Upcoming Events
3rd November – Kate Rhodes
Author and poet Kate Rhodes joins us to discuss her work, including the Isles of Scilly Mysteries – shortlisted for the Crime Novel of the Year Award 2018 as well as long-listed for the 2021 Dagger in the Library award. Attending in Person Members of Cambridge Writers may attend this event for
1st December – Christmas Social
Round off the year with fellow Cambridge Writers at our Christmas social! Join us for a relaxed and festive evening of good company, conversation and seasonal cheer. Whether you’re a familiar face or a newer member, come along, celebrate another year of writing and enjoy Christmas together. You must be a fully
5th January 2027 – Online Seminar with Kate Riordan, Ella McLeod and Amanda Reynolds from The Novelry
Join Sunday Times bestselling authors Kate Riordan, Ella McLeod and Amanda Reynolds from ‘The Novelry’ for a lively online seminar on the art of making trouble. Discover how conflict – between chracters, within them, and with the world around them – creates tension, raises stakes and keeps readers turning pages.
2nd February 2027 – John Yorke, founder of the BBC Writers Academy
Join John Yorke, screenwriter, producer, and author of the bestselling Into the Woods for a fascinating exploration of story. As founder of the BBC Writers Academy and drawing on decades at the heart of British Television, John reveals the underlying structures that make stories resonate – and why they work.
Where and When
Our monthly 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 £5. Please contact our events officer, Hannah Hooton on cambridgewriters1948@proton.me 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 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