Writers Forum Workshop

All are welcome to join Writers Forum Workshop’s events during May 2024.

• London workshop on Saturday 11 May, 3pm-5pm. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH. The enthusiastic can gather on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to chat before the workshop. Free, no need to book.
• Writers Forum Bedfordshire Branch in-person workshop on Monday 13 May, 4.45pm-6.45pm. On the first floor of Luton Central Library, St George’s Square, Luton LU1 2NG. Free, no need to book.
• Strange Bedsfellows poetry reading at Brown Books in Luton on Wednesday 15 May, 6pm-8pm. Featuring Writers Forum Bedfordshire Branch poets Keith Jebb, Lesley McKenna, Eddie Heaton, Cathy Weedon and Juliet Troy, plus special guest reader Peter Philpott. Brown’s Bookshop, 77 High Town Road, Luton LU2 0BW. Bookable in advance, donations welcome.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 18 May, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST. Online via Zoom. Free; please use our Contact page to request a Zoom link.

Please see our About, London workshops, Bedfordshire Branch and Virtual workshops for more on how the workshops operate.

We are delighted to present a new issue Writers Forum Workshop e-zine. These collections are published here every few months, showcasing writing and visual work by selected poets attending Writers Forum’s in-person and online workshops. The e-zine’s editor and designer is Michał Kamil Piotrowski.

Issue 2 includes:

Andrew Nightingale, Being in spider’s eyes and Looking out of the spider / Charlotte Harker, A one-word synopsis and Two Persons Carry a Sheet of Glass / Chris Gutkind, Middle of Computer and Ahoy!/COMings / Frances Presley, Black Fens Viral: 7 March 23 / Jo Mariner, Five Scenes (from a Window Seat) and Sequence on Change / juli Jana, all gone and construction 2

Please join us for Writers Forum Workshop’s events in April 2024.

• London workshop on Saturday 13 April, 3pm-5pm. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH. All are welcome to meet on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to chat before the workshop. Free, no need to book.
• Writers Forum Bedfordshire Branch in-person workshop on Monday 15 April, 4.45pm-6.45pm. At the Bricklayer’s Arms, 16 High Town Road, Luton LU2 0DD. Free, no need to book. Note that this meeting is taking place a week later than normal, and will convene in a different location than usual, due to the regular venue – Luton Central Library – being closed for refurbishment, and uncertainty regarding when it will reopen.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 20 April, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST. Online via Zoom. Free; please use our Contact page to request a Zoom link.

Please see our About, London workshops, Bedfordshire Branch and Virtual workshops for more on what happens at the workshops.

Everyone is welcome to join Writers Forum Workshop’s events for March 2024.

• London workshop on Saturday 9 March, 3pm-5pm. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH. Feel free to meet on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to converse before the workshop. Free, no need to book.
• Writers Forum Bedfordshire Branch in-person workshop on Monday 11 March, 4.45pm-6.45pm. On the first floor of Luton Central Library, St George’s Square, Luton LU1 2NG. Free, no need to book.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 16 March, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST. Online via Zoom. Free; please use our Contact page to request a Zoom link.

Please see our About, London workshops, Bedfordshire Branch and Virtual workshops for more on what happens at the workshops.

All are welcome to join Writers Forum Workshop’s events during February 2024.

• Strange Bedsfellows poetry reading at Brown Books in Luton on Wednesday 7 February, 6pm-8pm. Featuring Writers Forum Bedfordshire Branch poets Keith Jebb, Lesley McKenna, Eddie Heaton, Cathy Weedon, Juliet Troy and Clive Gresswell, plus special guest reader Doug Jones. Brown’s Bookshop, 77 High Town Road, Luton LU2 0BW. Bookable in advance, donations welcome.
• London workshop on Saturday 10 February, 3pm-5pm. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH. The enthusiastic can gather on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to chat before the workshop. Free, no need to book.
• Writers Forum Bedfordshire Branch in-person workshop on Monday 12 February, 4.45pm-6.45pm. On the first floor of Luton Central Library, St George’s Square, Luton LU1 2NG. Free, no need to book.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 17 February, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST. Online via Zoom. Free; please use our Contact page to request a Zoom link.

Please see our About, In-person workshops and Virtual workshops for more on how the workshops operate.

Everyone is welcome to share their new poetry at Writers Forum Workshop’s January 2024 events. This month, we are pleased to announce a new manifestation of the workshop in Luton, Bedfordshire. The new branch is convened by poet Clive Gresswell, a long-term participant in Writers Forum Workshop. If you’re within reach of Luton, please drop in to ensure that the new series gets off to an inspiring start.

• Writers Forum Bedfordshire Branch in-person workshop on Monday 8 January. On the first floor of Luton Central Library, St George’s Square, Luton LU1 2NG, 4.45pm-6.45pm.
• London in-person workshop on Saturday 13 January. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH, 3pm to 5pm. Feel free to gather on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to chat before the workshop.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 20 January. Online via Zoom, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST.

Please see our About, In-person workshops and Virtual workshops for more on how the workshops function. All meetings are free to join; no booking is required for the in-person workshops. Use our Contact page to request a Zoom link for the virtual workshop, or for other queries.

Everyone is welcome to share their new poetry at Writers Forum Workshop’s December 2023 events:

• In-person workshop on Saturday 9 December. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH, 3pm to 5pm. Feel free to gather on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to chat before the workshop.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 16 December. Online via Zoom, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST.

Please see our About, In-person workshops and Virtual workshops for more on how the workshops function. Both meetings are free to join; no booking is required for the in-person workshop. Use our Contact page to request a Zoom link for the virtual workshop, or for other queries.

We are pleased to announce a new listings page for our website: Innovative Poetry Readings in Kent is now available, with poet Verity Rowsell compiling forthcoming poetry events in the county for your edification. If you’re in or near Kent, please check out the page to see what’s coming up.

We are hopeful that more volunteers will step forward to run pages for other regions of the UK in future, after the model of our Innovative Poetry Readings in London page.

If you are organising an innovative poetry event in Kent and would like us to advertise it, please send details (including a link to a relevant webpage or social media listing) using our site’s Contact page.

All are welcome to share new poetry at Writers Forum Workshop’s November 2023 events:

• In-person workshop on Saturday 11 November. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH, 3pm to 5pm. Feel free to gather on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to chat before the workshop.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 18 November. Online via Zoom, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST.

Please see our About, In-person workshops and Virtual workshops for more on how the workshops function. Both meetings are free to join, with no booking required for the in-person workshop. Use our Contact page to request a Zoom link for the virtual workshop, or for other queries.

Please join us to share your new poetry at Writers Forum Workshop’s October 2023 events:

• In-person workshop on Saturday 14 October. In the basement function room of the College Arms, 18 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7DH, 3pm to 5pm. Feel free to muster on the pub’s ground floor from 2.30pm to chat before the workshop.
• Virtual workshop on Saturday 21 October. Online via Zoom, 3.30pm-5.30pm BST.

Please see our About, In-person workshops and Virtual workshops for more on how the workshops operate. Both meetings are free to join, with no booking required for the in-person workshop. Use our Contact page to request a Zoom link for the virtual workshop, or for any other queries.