This is a club for reading and writing in London and surrounding areas. We will meet regularly to exchange books and literature, we will have writing workshops and the organizer will share information with everyone in the group.

This London based group is for anyone who wishes to explore their creativity and connect with their inner voice through writing. Writing is an art, but it is also a wonderful outlet for self-expression and self-healing. Whether you only write for yourself or you're working on a novel, these workshops will help you to connect with your heart, express your truth and coax out the author within you. We'll get inspired in a fun and relaxed way, support and work with each other through any creative bl …

Quick Stories are really great stories you can read in five minutes. So... on the way to work, sitting in the park, lazing around with a martini in the evening, maybe even waiting for that friend who is always late to show up... Our group's mission is to write and then publish our stories in a series of volumes. The idea is that we all write our own stories and we all help everyone else gets theirs to a point where they are ready to be published. In terms of publishing, we've set up a system w …

This workshop-style group focuses on writing for performance: play- and screenwriting, radio drama and monologues. A lively group where work is read aloud and then discussed in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. We've been meeting since 2008 on the first Monday of the month in Ealing to hear scenes being read. We are trialing a second monthly meeting in Soho. Occasionally we also have an interim meeting to discuss full length scripts. You are invited to upload around 10mins of script (usuall …

A publishing professional who has represented writers for years as Commissioning Editor at Amazon and Head of Writers' Services for Bloomsbury and The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, I’ve learnt a few integral things along the way, and wanted to share that knowledge with fellow writers on the way up. So, here’s the service I’ve come up with: [u]London Novelists' Salon[/u] Regular marathon writing sessions with all the energy of writing in company but without the group drama or competing for airti …

Calling all you ladies in Richmond, Twickenham, Whitton and Hounslow. Anybody not included in this list is also very welcome! Are you writing secretly at home? Do you want to be published? Do you feel alone in your passion for literature, arts and creativity? Do you want to meet other women who share a similar passion for books and writing? Then let's meet and share our experiences. Let's help each other get published. With support and new friends we can motivate each other. Writers of all genre …

This is a group for aspiring writers in south-west London. The Novel Coach runs fiction writing courses, led by acclaimed novelist, poet and playwright Kevin MacNeil, an experienced creative writing tutor. Our first course, Find The Novel In You, is starting in New Malden on 29 May and running for 12 weeks. It will provide you with the tools you need to get started and keep going. Classes will focus on finding your voice, plotting, character, dialogue and other essential components of fiction wr …

This is an opportunity for London writers (novelists, poets, Orwellian journalists) to get together in conducive surroundings to have a drink and to discuss plots, characters, literary techniques, writing styles and methods, and to discuss the styles and writings of novelists we love. As members get to know each other, if they want to share drafts or excerpts of what they're writing that would be great too - hence the title draft soc. With a relaxed setting and a friendly group of people I'm hop …

The Conception Club was set up to provide an exclusive forum for those people who attended the excellent 'Original' writing course run personally by Maggie Hamand and Naiome Wood at the Groucho Club which ended on the 17th November 2012. It aims to provide a space in which to discuss creative writing ideas, give and receive support and generally keep in touch for people already personally acquainted during the course. It may in future open up to current or ex-attendees from other Groucho writing …

This is a group for anyone writing a memoir with a spiritual/self-help bent. Preferably, members will be reasonably far along with the manuscript and looking for a mentor to help them better connect with their desired readership. A professional writing consultant and book editor, I am a huge proponent of real life stories and the intimacy that comes with them. I am a tremendous personal fan of the genre and will be hosting a book club as part of the group as well, recommending and reading some o …

This is a group for writers who are already planning or writing their first or latest novel. It's a chance to read aloud - between 400 and 1000 words - and to get informed and positive feedback. It's also an opportunity to ask questions about, and to discuss, the process of writing.

Would you like to work alongside other writers who can be called upon for coffee, inspiration and support if needed? This group is for all types of writers - journalists, novelists, screenwriters to name just a few - who would benefit from starting each week with a concentrated burst of a few hours' work, plus the ability to meet other writers and chat with them about their work. Writing can be quite isolating sometimes and this group is meant to try and enable people to get to know other writer …

Are you a fiction writer in need of a serious critique group to help you get your writing to the next level? Are you aiming to publish your work and you like to feedback before submitting it? This group is aimed for writers who would like contructive critiques on their short stories or unpublished novels, and is open to writers of any genre.  Each meetup will be based around groups of four people, each sharing their work using a structured approach to ensure that each participant gets relevant p …

Hi this meet up is about pitching. Elevator pitching.  Simple as that. So you've got a great idea for a story: a screenplay, a novel, a sit com, a TV series or whatever it is, brilliant!! Now why not try it out? Come and see if it sounds good to a group of 'ordinary' guys before you spend two years in your bedroom writing it when you could be having fun instead or writing something a whole lot better? Or maybe you've already done your first draft (or many of them) and now you're thinking of sell …

The London Active Writers is a group that meets twice a month in central London to engage in writing activities and socialise. The meetings are informal and anyone is welcome.

