2023 and read your stories and poems online.

    Additional Information

    Send us an email with volunteer in the subject line and let us know what you enjoy doing and how you would like to help.

    What a sparkling AGM!

    Shiho Sparkle Hooper sets the scene

    Cindy Davies Author

    Shiho Sparkle Hooper sets the scene

    A HUGE supporter of Spill the Beans    Shiho Sparkle Hooper launched our first challenge 'It wasn't the travel experience I thought it would be'  Today another first - a face to face AGM!

    Catherine Wilson STONE Real Estate

    Cindy Davies Author

    Shiho Sparkle Hooper sets the scene

    Our challenge book sponsor receives a Certificate of Appreciation along with Laurie Wilson, Poet and Photographer, Cindy Davies and Helen Lyne Photographer

    Cindy Davies Author

    Cindy Davies Author

    Cindy Davies Author

    We roar with laughter as authors Laurie Wilson, Helen Lyne and Cindy Davies read some of their challenge entries.  Here is  Cindy Davies with her story ' Drama on the Orient Express'

    Harvey Broadbent: Musician

    Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

    Cindy Davies Author

    We truly listen to the words of Paperback Writer for the first time.  What a great performance!

    Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

    Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

    Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

    Trina's book 'Stolen Blessings is a memoir about growing up and later fleeing Afghanistan.  

    Speed Meet Author: Helen Lyne

    Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

    Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

    Performance poet Helen Lyne entertained us with her poems Good Sons chatted about her Book of short stories Love, Disappointment and Other Joys of life.

    Speed Meet Author: Jamie Brooke

    Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

    Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

    Jamie Brooke, Childrens' authors talks about her books Wilbert the Wombat Social Distances and Wilbert the Wombat Saves the Day

    Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

    Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

    Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

    Vivien Wilson discusses her book Ursula's Story, a vibrant memoir of her mother

    Speed Meet Author: Julie Howard

    Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

    Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers

    'Nowt But Drippin' exclaims Julie Howard as she describes her novel which is a lively slice of Yorkshire life in the sixties.

    Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers

    Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

    Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers

    Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers presents Spill the Beans Certificates of Appreciation to Laurie Wilson, Helen Lyne and Cindy Davies

    Meet Spill the Beans Authors at Manly Market 19 November

    Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

    Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

    Members do you want to sell your books at the market? Email spillthebeans321@gmail.com put MARKET in the subject line and indicate if you would like a morning or afternoon spot

    Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

    Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

    Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

    Not a member yet.  Fill in the form on membership tab and you can sell your books with us, meet other authors and have lots of fun.  Volunteers email us at spillthebeans321@gmail.com put VOLUNTEERS in the subject line 

    Become a member or renew your membership

    Renew your membership. Annual Fee: $20 ($10 Concession) send to 

    BSB: 633000   A/C 176254241  A/C Name: Spill the Beans NSW Inc

    New members

    Help Spill the Beans publish more of your stories

    First of all welcome to all our new members and a big thank you to everyone who made a donation.  Without you, we couldn't fund this website.  


    Special thanks to Catherine Wilson from Stone Real Estate whose generous sponsorship enabled us to publish two books of your stories and poems.


    A huge thank you to the team, who volunteer to do the editing, website design, blog, event management and administration.





    How can you help?

    • Make  donation today. A donation as little as $10 will ensure we can keep publishing your stories.
    • Become a member. For only $20 per year ($10 concession) you are first in line for all our events and to have your stories and poems published in our books
    • Join our writing adventure by volunteering to be part of our 'Beans' Team

    Make a donation

    You can help us to publish more of your stories  by making a donation today

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    Become a member, meet the team, stay in touch

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    TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

    • Copyright remains with contributors at all times. 
    • By entering a challenge contributors agree that  stories or poems may be published online; in SPILL THE BEANS books or in promotional  materials.
    • While Spill the Beans values the author's authentic voice it retains the right to make editorial changes where needed.