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
3rd March 2020 – Annual General Meeting
There will be reports on the past year's activities, All existing officers are willing to stand again, but if you fancied a turn at a post, this would be welcomed. Following the practice started last year, the meeting will choose the theme for then 2021 Short Story Competition. After the formal business Hannah Hooton, our Publicity Officer, has devised a
4th February 2020 – Short Story Competition Judging Event
The annual Short Story Competition is judged this year by Una McCormack who has given us a presentation in September, 2018. Una teaches Creative Writing at Anglia Ruskin University. She is an expert on Science Fiction and Fantasy, author of a number of tie-in novels to Star Trek and Dr Who.
3rd December 2019 – Jane Carter Woodrow
Jane Woodrow is a local writer, writing for TV, eg, In Suspicious Circumstances, The Bill, The Thieving Headmistress etc. Also she is a criminologist and crime author appearing on news programmes, documentaries and factual dramas about serial killers. Her books "Rose West: the Making of a Monster" and "After Evil" – telling the true story of a 17-year old whose mum was murdered by the Yorkshire
5th November 2019 – The Art of Illustration
Amanda Hall is an award-winning illustrator, renowned for her wonderfully decorative and colourful children’s book illustrations. She excels at capturing the visual worlds of different cultures, their peoples, animals and landscapes as well as their spiritual traditions. Amanda will give us an introduction into the art of illustration and talk about her latest book, ‘Out of this World’, is the
1st October 2019 – Workshop: importance of style over substance
This workshop is for debating the idea of whether an exciting story is better or worse than a stylistically strong story – or whether they are equally important?
3rd September 2019 – Interactive Storytelling
Hannah Hooton will give the presentation "Interactive Storytelling: The Art of Reader Engagement", which explores different creative writing techniques that help to give our readers a more personal and immersive experience with heightened emotional impact. Hannah is the author of eight indie-published novels, writing both adult equestrian romance and Young Adult paranormal mystery, with two number one Amazon bestsellers within
4th June 2019 – Flash Fiction Competition
This is a members-only competition. A few rules to make this a successful event: Stories must be no longer than 250 words. They must have a title, which is not part of the word count. Bring a printed copy of your story to the evening. It must not bear your name. Stories will be read by one of two readers
7th May 2019 – Anne Atkins
Anne Atkins has written three novels, all with a Cambridge aspect: The Lost Child, On Our Own, and A Fine and Private Place. Her fourth (working title: An Elegant Solution) follows the life of the child protagonist of On Our Own, living in the famous Cambridge College where he sang as a chorister, now working as a Junior Research Fellow in
2nd April 2019 – The link between poetry and prose
All writers seek to convey a message, a story or a feeling through their work, but writers of prose and poetry often work in very different ways. As a result of this, many people believe that the two types of writing are polar opposites, and so different as to appear almost incompatible. But this is simply not the case. There
5th March 2019 – Annual General Meeting
Of all our meetings, this is the gem, the much looked-forward-to AGM. Well, yes, there will be a little formal business, but don’t cower at home in fear. There is only one vacant Committee post, that of Publicity Officer. It involves writing a press release about those general meetings when we have speakers, and once a year trying to
5th February 2019 – Short Story Competition Judging Event
The annual Short Story Competition is judged this year by Ingrid Jendrzejewski who has given us a presentation in May, 2018. Ingrid received a BFA in Creative Writing and a BA in English literature and has since won 11 writing competitions, judged three short-story contests, had around 100 pieces published, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Vestal’s VERA Award,
4th December 2018 – Simon Hall
Simon Hall is a BBC Television and Radio News Correspondent, and an author of crime fiction. He has been a broadcaster for twenty five years, covering some of the biggest stories Britain has seen. His books – the tvdetective series – are about a television reporter who covers crimes and gets so involved in the cases he helps the police