Upcoming Events
2nd December – Members’ Christmas Social
Calling all members! We’ll be enjoying an evening of literary cheer as we gather to celebrate another year of creativity, community, and storytelling. Whether you’re polishing a manuscript, dabbling in poetry, or simply enjoying the written word, this is your chance to unwind among fellow writers in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. It’s
3rd February 2026 – Rosie Pierce (Curtis Brown)
We are delighted to welcome Rosie Pierce from top literary agent Curtis Brown! More details to follow nearer the time…
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
1st March 2016 – Annual General Meeting
An AGM may not be anyone's idea of a great night out. Yet this is actually our general forum and opportunity to have a say in how things are run. The Committee is, after all, made up of its own members, we consider ourselves forward-thinking and open to new ideas, so please come along and let us hear from you.
2nd February 2016 – Short Story Competition Judging Event
Local author Deborah Meyler will announce the results of our Short Story Competition dealing with the theme of The Seven Deadly Sins. We will hear the top three winning entries as well as the three runners-up. This always proves a very stimulating evening and gives us a chance to hear what someone else thinks of our work.
1st December 2015 – Virginia Bergin
We welcome a popular children's author, Virginia will come and speak to us about her latest work Storm which manages a dark and mysterious feel, though not without humour: Welcome to The Rain (H2O in the US) and The Storm . . . I’m Virginia and I – did not write this story. Ruby did. She's my main character and
3rd November 2015 – Wendy Cope
Come and meet one of Britain's best loved poets. Since her bestselling debut Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was published in 1986, Wendy Cope has been responsible for some of the best-known and most-quoted lines in contemporary poetry. She was voted the listeners' choice in a BBC Radio 4 poll in 198 and was appointed Officer of the Order of
6th October 2015 – Workshop
Richard Gould leads a workshop on the challenge of describing physical features of characters. Be ready to participate in group discussion, listen to ideas and share your own.
1st September 2015 – Les Brookes and Hannah Hooton
Cambridge Writers Les Brookes and Hannah Hooton share the floor and talk to us about how they approach their writing, and their experience of being published.
2nd June 2015 – Flash Fiction Competition
Competitors bring a printed copy of their anonymous entry to the meeting. Word limit of 250 words.
5th May 2015 – The Writers’ Resources Evening.
Useful aids that help with writing – discussion of reference books, writing courses, ‘learning-to-write books’ – are they any good? Writers associations (Romantic Novelists, Historical Novel Society, etc.), companies that will criticize your writing (such as Cornerstones), short story competitions, information about agents and publishers, inspiration and sources for what we write, websites and writing software, in fact anything that
7th April 2015 – Catherine Belsey
Catherine teaches at the University of Swansea. Her most recent work A Future for Criticism puts forward the case for increased attention to the joy of fiction and the way it engages readers. She supports the work of GENCAS, the Centre for Research into gender and culture in Society.
3rd March 2015 – Annual General Meeting
The proposal is to elect the Programme Secretary, Membership Secretary, Newsletter Editor, Webmaster and Publicity Officer at the AGM. The current officers are all willing to stand for re-election.
2nd December 2014 – Douglas Palmer
Douglas is a science writer based in Cambridge, England who specializes in the history of life, especially human evolution and Earth’s environments. Over 20 of his books have been published over the last 14 years with Fossil Detectives and Neanderthal accompanying TV series. His latest published works are Earth in 100 groundbreaking discoveries, Origins :human evolution revealed and Evolution: the