Writers new to Cambridge can take a while to find out what's on. Here's a list of starting points. I've mentioned web sites though often it's better to follow on social media.
- Literary Festivals - The Cambridge Literary Festival site gives news about their 2 annual festivals and some one-off events too. There are plans for a Cambridge Poetry Festival in 2025.
- Performance -
- CB1 hosts monthly poetry open-mics, some with guest poets.
- Cambridge Storytellers
- The Junction hosts some spoken word events
- Bookshops - Heffers and Waterstones organise events. Secondhand bookshops like Amnesty International (Mill Road - it has a short story section which is always a good sign) and Oxfam offer interesting collections. Bodies in the Bookshop specialises in crime fiction.
- Public Libraries - readings and regular writing events
- Evening Classes and Clubs - Cambridge writers etc. There's also a budding Mill Road Poetry Group
- Cambridge University - student societies; readings; writers in residence, etc. Varsity offers some info. You can apply to browse in the University Library.
- ARU - Cambridge Writing Centre is a recent development that promotes many events
- Local periodicals/publications -
- Cambridge Literary Review
- Cambridge poetry
- Students once a year produce a literary anthology - "The Mays".
- Environs - Ely has Toppings - a bookshop which runs many events. Also at Ely there is Fenspeak (open-mic and readings). At Norwich there's the National Writing Centre.
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