Upcoming Events
7th May – Mike Levy
We are delighted to welcome Mike Levy, a former teacher and journalist who helps run history-based projects with a strong arts element thrown in. He is a Holocaust educator and regular theatre and music reviewer for www.thecambridgecritique.com. Now pursuing a PhD at Anglia Ruskin on the Cambridge Refugee Committees 1938-48. He enjoys
4th June – Flash Fiction Competition 2024 Results Night
Our flash fiction competition is judged on the night, in person. Simply bring a printed copy of your story, with title but WITHOUT your name on it, to the meeting on 4th June. The word limit is pretty tight, at 250, which does not include the title. When penning your story, make
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
5th March 2013 – Annual General Meeting
The AGM is when all members of Cambridge Writers can learn what the committee's been up to on their behalf during the past year and vote on ideas for the future. It's also an opportunity to raise suggestions for improving the service we provide to the membership. As if the AGM weren’t enough fun all on its own, we’re also
5th February 2013 – Short Story Competition Judging Evening
Our Short Story Competition will come to its dramatic conclusion tomorrow evening. Dr Jeff Mackowiak will announce the results and we will hear the top winning entries as well as the runners-up.
4th December 2012 – Dame Gillian Beer
A leading figure at the interface between science and literature, Gillian Beer is former President of Clare Hall College in Cambridge and a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. She has been twice a judge for the Booker Prize, the second time as chair. Among her books are Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin,
6th November 2012 – From Word To Flash
Tim Love will lead a workshop whose exercises will focus on first on single words, then the art of writing sentences (Austen, James, etc), and finally micro-fiction. He's had many stories published, some of which will appear in his story pamphlet "By All Means" (Nine Arches Press) later this year.
2nd October 2012 – Rosie Furber
Rosemary read law at Churchill College, practised as a solicitor in London and raised three children. in 2005 Dublin's Wolfhound Press published her ghost novel for 10-14 year olds What You See Is What You Get. The Most Intimate Place followed in 2009 (Maia Press) and was described in the Guardian as 'A gripping, plausible and beautifully written literary thriller’.
4th September 2012 – e-publishing forum
Come and learn the latest about this new method of publishing. A panel of members will share their experiences to be followed by a Q and A session.
3rd July 2012 – Sylvie Short
After nearly forty years in the teaching profession, Sylvia has retired to concentrate on writing full time. Sylvie has had some success with her first published book, 'The Bubble.' The second published book called 'Home to Roost' is a very readable family saga set in East Anglia. She has also had several short stories published in a Cambridgeshire magazine. Her
12th June 2012 – Cressida Downing
Cressida Downing has over 20 years of experience in publishing and bookselling, from the manuscript to the finished book. Her freelance clients have included Reader's Digest, a variety of agents, publishers and literary scouts, and aspiring authors. In recent years, she has focused on blogging (writing for www.writersandartists.co.uk), running workshops for writers, and giving advice to bloggers who are interested
1st May 2012 – Leslie Tate
Leslie Tate is a contemporary author and poet based in the UK. His first novel 'Aphrodite's Children' was published in 2009. Leslie has just completed his second novel called Frontliners which deals with urban relationships in the 80s/90s.
3rd April 2012 – Jon Beattiey
Having had a rewarding career in the Power Supply Industry and after a brief stint with the National Trust, Jon turned to full time writing. The author of six novels, he also writes poetry, short stories and book reviews.
6th March 2012 – Annual General Meeting
The AGM is when all members of Cambridge Writers can learn what the committee's been up to on their behalf during the past year and vote on ideas for the future. It's also an opportunity to raise suggestions for improving the service we provide to the membership. The committee functions largely by e-mail, meeting together only 3 or 4 times
7th February 2012 – Competition Judging Evening
The results of the annual short story competition will be announced at this meeting. This is always an exciting event and a rare chance to listen to the creme de la creme of our members' writing. This year Dr Trudi Tate will act as judge, she will have read all entries and decided which are worthy of the first, second