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Nottingham Writers' Club welcomes everyone who loves to write. Meetings are held at venues in the city centre.

07/06/2026

We're in for a fun time this coming Saturday, 13th June, from midday to 4 pm.

There'll be the regular reading slot to start with, your prose and poetry of a given theme. This month's is: It's a C*ck Up!
(* in case the FB algorithm censors the post.)

After the break it will be any other readings, and don't forget a pen, or something to write with as we always have a quick writing challenge.
Meeting fee: £2

We meet in the bar for the first 30-40 minutes, then it's downstairs into the basement for the meeting. Hope to see you there...

04/06/2026

We're moving into our summer programme.
from June onward.

June
13th: midday to 4 pm at The Lord Roberts.
26th: 1pm to 4.30 pm at The Nottingham Mechanics

July
11th: at The Lord Roberts
24th: summer social, location to be confirmed.

August
8th: at The Lord Roberts
28th: summer social, location to be confirmed.

We resume our regular meeting schedule in September with our usual venues, The Lord Robert, and The Nottingham Mechanics.

21/05/2026

Friday 22nd May from 1 pm it's our regular meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics.

PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: we'll be in the Dickens Room. This is accessed by going through the library, on the first floor (open double doors) and then turning right.

From 1-2.15 it's manuscript reading. Then from 2.30 to 4.30 it's poetry, but this time it's with the aim of using poetry to improve your prose...
Meeting charge: members £3. Visitors £5.

06/05/2026

This Saturday, we'll be back at The Lord Roberts on Broad Street. Join us from midday to 4 pm for our regular session.
This month, the theme is 'an animal story'- or poem, if you prefer verse.
Before the half-time break, there's a short writing challenge, then after the break it's reading any other writing- with feedback if wanted.
And if we have time, a Q&A session.
Our meeting fee for this session is now £2 per person.
(We'll be in the bar area for the first 30-40 minutes, then we'll be down in the sparkly basement...)

24/04/2026

Apologies for the late notice.
Today, we're doing a mini workshop on screenwriting from 2.30-4.30.
Usual visitor fees apply.

07/04/2026

After the Easter holiday's, it's back to work.
This Saturday (11th) we'll be back at The Lord Roberts from midday to 4 pm.
Find us in the bar until 12.30, then in the basement for the meeting.
The story and/or poetry theme this month is 'Revenge'. And then after the break, we'll be listening to other writing.
Meeting fee: £1 per person.

27/03/2026

We had a fun session today, creating our own detectives- the amateur type was popular.
There may even be a few stories being written as a result.

23/03/2026

We're back at The Mechanics this Friday, 27th March, from 1- 4.30 pm.
This month the focus of our mini workshop is fictional detectives in the crime/mystery genre.
From 1-2.15 it's manuscript reading for comment.

Then from 2.30 to 4.30 it's 'Watching The Detectives'.
If you're coming along to Friday's session, here's a few preparations you can make.
a) Choose a detective. They can be any fictional detective- amateur or professional- from books, films, TV.
*It's important you find them compeling.*
If you can identify why, that's good too.
We'll be in the Boardroom on the first floor, close to the lifts.
Meeting charge: visitors £5. NWC Members £3.

12/03/2026

We're back at The Lord Roberts pub on Broad Street, this Saturday afternoon from midday to 4 pm for a fun afternoon.

We'll be hearing contributions on the theme of 'Communication'. This can be in the form of a letter, text messages, emails, diary entries. Maximum 1200 words prose, and/or a poem on the theme.

There's also a five minute challenge before we start the general readings, so bring something to write with.

Meeting charge: £1 per person.

27/02/2026

We had a fun and creative afternoon today (27th February) with the character chemistry mini-workshop.

The romance writers used their own characters in the planned writing exercises. While everyone else, paired up with the person next to them, and were given two character profile cards for those same exercises.
There was inspiration, mystery, and even potential fictional crimes being created as a result. And there was definitely character chemistry going on...

We're looking forward to hearing how these develop in stories, later this year...

Our next meeting is the 14th March, at The Lord Roberts.

Address

Nottingham Mechanics/The Lord Roberts
Nottingham
NG1

Website

http://nottinghamwritersclub.org.uk/

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