Upcoming Events
3rd February 2026 – Rosie Pierce (Curtis Brown Literary Agents)
We are delighted to welcome Rosie Pierce from top literary agent, Curtis Brown! Rosie joined Curtis Brown in 2018, after working in editorial at an independent publisher in Edinburgh. She now works alongside Felicity Blunt on her list of talented authors, and is building her own list. Rosie represents both literary and commercial fiction,
3rd March 2026 – Short Story Competition Results Night
We will be getting together on March 3rd to find out the results of this year’s short story competition in a glittering awards ceremony (just don’t expect too much glitter!). This year’s short story competition was on the theme of ‘Loss’. All entries must involve the theme to a recognisable degree but
7th April – Annual General Meeting
It’s time for our 2026 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. ALL committee roles are available for any members who would like to put themselves
Our monthly writers’ events are held at: Hartington Grove Meeting House.
91-93 Hartington Grove
Cambridge
CB1 7UB
Non-members are welcome to attend most events, at a charge of £3. Please contact our chairman Harry Goode if you would like to come along.
If members have any suggestions for speakers you would like to hear at our writers’ events, please contact our events officer.
Recent Events
5th April 2011 – Alison Bruce
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 didn’t always plan to become a full time novelist but can’t remember a time in
1st March 2011 – Annual General Meeting
This year we are in urgent need of two volunteers – for the posts of Treasurer and Membership Secretary. The efficient and reliable Rik Gammack has been doing both but now wants to take a well-earned break for a while. Please will you ask yourself if you could take on one or other, the club can't function without them. Rik
1st February 2011 – Competition Judging Evening
Olivia Abbott, Editor of Agenda, will judge the competition to write an article or story of interest to magazine readers entitled ‘A Cambridge Secret’, limit of 800 words.
7th December 2010 – Josephine Warrior leads a workshop on Writing Women’s Fiction
Josephine (seen here not waving and definitely not drowning!) is a Cambridge Writers member. A considerable number of her short stories for women have been published, most recently Hibiscus in Women's Weekly Fiction Special