Welcome to the Cambridge Writers website. Here you will find a little about us and what we do, also profiles of some of our members and some samples of our work.

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Wordfest presents an Evening with Kate Grenville

Monday 30 January, 5.30, The Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

Two days before the publication of her latest novel, Sarah Thornhill, Cambridge Wordfest are delighted to present celebrated Australian author Kate Grenville, who is making a rare UK visit.

Sarah Thornhill follows on from the Booker Shortlisted The Secret River and continues to give a meticulously researched glimpse into the lives of the first generation of white Australians to be born on the continent.

Perhaps best known for The Idea of Perfection which won the Orange Prize for fiction, Kate Grenville is one of the finest living writers.

CB1 Poetry -  Special Prose Poetry Event

Tuesday 24th January, The Punter pub Cambridge

Doors 7.30pm Readings 8pm. Tickets on the door only, £4/£3.

Come and celebrate This Line is not for Turning: Anthology of Contemporary British Prose Poetry (Cinnamon, 2011) with readings by Robert Vas Dias, Andy Brown, Lucy Hamilton, Linda Black and David Gilbert.
This anthology of contemporary British Prose Poetry is the first of its kind in the UK. It celebrates prose poetry being written by writers such as George Szirtes, Pascale Petit, Carrie Etter, Luke Kennard, Andy Brown, Anthony Rudolf and Richard Gwyn, Linda Black and Kate North as well as new voices. The editor has chosen prose poems that have a distinctly unfussy, but refreshingly original way of using the form