Raised in Kent and Sussex, Harry has a Masters in Zoology from Oxford. He has worked as a Scientific Officer in the NHS, as a tutor-organiser for the Workers’ Educational Association and as head of a trade union educational unit at a college of Further… Read More »Harry Goode – Acting Chair and Treasurer
It will not surprise you that we have had to suspend part of the arranged programme for Cambridge Writers. The April, May and June meetings at Hartington Grove have been cancelled. Moreover, there will be no summer social. We hope to rearrange the meetings with… Read More »Suspension of Cambridge Writers Programme
Pilgrimages: Poems 1995-2017 by Harry Goode – A beautiful book of poetry with great thematic depth. Pilgrimages might seem a somewhat strange title for a collection by a not particularly religious man. However, as I age I start to see the pattern of my life.… Read More »Pilgrimages: Poems 1995-2017
‘Revenge’ was the fantastic theme for our 2019 short story competition. This anthology brings together the stories our members created on this evocative theme. Huge thanks for compiling our latest short story collection to Siobhan Carew and Thure Etzold. Buy our ‘Revenge’ anthology here
Freedom – Short Story Competition 2018 Anthology. This year’s short story competition was judged by the well-known literary agent Julian Friedmann. In his comments he remarked on the generally high standard of entries. He felt Cambridge Writers would be able to outclass any other writing… Read More »Freedom – Short Story Competition 2018 Anthology
Now it begins, slowly the drift of days,singly at first, in whispering descent,each loss imperceptible, but shall layin clots at last, exude the rotting scentsweet as the coming frosts, the autumn thrill,the passing of the idle summer lie.A truthful wind will strip all bare, will… Read More »Autumn sonnet – by Harry Goode
The idea for my project came to me when I read about the attempts that Plato made to persuade Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to adopt a better form of government. He continued to attempt this with the tyrant’s son, also called Dionysius, when he succeeded… Read More »Bringing philosophers to life
Was Highly Recommended at the Cambridge Writers Short Story Competition 2015 I had not realised just how powerful my mother was until I saw my half-brother Absalom swinging by his hair from the thorn tree. He had tried to seize the throne from King David,… Read More »Bathsheba – by Harry Goode