Richard Walker 

Richard Walker joined Amity's Thamesmead Club as a Student from 1989 until 1999. After an initial period concentrating on basic skills Richard developed a passion for writing short stories, in which he showed a natural talent and flair for structure and spinning a yarn.

As might be expected, Richard's Volunteer Tutor encouraged his writing work, building on the motivation and interest thus generated, and greatly enhancing both Richard's literacy skills and personal confidence.

The stories published here were written over a four year period, and each represents weeks and sometimes months of work.

All of the stories were written in manuscript which has been transcribed for publication. More recently however Richard has had access to a Computer acquired by Amity for its Computer Literacy Project, and has been drafting his latest tales using a Word Processor, a facility he has greeted with enthusiasm.

Originally published by Amity Reading Clubs under the title of "The Worlds of Richard Walker", his stories are:-