How does a New York Times bestselling author approach their craft? Join us online for free on Wed 5th Nov when Lauren Grodstein @laurengrodstein.bsky.social, literary novelist and creative writing professor, answers that question. #writingcommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1785965895...

Only two days before US-based literary agent Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social joins us to comment on pitches and answer questions. Join us online this Friday if you have one of those pitches or questions. Cover charge £5. #amwriting #amquerying www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1663223750...

Would you like to pick the brain of a US-based literary agent? Join us online on Fri 17th Oct when Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social of HighLine Literary brings the brain and you bring the pitches and questions. Cover charge £5. #amquerying #writingcommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1663223750...

Would you like to hear the tricks of the trade from a literary agent, including what she thinks of your pitch? If that's you, join us online 7pm this Wed when we host Samar Hammam of Rocking Chair Books. £5 cover charge. #writingcommunity #amquerying www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1647263291...

A couple of days to go before we meet Will Evans of the Dallas-based independent publisher Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social. Join us online for free to find out what they’re all about. #writingcommunity #getpublished #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1609887610...

Would anyone like to know how Will Evans made Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social a centre for independent publishing? Join us online for free next Wed when Will joins us from Dallas: #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1609887610...

Not long to go before we welcome Ian Whates to tell us all about NewCon press in particular and what writers need to know about independent publishing more generally. Join us online for free at 7pm (UK time). #writingcommunity #getpublished #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1554178903...

Would you like to hear some insights from one of Britain's leading independent publishers? Join us online for free at 7pn (UK time) tomorrow when Ian Whates of NewCon Press will share them with us. #writingcommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1554178903...

Just over an hour and a half to go before we meet Elizabeth and Carmen from Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social. Join us online for free to find out what they're all about. #writerscommunity #amwriting #getpublished www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1534095413...

Two days to go before Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley of Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social share their experience as both authors and publishers in the world of independent publishing. Join us online for free 7pm (UK time) this Wed. #writingcommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1534095413...

Two authors who run an indy press keen on social justice walk into our virtual bar. Not a joke. The publisher is Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social and it's going to happen at 7pm (UK time) on Wed 20th Aug. Free to join. #writingcommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1534095413...

Only a fee hours to go before Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social talks about his YA novels full of really, really nasty sidhe. Join us online for free. #writingcommunity #WritersLife #YAfantasy Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1428920903...

A very hot summer is when the sidhe slide out from under their rocks. Join us online for free this Wed when novelist Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social tells us how he writes about them. #writingcommuunity Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1428920903...

We still have a few places left for tomorrow's talk, pitch session and Q&A with literary agent Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic. Join us at 7pm UK time. £5 cover charge: #writingcommunity #ampitching Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1393067896... Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

Do you have a book in search of an agent? Would you like an agent's feedback on your 2min pitch? Join us online on Wed 2nd Jul, 7pm UK time, to meet Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic. £5 cover charge: #writingcommunity #ampitching www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1393067896...

I'm sure we'll find a lot more than 200 words to say about those first 200.

Just a couple more hours to go before Neil Clarke arrives to tell us how he made Clarkesworld ‪@clarkesworldmagazine.com into one of the world's premier short fiction venues. Join us online for free to learn his secrets. #writingcommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1382424742...

Our next speaker will be Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com, who talk about two decades editing one of the top short fiction venues around plus a few anthologies. Join us online this Wed for free. #writingcommunity #amwriting #getpublished www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1382424742...

A little over 2h to go before Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social reveals the secrets of the Wizard's Tower @wtpress.bsky.social. Or at least, the indy publisher that's operating up there. Join us online for free if you'd like to know them. #writing www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1361798238...

We're all looking forward to it. And now we'll feel obliged to be lovely.

Ever wondered what books a wizard publishes in a tower? Join us for free online when bookwizard Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social tells us about Wizard's Tower @wtpress.bsky.social Press. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1361798238...

I'm honoured that @laylasabourian.bsky.social and her family found the book helpful! Challenging unhelpful stereotypes in fiction of how foster families and absent biological parents are portrayed was important to me right from when I began this series. laylasabourian.substack.com/p/pilgrennon...

Online now! 😀

As we gird our loins after the long weekend, we can look forward to speaking to Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social of The Slab Press on Thursday evening. Free online for anyone who would like to join. #writingcommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1321672651...

A week and a half before we welcome Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social to talk about one of Britain's newest indy publishers, Slab Press. Join us online for free at 7pm on Wed 8th Mar. #writingcommunity #amwritng www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1321672651...