I'm looking for like minded people interested in writing for TV and Film to form a writing group and potentially a production company. I would like to collaborate on the development of films and television serials in the style of but not exclusively: TV: Battlestar Galactica, Sons Of Anarchy, The Wire, Weeds, Six Feet Under, Carnivale, Twin Peaks, X-Files, Californication, The Walking Dead, Dexter, etc, etc... Film: Mr. Nobody, The Matix, Fight Club, Hellraiser, Dawn Of The Dead, Dark City, Ev …

WriteClub gives professional writers, enthusiastic amateurs and anyone else with an interest in writing a place to meet. WriteClub is a very open group (that means that everyone is welcome) with no agenda, no format and no plan. WriteClub is just a way for writers and non-writers to meet each other in a friendly, relaxed setting. We meet on the third Thursday of every month, in the upstairs bar of the Blue Posts at 81 Newman Street, London W1T 3EU, from 7pm on. See you there! WriteClub began in …

Over two days we will WRITE -STORY BOARD-ACT-and FILM -and end up with a DVD of a film you have made. By using a green screen and state of the art software which that allows us over two days to create a story of any genre horror,action,comedy even musical, -that would be a brave one- and be able to set it in any time or place and make a short film, using a camera, which is used in many of todays Hollywood films. NO EXPERIENCE necessary we will give you help with the structure and you will work t …

If you love writing comedy and producing TV then combine your two passions in our group by helping us become the UK's next big sketch comedy group! We already have the go ahead to create and film comedy sketches for a program commissioned by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - one of the 3 big comedy festivals worldwide - and we need YOUR help to make it happen! We are currently looking for cast and crew to fill various television production roles including but not limited to: - write …

This is a group for anyone interested in spoken word/performance poetry, whether beginners or long-time fans. I started this group because I miss creating and performing in a community, helping each other's craft, supporting one another on stage and just having fun! I was thinking of weekly, laid-back meetups to write, perform, share and go to open mics together. Really looking forward to meeting everyone!

Calling all Authors and freelance book industry professionals! Hi everyone! The Autharium meetup group is going to be pretty awesome, we are pulling together some special guests, some excellent authors and freelance publishing professionals. This is your event to mingle with like minded folks, find support and even help others with their books. If you are an established or new author or publishing industry professional this meetup is for you - you might even win a cool Autharium T-shirt. What i …

This is a group for any new generation writer interested in getting published. All genres are welcome. We started this group to meet other writers and to find creative ways of overcoming challenges that face many of today's writers. We will invite publishers or literary agents to most of our meetings, so hopefully we can facilitate the recognition of new talent from our midst. Looking forward to meeting everybody.”

We are getting together to share our ideas and our books. A meeting for authors and those who work with authors, publishers, copy editors - we meet up and help each other to get our books out into the wide wide world.

Innocence meets Experience’ as The Tea Box invites meet up members to another open mic poetry jam where new voices can perform alongside established poets

This Group is for Healing, Spiritual Growth, Meditation and to support you as as soul to grow and evolve. We are not the first time here on earth, we have been here many times and experience the drama and game of this reality. Throughout the ages we got lost in duality. The dramas left traces in our physical Body, Energy-bodies and Soul. This is the time for Healing now and harvest our Learning and Experiences we have gained through many lifetimes. Why should a Soul grow at all? Isn't it more co …

FX FILMMAKERS FORUM THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP: This group has been formed to serve as a central hub for those interested in shooting short movies in the sci-fi, action and horror genres. This group is also for those who may not be leading FX based projects but want to become involved with one. So this group is also useful for VFX artists, Makeup artists, those working with Practical FX, etc. This group also has a minor function as a hub for owners of the Panasonic GH2/GH3 cameras since I own a GH …

We meet at the beginning of the 2nd week of every month. The Book Meetup takes place on the 2nd Monday of every 2nd month at 7pm to talk about the book of the month and anything else that takes your fancy at the Slug and Lettuce, 184 George Lane, E18 1AY, a couple of minutes from South Woodford underground station, itself 29 minutes from Oxford Circus Station on the Central Line. It's also on bus routes 179, W12, W13, W14 and 2-5 minutes from the North Circular/ A12/ M11, with easy parking.  Th …

Ever wondered what the author was thinking when they wrote a novel? We have created a meet up just for those who want to meet the author and then read their book with the knowledge of the objective and goals. Welcome to The Tea Box’s new Noveltea Book Club – a unique new way of meeting to discuss some of your favourite books from our local community of Authors – with niche to best-selling books on the agenda over the term. The Author will Introduce you to there book and then two weeks later afte …