Calendar 2017

The English language is the perfect vehicle for writers displaced from their own countries to explore their new identity. Novelists such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adicie, author of Americanah and Zadie Smith,(actually Zadie is English, her cultural identity is enriched by her Jamaican  born mother), author of White Teeth are extremely popular.
Would you like to come and read extracts from some of these contemporary novels?
We meet every second Tuesday of the month to read and discuss literature in English, Why not join us?


Be prepared!
Contact us at asedow@gmail.com
Or put your name down in the Biblioteca Central
Plaza de Andrés Caballero,2 
Tf 91 261 6480/3
bibliocentral@ssreyes.org 

This activity is open to the general public.

TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION: BREXIT

Universidad Popular Metro: Baunatal Wednesday 18 January 18:30h

There are so many reasons to stay in Europe. The concept was so  modern and embracing in its day, a protective shield over meeker states.

All around us we can see the good work and progress our countries have made since entering the European Union. Under its social cohesion policies rubbish dumps were converted into greenbelts. Places like Malta with its amazing history now sees its crumbling fortifications  being restored.

 Our trip to Baunatal, mentioned below, in 1992 is an example of simple positive steps that laid the path to a union that wasn't just a market. Our young people benefitted from Erasmus  and Leonardo Da Vinci grants and now all we hear  about are technocrats and burocrats.
They voted to leave  in the U.K. Inevitably it leaves us with a sense of dejection .
Be positive and help the E.U. go from strength to strength.

An Exciting Year Ahead

Have a look at this!

Documenta is back and Kassel is also World Heritage.

Our good friends in Kassel's neighbouring town of Baunatal  look forward to another visit from their twin town, San Sebastián De Los Reyes!! 

Documenta is a contemporary art gathering that takes place in the city of Kassel in Germany every five years. In 1992 students of German in la Universidad Popular and young people from San Sebastián De Los Reyes did an exchange with students of Spanish and young people from our sister town, Baunatal and stayed in each other's houses, had tandem Spanish/German classes and saw the most extraordinary modern art you could imagine, the 1992 Documenta. It was brilliant and friendships were forged.

25 years later we would certainly recommend others to have a similar experience.

11th January

The Driverless Car

While many of us have not driven an automatic car, the industry is moving into automatic driving technology which means you can take your hands off the steering wheel and set the car to autopilot while you do other things. 
Where does this lead us?
Come to our talks and discuss the implications. But first, be prepared! Write to us for our excellent links and you can join the discussion in our room at Universidad Popular at 18:30h on Wednesday
Meet interesting people and hear what they have to say. Then if you want to come again, join our association
asedow@gmail.com 

10th January

Come to the library. We will be delving into the correspondence of famous writers.If you like English and are interested in Literature and especially if you like to write, you can learn a lot from this.
Biblioteca Central 19:15h

20th December at the U.P.

WRITERS WRITE
On the last Wednesday of our talking group and in true Spanish style we had a little fiesta. 

We were very happy to welcome Sofía, who came to pick up her prize as winner of ASEDOW story Competition 2016 Junior Category.
Here you can see her with her mother and members of ASEDOW

Welcome guests

ASEDOW crosses generations and cultures using  the English language to bring people together and have fun.
Juana is also a writer and our oldest member she tells us. She is the vital spark in our association and learned to love  English when she lived in England with her husband Rafa in the seventies.

2016 Wilde writers

Sofia lives in Sanse and goes to Greenwich School in Alcobendas. She has also lived in England: We loved her story about the beginning of the wizarding world which won this year's competition.
Well done Sofía! We don't know if we were  impressed more by your story or your reading of it. Bravo!

Sofia collects her gift voucher, certificate and booklet

!t was lovely to meet  the writers who took the time to enter our competition and we certainly encourage all of you to follow your creative impulse. 'A true artist takes no notice of the public. The public to him are non existent.' Oscar Wilde
We hope to meet participants Monica and Adriana too one day.
'Eternally in love with love' by Monica got a special mention from one juror as did 'An Exciting day' by Valentina.

The jurors had a most difficult task. Paul and Katie, we can never thank you enough.

Merry Christmas! Joyous Yuletide!

