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Looking for a Writers’ Group?
We are always pleased to welcome new members - meetings are held on Tuesday
evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, with breaks at holiday times. The venue for the
meetings is St Joseph's Church Hall, situated on the corner of Park Lane and
Berkshire Drive, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 5JJ. Now alternating weekly between
Zoom and St Joseph’s - see Meetings page.
Email us to arrange a trial visit - no charge to attend a trial meeting.
We’re a friendly bunch, into all sorts…
Novels… Short stories… Plays… Memoirs… Poetry.
…and more!
Fees
Subscriptions are on a pay-as-you-attend basis, currently £3.00 per session – no
annual membership fee! The fees, which pay expenses such as the hire of the
meeting room, guest speakers, and publishing anthologies, also includes tea,
coffee and biscuits at half-time.
To join our Zoom meetings, the fees are £5,00 per term, payable at the beginning
of each term (provide your own tea and biscuits).
Our Membership
At present we have around 40 members, about half of whom attend on a
regular basis. While most live in the Reading area, we have a few members
abroad (France, Hungary, Turkey and Australia). Members’ work includes
novels, short stories, memoirs, children’s books, poetry, journalism and
autobiographies. Some members have been published, others have never put
creative pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) and came to us initially for some
encouragement.
What We Do
We encourage members to read their work for constructive comment by
other members. We also invite guest speakers to give us the benefit of
their knowledge and experience. Past speakers have included Colin
Dexter (Inspector Morse), Robert Harris (Enigma, Fatherland, Pompei
and Imperium) and John Jenkins, (editor and publisher of Writers'
Forum).
Crime writers were keenly interested in what Hayley Scott had to say.
She was a guest speaker at one of our meetings
and gave us the benefit of her knowledge and
experience as a crime scene forensics expert, in a
light hearted talk on what could have been a grisly
and depressing subject.
Throughout the year we run competitions which are
free for members to enter. Some are judged by
external judges and others by members’ votes.
We endeavour to publish occasional collections or
anthologies of our work. All members are invited to
contribute to these publications – see the
Publications page for details of past productions.
Come to a Meeting
To find out more about us, email us (see bottom of page). We will be glad to answer
your questions and arrange for you to attend one of our meetings – no charge!
Note, you don't need Zoom installed on your device to join a meeting - just a web
browser.