The Engagement Party by RJ Gould When eight parents, step-parents and partners are invited to Wayne and Clarissa’s engagement party a catastrophe is on the cards. With one week to go before their families are to meet for the first time, making the celebration a… Read More »The Engagement Party
The results of the annual short story competition will be announced at this meeting. This is always an exciting event and a rare chance to listen to the creme de la creme of our members' writing. This year Dr Trudi Tate will act as judge,… Read More »7th February 2012 – Competition Judging Evening
Author, photographer, lecturer and lifelong wildlife enthusiast, Barry Kaufmann-Wright, will be talking to Cambridge Writers on December 6. Barry was born on a farm and on leaving school went to work with the late TV naturalist and author, Gerald Durrell, at the Jersey Wildlife… Read More »6th December 2011 – Barry Kaufmann-Wright
Most authors desperately need characters but how can they find them? Introspection? Using family and friends? Wandering about pubs? And when they find the right people how should they treat them – like galley slaves (Nabokov) or should the author just put them in a… Read More »1st November 2011 – workshop “People who need people”
Come and enjoy listening to this interesting and original local author. Glenn is a cartoonist who has written for comics and children's television, you may be familiar with Shaun the Sheep, Bob the Builder and most certainly with Spiderman at some point! He will talk… Read More »4th October 2011 – Glenn Dakin
Fellow of Clare Hall specialising in British and American literature and writer on 1st World, Crimean and Vietnam Wars.
Broo is one half of Wade and Doherty Literary Agency. She has worked in publishing for twenty years and handles all genres, but is particularly interested in crime, cookery and women's fiction.
Since retiring from his life on the range, Alec has turned his hand to writing at his home in Cambridge. His latest book is called A Way of Life and recalls his training in cattle management with the Argentinian gauchos and working as a jackeroo… Read More »7th June 2011 – Alec Rainey
Patrick grew up in Cambridge and is the author of Corn Dolls, Steel Witches and Cut Out, a trilogy set in Cambridge and the Fens. His books have been acclaimed by reviewers in publications as diverse as The Times Literary Supplement and The News of… Read More »3rd May 2011 – Cambridge Influences
Alison will speak about how she came to write both fiction and non-fiction, introduce her detective series and talk about her experience of being published etc. She has worked in all kinds of jobs, from admin to electro-plating and from DJ-ing to IT management. She… Read More »5th April 2011 – Alison Bruce