It'a a small world

The City of Madrid invites nations to showcase and highlight their traditions, food and culture,
Download the programme of Christmas Events in Madrid

WIZARDS AND WATER WIN WILDE WRITING AWARD

It is a pleasure and honour to count on the support of the Irish Embassy in Madrid and that Ann Marie, their Cultural Attaché, found the time in a very busy schedule and time of year  to be there to congratulate the winners and hand out the prizes along with the booklets and diplomas to all the participants. We are so grateful for that and for her warm speech.

We were delighted to welcome back Iván who entered the contest for the third time and is now making his way as an actor and to meet new writers like Javier whose own stories will be published soon in Spanish.

There is nothing like Irish music to lighten the spirits so with the background music of 'Breaking Trad,' we eased the tension before announcing the winners

Ángel read his winning story with its poignant ending and later told us how interesting he found the challenge. Inside the booklet there are words from Katie, commending this year's two winners, Ángel for The Path of Life and Sofía for  The Beginning of the Wizarding World.

We hope the other participants who attended the event enjoyed it too.

We were also accompanied by María Jesús, the director of the library and by Raquel, a member of its staff  who has been vital in the instigation of our monthly readings in la Biblioteca Central.

In such company we felt very happy and wish to thank all of you who attended for being there and sharing this moment.
We also had a visit from the local TV station Canal Norte and they recorded some words from our wonderful Secretary, Ascen. A bad bout of flu kept Belén, our Councillor for Education  away but she spoke to Ascen and sent us good wishes.

http://www.canalnorte.org/videos/4536/la-asociacion-oscar-wilde-premia-a-los-mejores-cuentos-en-ingles

José designed the beautiful booklet but couldn't be there because he is at this moment in Plaza España where he has a stall in the Christmas Artisan's Fair selling his special jewellery.

A word of thanks to the new company Mi Color Favorito for printing the books so well.

Tne Winners of Our 2016 Story Competition

Asociación Educativa Oscar Wilde

Concurso Literario 2016

Write a Story and Win A Prize

5th Edition

'In literature we require distinction, charm, beauty and imaginative power.'

                                              Oscar Wilde

Congratulations to all who entered our competition for taking the time to make this storybook possible. Remember we are all winners if we learn something.

Many many thanks to our jury, Katie and Paul, not only for reading and judging the stories but also for their help and encouragement.

Los ganadores del 2016  Concurso Literario de ASEDOW son:

En la categoría     - 16 años 

Sofía Gutiérrez Navacerrada con The Beginning of the wizarding world

En la categoría    +16 años
Ángel Temprado Pelegrin con The Path of Life

The Big Moment

Asociación Educativa Óscar Wilde
Concurso Literario 2016

Write a Story and Win a Prize 
5th Edition 

The winners will be announced on Tuesday 13th December 19.15h. Come to the Biblioteca Central, San Sebastián De Los Reyes and take part in this exciting event.

Many many thanks to the writers and to our  jury for a wonderful job!
And to José for the beautiful  booklet
We hope to be accompanied by Belen and Miryam, our local Councillors for Education and Culture, respectively.

 Ann Marie, Cultural Attaché  from the Irish Embassy was very happy to receive  our invitation to hand out  the prizes once again.

Katie and Paul  our jury  from beautiful Northern Ireland would love to be there too.

All the writers, readers and members of ASEDOW will do their best to attend.

The Prize Giving will be divided into two parts so that those who want to leave early, at 20h may do so.

PART ONE

An Introduction by Ascen, our spokesperson

A few words from Paul who has promised to send his speech if he cannot attend.

The announcement of the 2016 winners.

The two winners will receive their prizes, Gift Vouchers for 50€ along with the  published stories and a diploma.

All the other contestants will receive the booklet and a diploma certifying their participation in the ASEDOW 2106 Story Competition

The two winners will be invited to read their stories to the audience.

Our guests will be invited to say some words of congratulations.

PART TWO

Those of us who can stay will continue to read the stories together as we would do normally at our shared readings. You will see how interesting the stories are and we have included some fabulous tales by Raquel, Juana, Audrey and Felisa that you don't want to miss.

So please come!  And bring your family!