Whilst living in Naples she wrote for the Financial Times magazine ‘Resident Abroad’ and ran an international writers’ group. She organised a weekend creative writing school for the British Council which was attended by several nationalities, later publishing an anthology of their work which raised £4000 for several international charities – in just two days! Shortly before leaving Naples, she was the consultant on the second edition, which also raised a lot of money. A keen amateur ballet dancer, she and a friend were the choreographers on two pantomime productions – the bemused Neapolitans loved them! She has been trying to write the biography of a French choreographer for many years and thinks it is high time she finished it!

She founded an RAF newspaper called ‘The Spreading Oak’ which was transmitted to all British Naval ships. Later she rescued the failing RAF Henlow Magazine, turning it into a successful glossy monthly.

Upon returning to the UK she wrote freelance articles for Hampshire Life, and taught two weekly Creative Writing classes at the Petersfield College of Further Education. Although she didn’t get funding. she would write to top agents and authors, asking them to give short talks to her students, and they all agreed; a quick whip-round the students enabled her to pay their expenses.

In 2000 her oral history book, ‘Voices of Petersfield & District’, was published by Tempus; it is still in print and now has a lovely new cover.

Pamela joined the SWWJ in 1976 and would often fly home from abroad toSWWJ Bulletin Summer event 2025 write up for website attend Society events. When finally she settled in the UK, she served on the Council for 9 years, organising speakers and running the monthly Thursday Workshops. After a break of several years, she rejoined the Council some five years ago, again as Speakers Co-ordinator. Pamela is now Vice Chair of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.