Writing Groups & Courses

Writing Workshop: 'Short Story Competitions - Catching the Judge's Eye' with Helen Yendall A practical workshop led by one of our Festival Competition Readers, will provide an insight into what makes a good competition story and how to give yourself the best chance of doing well.  There will be exercises to help generate ideas and Helen […]

Wotton Writers Group meets monthly in and around Wotton-under-Edge.  They are a small group of mixed ability writers from complete beginners to published authors.   You can find out more about them and what they offer here 

Creative Writing Courses at Chipping Norton Theatre Tutor:  Helen Yendall 10.30am - 12.30pm or 1pm - 3pm on Mondays. Cost: £80 for 10 week term. Booking here

Dialect provides immersive learning, sharing and publication opportunities to writers in rural/small town/remote areas. More details about their courses here  The Writers' and Directors' Workshop (part of the Natura Contemporary Theatre) based in Gloucestershire have a long established reputation for delivering high quality bespoke writing workshops for groups and organisations, as well as for individual […]

Poetry with Jonny Fluffypunk    Lyde Green Community Centre Monday 16 August 3.30 – 5pm Children/families; 6.30 - 8.30pm Adults Book here Emersons Green Library Tuesday 17 August 10.30am – 12pm Children/families; 2 – 4pm Adults Book here  Join poet Jonny Fluffypunk for lively creative writing and word-wrangling workshops. Suitable for both complete beginners and […]

Continues with a varied programme of zoom events including workshops, guest speakers and open mic sessions. Full details of all these events can be found on eveshamfestivalofwords.org

On the second Saturday of every month, Crumps Barn Studio hosts an online writing group for authors of poetry, memoir and fiction. It is ideal for both established authors who are looking for some support, and for those who are new to writing who are looking for some tips to help you get started. Joining […]

This group was set up by Leonard Custard, apprentice clown, Maggie Clutterbuck, Forest Bard & variety star Darren Hoskins who decided there was a gap in the Forest of Dean for writers, poets, performers, story tellers etc. The Bream Coffee shop agreed to host a regular monthly evening and since then they have enjoyed healthy […]

The Phare holds a writing group every two weeks which is free to attend. Writers work for half an hour either to write to a prompt or to work on their own pieces. At the end there is opportunity to read out your work if you want to. They also run workshops with feedback for […]

Meets every Thursday evening between 7 and 9 (with the occasional break for holidays). We’re currently meeting via Zoom. Before Coronavirus struck, we were meeting in central Cirencester, easy walking distance from the town centre, and with free parking, (plus tea and coffee). The (very reasonable) cost of using the venue is shared equally between […]

Look forward to welcoming their audiences again with plenty of events, music, poetry performances, open mic, as soon as it is possible for us all to meet. In the mean-time Jennie Farley and the New Bohemians hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Our group was created about six years ago and meets, now on-line, every Wednesday afternoon. Our work covers poetry novels, short stories, drama, including radio plays on Corinium Radio and commissioned plays. We created and produced for loal radio six episodes of The Inn on the Green, very loosely modelled on The Archers. Our writers […]