The Backtraps by Jamie Harding – A slow river, an eternal death. Terror strikes four young friends night-fishing the backwaters of Loudwick Mill, a sleepy town through which the Ouse river gently meanders on its way to the Great Wash. To Ed and his fellow… Read More »The Backtraps
Jamie is the author, via the exciting pseudonym LJ Denholm, of the self-published psychological horror Under Rand Farm. He has also, under his own name, written the long short story The Backtraps, has penned dozens of paid articles for the satire website ‘NewsThump’, and had material used… Read More »Jamie Harding
Under Rand Farm by Jamie Harding – a dark, thrilling horror set in the US. Nestled among the rolling hills and forests of upstate Pennsylvania, Rand Farm has belonged to the family since a predatory Henry Rand purchased its sixty acres in the 1960s, and… Read More »Under Rand Farm
Online Workshop: Siobhan Carew will be hosting this workshop over Zoom on the various routes to publishing. Routes to Publishing There are two main routes to publishing: through a traditional agent/publisher, or by self-publishing. Within those choices, there are sub-choices. Few traditional publishers take on… Read More »Routes to Publishing – 1st February 2022 (Online)
Our March meeting will take place online via Zoom, and will comprise the results of the Cambridge Writers 2022 short story competition. Our competition this year was judged by Andrew Cowan, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Since his first prize-winning… Read More »1st March 2022 – Short Story Competition Results Evening (Online)
Robert has had poems published in Agenda, and aspires to other outlets. He is very keen on poetry as a spoken art.
Visitors – Short Story Competition Anthology 2021 from Cambridge Writers. Our anthology is filled with comic, poignant, and fantastical short stories. A ghostly train whistle and a hawk moth are just two of the varied interpretations of the ‘visitors’ theme. Another absolutely beautiful cover design… Read More »Visitors – Short Story Competition Anthology 2021
Giles Yeo is a geneticist with over 20 years’ experience dedicated to researching obesity and the brain control of food intake. His current research focuses on understanding how these pathways differ from person to person, and the influence of genetics in our relationship with food… Read More »7th December 2021 – Giles Yeo
Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of crime fiction, published in forty-nine languages and fifty-one territories. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide. In 2014, with the blessing of Agatha Christie’s family and estate, Sophie published a new Poirot… Read More »2nd November 2021 – Sophie Hannah
Rosie Sykes is a food writer and chef, living in London and Cambridge who was, at one time, Head Chef at Fitzbillies. She has cooked in the kitchens of some of Britain’s most celebrated chefs, including Joyce Molyneux, Shaun Hill and Alastair Little. Her critically… Read More »5th October 2021 – Rosie Sykes