Only a few hours away from a reading and conversation with thriller author Wendy Heard @wendydheard.bsky.social. Join us online for free at 7pm (UK time). It's going to be thrilling. #writingcommunity #author #thriller www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1302623565...

Ever wondered how a thriller author thrills a thriller reader? Join us online for free this Wed when Wendy Heard @wendydheard.bsky.social, reads from Youn Can Trust Me and spills all the beans. #WritingCommunity #Author #Thriller #Booksky www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1302623565...

Counting down to this evening’s panel discussion of Green Stories Project @greenstories.bsky.social authors and editors. Join us online for free at 7pm UK time. #writingcommunity #shortstory www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1275289137...

How can fiction show us a better world? This Wed, we’ll talk about how Green Stories @greenstories.bsky.social UK project did it with an editor and two authors of their latest abthology. #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1275289137...

One more day until we talk about the future of environmental engineering and @greenstories.bsky.social with Sonia Heaven of U Southampton. Join us online for free at 7pm tomorrow. #science #netzero #writingcommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1255932922...

Would you like an expert's view on how microbes can make a better future? Join us online for free this Wed and environmental engineer Sonia Heaven of U Southampton and @greenstories.bsky.social will tell us: #Sustainability #Climate #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1255932922...

Are you a writer? Do you want to know what an agent thinks of what you write? Then join us online Wed 5th Mar for a talk, pitch and Q&A with Emily MacDonald of 42MP. £5 cover charge. #amquerying #WritingCommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1233044020...

Last call for an online evening with graphic novellist Darryl Cunningham @acmedarryl.bsky.social, who has been commenting on the events that got the world to where we are for the last couple of decades. Starting in 50min. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1214761687...

How to tell the story of the modern world through graphic novels? No one knows better than Darryl Cunningham @acmedarryl.bsky.social. Tomorrow evening, he’ll be talking about it online. Anyone out there like to join the conversation? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1214761687...

Darryl Cunningham @acmedarryl.bsky.social has been making graphic novels about the people and events who shape the modern world for the last 15 years. Join us online on Wed 19th Feb when he tells us how it's done. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1214761687...

Would you like to spend this evening immersed in the world of air and nothingness @aanpress.bsky.social where Todd Sanders @lackriver.bsky.social makes magic with indy publishing? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1112464755...

Quick update on the Wed online session with Todd Sanders @lackriver.bsky.social of AAN Press @aanpress.bsky.social now that Eventbrite is (sort of) working. Sign up at: Meetup: meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/1112464755...

Todd Sanders of AAN Press will be kicking off this year's eveny programme at 7pm this Wed. Join us free online. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Will post the Eventbrite link when Eventbrite hit their site with the right spanner and let me back in.

Happy New Year to all the writers out there! Our Scribblers managed 20 publications between eight members in 2024 so let's see if we can do even better in 2025.

How do you win an award with a self-pubbed historical mystery? Join us online next Wed when Genevieve Morrissey tells us how she did it with Marriage and Hanging . That's the title, not the technique. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1045509696...

Anyone out there stuck on the lit agent query hamster wheel? Join us online later today when Sheyla Knigge of US-based HighLine will demystify it. £3 cover charge. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1025668671... Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

Quick shout to everyone on the agent query treadwheel: next Wed, we’ll be hosting Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social of HighLine for a talk, pitching session and Q&A. Online with a £3 cover charge: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1025668671...

Only 4h to go before Gareth Powell and Jendia Gammon share their writing, wisdom and of course their Stars and Sabers. Join us online for free if you’d like to hear about it. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1012374598...

Publishing needs more stars and more sabres. Join us online on Wed when Gareth Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social & Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social talk about how they'll give us @starsandsabers.bsky.social. ‬ Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

One for anyone running the querying treadwheel: Paula Munier of Talcott Notch will be joining us online this Wed to feed back on pitches and answer questions. Join us for a £3 cover charge. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9938892886...

What should writers know about digital-first publishing? Join us online on Wed when editorial director Emily Gowers of Storm will tell all with plenty of time for questions: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9274955832...

An hour and a half to go before we meet literary agent Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic online. Only £3 if you’d like feedback on your pitch, have a burning question or just want to listen: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9196938982...

One for anyone on the querying treadmill: an online event with Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic on Tuesday evening. See what she thinks of your pitch for a £3 cover: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9196938982...

Can fiction explore the future we’ll live through? The stories in All Tomorrow’s Futures gave it a go. Join us this evening to discuss them with their authors. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9188808262... Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

Is British independent publishing a mystery to you? Join us online on Wednesday and Neil Griffiths of UK indy Weatherglass will demystify it for all of us. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9134770735...