It’s time for our 2025 Annual General Meeting! All members are welcome and encouraged to come along to the meeting to see how Cambridge Writers is run, and be a part of steering our direction for the future. The AGM is only open to fully… Read More »1st April – AGM 2025
Our glittering awards evening will take place on March 4th. This year’s short story competition was on the theme of ‘The Sea, though stories can be written in any genre the writer wishes. There are cash prizes to be won but the contest is only… Read More »4th March – Short Story Competition Judging Evening
Darkness – Our 2024 Short Story Competition anthology is OUT NOW The ghosts of an isolated island cottage blow through a snowstorm into the present day where it has been rented as a holiday let. Two young sisters accidentally release a swarm of flesh-eating beetles… Read More »Darkness – Short Story Competition Anthology 2024
Love and Misdirection by Mari Jane Law – Published 25 September 2024 Two People. Two personal tragedies. Can an outrageous lie bring them together? Love and Misdirection is the third novel in Mari’s delightful Love and Mishaps Series. Harmony Payne is at breaking point. She’s… Read More »Love and Misdirection
We are delighted to welcome crime and mystery novelist Kate Rhodes to our first event of 2025. Kate completed an English Degree and PhD on Tennessee Williams while living in the USA. She now lives and writes poetry and novels in Cambridge. Her latest books… Read More »4th February – Kate Rhodes
Our December social will be held at The Old Tram Depot in Cambridge on Tuesday 3rd December. We have a private room booked for fully paid up members of Cambridge Writers from 7pm until closing. Food isn’t included, but the pub does do food so… Read More »December Social!
Book launch!!! Hannah Hooton will discuss her latest novel, The Thirteenth Hour, set in the present day and in 1940. As well as reading from her work she will touch on her way of researching, structure and point of view. Hannah, a member of Cambridge… Read More »5th November – Hannah Hooton
Hollie is a poet, author and performer based in Cambridge and Glasgow. She won the Ted Hughes award for poetry. Her collections include Nobody Told Me, Plum and Cherry Pie, her latest is entitled Lobster. Her work often includes themes of pregnancy and motherhood. Find… Read More »1st October – Hollie McNish
We are proud to run an annual writing competition in the name of our late member, Steve Hammond, in the genre of fantasy, in which he was a prolific and enthusiastic writer. Members of Cambridge Writers voted for the top three stories and the results… Read More »Fantasy Fiction Competition 2024 Results
Team Spirit by R J Gould Everything seems straightforward enough when an agreement is reached for the tennis club to hold social events at the nearby Dream Café while the clubhouse is being rebuilt. When the current chairman is forced to resign, Laurie, his young… Read More »Team Spirit