Newbury Poets Workshop was founded 25 years ago when local poets came together to share their work, meeting weekly at the former Arts Workshop and now at the Stone Building on the Wharf in Newbury.

There are around 12 committed members of the group who read their latest poems and discuss classical and contemporary poetry. Between them they cover a range of styles and subjects, publishing some of their work and taking part in arts events.

Take a cup of coffee up to the Balcony Bar and relax in their company.

The Enborne Consort is a group of about 15 singers, who meet fortnightly for unaccompanied part-singing. Their repertoire encompasses the sacred and the secular, and includes motets and madrigals written during the last five centuries.

The group was founded many years ago by the late Peter Davies, whose Enborne home was its regular meeting place, and who continued to be the group’s director and mentor until his death in 2003. It now meets in the homes of various members, and is usually directed by Roger Bates.

Rosanna Fakhraee is a young talented musician who started playing the piano at 5 years old. Now 15 she is a pupil at Park House School, Newbury, where she has just started her GCSE exams.

At the age of 13 Rosanna gained a high distinction in her grade 8 piano exams. She has recently been awarded a music scholarship for the 6th Form at St. Helen & St. Katharine Trust School, Abingdon.

Rosanna's recital today will include pieces by Greig, Debussy, Mozart, Rachmaninof and Poulenc.

Sue Rollings has been living and working in Newbury for 4 years, promoting self-esteem projects for children and contributing to Open Studios as a painter under the name of Susan Diffey.

Her first Picture book: New Shoes Red Shoes, became a best seller in America 2000. She has since continued to write and illustrate whilst working with organisations for children, including NCH and The Children's Fund.

She regularly visit schools to explain the process of creating a picture book and today will be reading to children and to promote the arts.

Sue's latest project has been Drawing on the Community, a wonderful celebration of work by the children of West Berkshire. Funded by the West Berkshire Children's Fund, the exhibition has been on show at the Corn Exchange since the 8th May, in conjunction with The Spring Festival.