Upcoming Events
4th February – Kate Rhodes
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 are the Isles of Scilly Mysteries, featuring
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 you have any suggestions for speakers you would like to hear at our writers’ events, please contact our programme secretary, Karin Milner.
Recent Events
3rd May 2011 – Cambridge Influences
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 The World, and have been published successfully in Italy, Germany and Holland. Join him as
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
2nd November 2010 – Broo Doherty
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.
4th October 2010 – John Phelps
John has written about property and travel for more than 25 years in several national newspapers. Since his retirement he has worked as writer, interviewer and presenter at a community radio station. He will talk about his first novel ‘Agent from Hell’ which he has self-published.
5th May 2004 – Routes to Publishing: Taking the right route with advice from agents and publishers
Cambridge Writers member Siobhán Carew will present the different routes of publishing: traditional, partnership, contract and self-publishing. The talk will include advice and opinions from literary agents, and publishers in each field, including self-published author