Cambridge Writers

6th January 2026 at 7.30pm - Online Dialogue Workshop with Hannah Hooton - Cambridge Writers *Online only* Kickstart your 2026 writing with our first Cambridge Writers event of the year. Ready to breathe fresh energy into your writing projects as we step into the new year? Join us for an insp...

Join Cambridge Writers for an online workshop on dialogue, January 6th 2026 at 7:30pm. Free for members. Non-members can attend as part of a free trial before joining Cambridge Writers. See the website for details: www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3851

Writing Competitions - Cambridge Writers Writing competitions with free entry for members of Cambridge Writers - we run flash fiction and short story competitions each year.

Closing date for the Cambridge Writers short story competition is midnight, 3rd January 2026. First prize: £100. All submitted stories can also be published in our annual short story anthology. Open to members only.

www.cambridgewriters.org?page_id=2509

I've added 7 items (my favourite being Santino Prinzi's book) to my list of #Flash Collection write-ups at litrefsreviews.blogspot.com/p/reviews-of...

Next stop: #Brighton!

We'll be tabling - alongside lots of #bookarts greats - at Brighton Art Book Fair on December 6th and 7th. See you all there!

(PS We'll keep the #CPFC #zines under the table - tip us the wink if you want one... 😉🦅)

Pssst… keep 'em peeled tomorrow morning for the launch of our latest Colossive Cartography.

This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.

What more could you ask for?

#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts

Colossive Cartographies #67 - Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor 'Fleece and Fibre' Zine – Broken Frontier 'Fleece and Fibre' is the title of Taran Taylor's entry in the Colossive Cartographies series of fold-out zines.

Review! Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor's ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine. @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/colossive-ca...

IT'S NEW COLOSSIVE CARTOGRAPHY TIME!

The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station is the second contribution to the series from @patrickwray.bsky.social.

And yes, that is our longest title yet.

Buy the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive70

SPARE-TIME DINING-TABLE NO-BUDGET DIY SMALL PRESSES: with the arse falling out of social media, how are you getting your stuff out there?

We're very proud of what we're making, but feel like we're shouting into a void (usually single-digit engagement on here, not much more on IG)

I’ve got a little book arts-y sort of thing in the pipeline that should be making its debut here…

(Planning to be a bit more careful with the craft knife this time round 🩸)

Writing Desk - Cambridge Writers Cambridge Writers: Writing Desk A simple, relaxed way to get some writing done — together. What it is: ✅A weekly online writing session (on Zoom) ✅A quiet space to write with others ✅An opportunity to...

The Writer's Desk is open again tonight; see the Cambridge Website for details:
www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3715

THE SEA: Cambridge Writers Short Story Competition 2025 THE SEA: Cambridge Writers Short Story Competition 2025 eBook : Writers, Cambridge , Hooton, Hannah, Garvey, Anne, Goode, Harry: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Great evening yesterday at Cambridge Writers, celebrating the launch of this year's short story competition anthology: amzn.eu/d/21jpQBS

Private Passions - Hollie McNish - BBC Sounds Michael Berkeley's guest is the poet Hollie McNish.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

4th November- Short Story Workshop and Anthology Launch - Cambridge Writers Join us for an evening of stories, creativity, and community as we launch the 2025 Cambridge Writers Short Story Competition anthology. The evening will include nibbles, a glass or two shared among fr...

Next week at Cambridge Writers: launch of the 2025 Short Story Competition Anthology. See the website for details: www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3805

doomscroll break

Croydon Spaceport Sticker Pack • Colossive Press Five Croydon Spaceport stickers celebrating the London Borough of Croydon's bid to put the first South Londoner on the moon

LISTEN UP, CROYDONAUTS! Ever wished you could get your hands on a (space) capsule collection of five super-stellar #CroydonSpaceport stickers? You're in luck!

Grab your sticker pack - including our brand new South Side of the Moon design - for just £6 at bit.ly/spaceportstickers

An Evening with Tessa Hadley | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with Tessa Hadley today.

Join CWC's Tory Young for an interview with novelist Tessa Hadley at Waterstones, Cambridge this Wednesday, 8th October. Tickets here:

www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

7th October - Gytha Lodge - Cambridge Writers Gytha Lodge is a multi-award-winning playwright, novelist and writer for video games. She is also a single parent who blogs about the ridiculousness of bringing up a mega-nerd small boy. She has a pro...

At Cambridge Writers next week: www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3633. Free to members; £3 for visitors, or join by Zoom. See the website for details.

Descriptive Writing - Cambridge Writers Welcome to part one of a Creative Writing Blog Series with Hannah Hooton  Descriptive Writing Types of descriptive writing:  What do you want to describe?  Why do you want to describe it? (Emotional m...

Cambridge Writers has launched a new creative writing blog series, written by Hannah Hooton, our Publicity and Events Officer. Her first post is on descriptive writing - see it here: www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3791

a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them ALT: a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them

It’s Thursday, so that must mean the Writer’s Desk is open tonight. Contact Hannah for details.

Hold up - what's this?

It's a Lucky Feather™, endorsed by world-renowned folklorist corvidologist Professor Margaret Pye.

We'll be giving these good luck charms* away for FREE with our upcoming #zine, Magpies: Sorrow or Joy, which we'll be launching later this week...

My site of write-ups - litrefsreviews.blogspot.com - passed a milestone of a million hits this month. Currently it's at 1023326. A drop in the ocean compared with Tiktoc, and (I suspect) mostly bots ...

2nd September - Maud Blair - Cambridge Writers Maud Blair is a local writer although, contrastingly, her evocative memoir In Between draws richly on a life lived across continents, cultures, and generations. Maud spent her childhood in Rhodesia, m...

Join us at Cambridge Writers on Tuesday 2 Sept for an evening with local author Maud Blair.
Her powerful memoir In Between reflects on a life across continents, cultures & generations — from childhood in Rhodesia to a career in UK education.
Details: www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3629

a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them ALT: a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them

It’s Thursday, so that must mean the Writer’s Desk is open tonight. Contact Hannah for details.

Cambridge Writers Writing Desk is open from 7pm tonight; members can contact Hannah Hooton for a Zoom link.

Looking forward to James Blatch and Cara Clare at Cambridge Writers, tonight!

Writing the Detectives Cambridge Core - English Literature after 1945 - Writing the Detectives

Crime Writers - Cambridge University Press is giving away free access to the following, which includes a section on writing crime fiction, for the next two weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

5th August - James Blatch and Cara Clare - Cambridge Writers Join two powerhouse voices from the indie publishing world as they share their expertise on self-publishing success and the evolving role of AI in modern writing. James Blatch brings years of industry...

James Blatch and Cara Clare at Cambridge Writers, Tuesday week!
www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3643

50 Years of Poetry. Cambridge Poetry Festival, Pembroke Auditorium 12th July, 18:30, £5. Celebrate 50 years since the first festival with a night of readings rom across the festival's history, featuring work by Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Allen Ginsberg and many more.

This is happening tonight: #Cambridge #Poetry Festival 50th anniversary reading!

a man in a suit and tie is applauding . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is applauding .

Congratulations to Harry, Victoria and Lyndon, first, second and third in the Steve Hammond Fantasy Fiction Competition. Also, thanks to everyone who submitted an entry, and to all the members who voted.