Verulam Writers

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all our members, visitors, guest speakers, future members - and everyone in between! 🎄🎅🏼

Hoping that you all receive stockings stuffed with fabulous books by inspirational authors! 🎁📚

15/11/2024

We’re super excited to be welcoming Becky Alexander to the Verulam Writers group on Wednesday 20th November at 8pm.

Becky is a locally based author, who has recently released “The Other Mrs Eden”, her second book, following the success earlier this year of the psychological thriller, “Someone Like You”- her fantastic debut novel.

Becky will be joining us for a writers talk, where she’ll share with us her journey into writer, her experiences of becoming a successful publish author as well as answering your questions.

So make sure the date is in your diary - and non members are very welcome to come along, for what we’re sure will be a great evening!

Free for members, £5 for non members.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Someone-Like-You-unputdownable-psychological/dp/1805083236/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

St Albans based, for all writers. Come and join us.

02/11/2024

This coming Wednesday (6th November), join us at 8pm, where Tina Shaw will be leading a Dialogue workshop, where you'll get the opportunity to practise writing in different voices and situations. Remember to bring a pen and paper with you!!

Non-members are always welcome to join our workshops - or any of our other nights (£5 workshop fee for non members, free for members)

02/11/2024

The latest edition of our in-house magazine, Veracity is now available for your reading pleasure. And it's packed full of articles on topics such as screenwriting, how non-fiction writers can make the move to fiction and poetry in the modern age - as well as short stories, courtesy of the winners of our Howard Linskey and David Gibson Cup competitions. Check it out on our website: https://www.verulamwriters.org/our-magazine

31/08/2024

We return from our summer break this Wednesday (4th September) , kicking off our Autumn programme with our AGM, followed by a manuscript evening.

The AGM is a chance for you to put forward your views about the group, and make suggestions for the programme - and it's also an opportunity for you to put yourself forward to join the committee - let us know if you'd like more information on the roles currently available or if you'd like to shape a role for yourself!

We'll also announce the theme for this years David Gibson Cup - our short fiction competition, judged by all members of the group.

Look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday at 8pm!

16/07/2024

It's that time of year.... tomorrow is the Verulam Writers summer party! 🎉 Well, we say summer but based on the current very British weather, you might need to bring your thermals and waterproofs! 🌦

It's our last in person meet of the season - and for those of you who have come before, you'll know it's an informal night of snacking, drinking and catching up with your fellow writers. So bring along some goodies at 8pm tomorrow, and join us for a lovely way to end our summer term!

19/05/2024

It’s day 2 of the Herts Book Festival and we’re back and all ready for a great day at Southern Maltings in Ware. It’s going to be a packed day of writing workshops, author talks and generally all things book like! 📚

18/05/2024

We’re all set up at the Herts Book Festival at Hertford Castle - and we’re ready to share the amazing work that our talented members have published!

Time for a coffee and croissant before the festival officially opens at 10am!

17/05/2024

We're excited to be attending the Herts Book Festival this weekend, at Hertford Castle Grounds on Saturday 18th May and at Southern Maltings in Ware on Sunday 19th May.

We'll be hosting a table at the Authors Market, where you can pick up a copy of some of the books that our members have written and published, meet members of the group - and find out more about us!

The festival has a great range of activities - with a range of workshops, open mic poetry, author talks and a book exchange. Each day runs from 10am to 4pm - so come along and join us on this fun weekend!

15/05/2024

Tonight, Steven Mitchell - author will be hosting his creative writing crash course, "50 ways to Write Better" - so if you fancy flexing that creative muscle, why not pop along at 8pm this evening, where there will be lots of opportunities to practice the techniques and advice being shared!

Free for members, £5 for guests

05/02/2024

This Wednesday at 8pm, we’ll be welcoming award-winning literary agent Kate Nash to Verulam Writers.

In 2009, Kate founded the Kate Nash Literary Agency and has taken the business from start-up to one of the UK’s foremost independent literary agencies, specialising in bestselling commercial fiction and non-fiction for adults, young adults and children.

She will be sharing industry insights and the sort of submissions she’s currently looking for, as well as taking the time to answer some of your questions.

Guests are always welcome to join us for what will be a fascinating and insightful evening(£5 for non members, free for members).

Tomorrow's stories start today

01/01/2024

Happy New Year! And we’re kicking off 2024 with our first workshop on Wednesday 3rd January on the topic of Self Publishing, presented by Steven Mitchell - author and Ray Wilkinson.

So if your New Year’s resolution is to get your work published - or to simply start writing and you want to find a group of like-minded individuals to share your journey with - come along to St Stephen’s Church at 8pm, for what we’re sure will be an interesting evening!

Free for members, £5 for non-members

23/12/2023

Well, we've made it... We've arrived at day 12 of our 12 days of Christmas countdown - deliberately choosing not to end on Christmas Eve (as it may be a bit too late by this stage for even Amazon to magic up a present for the big day!) 🎁

So for our finale, we've gone a little off-piste again. Today, instead of a book that you can purchase, we're spotlighting the Froth & Fluff blog, by Mandy Carter. A handy little read for when you've eaten too much turkey and need 5 minutes in the bathroom to escape the relatives (she says herself it's the perfect place to read her musings!). Short humorous blogs on everyday life - her latest being about the perils of Secret Santa - but she's also covered everything from hanging the washing up, to DIY, to the best cheesy Christmas films to watch.

Read it here!

Musing on the pitfalls and rules of Secret Santa - that wonderful and slightly stressful office Christmas tradition

22/12/2023

We’ve made it to day 11 of our 12 Days of Christmas countdown, providing you with suggestions for presents based on the work of our members! 🎁 And today, we showcasing John Spencer, the Verulam Writers President - and his extensive work on ghosts, UFO’s and the paranormal! 🛸

John was at the forefront of experimental research into many unsolved mysteries both in the UK and abroad - researching these subjects for over 35 years

You’ll find John’s extensive back catalogue on this fascinating topic on Amazon!

From the Introduction: INTRODUCTION We not only enjoy a good mystery but we need them. Mysteries inspire our curiosity and it is through curiosity that we develop as people and as a species. The mysteries in this book include one or two which endure in people’s fascination; despite probable expla....