Write Club is a community of creatives that come together to write, discuss and share work.
Whether writing is your career, first time expression or lifelong dream, we create
spaces to explore, experiment and expand your writing practice.
Write Club is anchored in monthly events with high profile guest speakers, bi-annual retreats, and fortnightly body doubling meet-ups all designed to establish a routine of writing, inspire confidence and create a community for writers in what can often feel like a solo profession.
No previous writing experience is required to attend any of our sessions.
To find out more about the sessions we run, please visit the spaces we host below:
O U R S P A C E S
O U R S E S S I O N S
Write Club has hosted over fifty illustrious guest speakers - authors, agents, poets, playwrights and filmmakers across the creative industries.
Our Write Club session structure is unique in that all participants introduce themselves before the guest speaker's talk begins - answering questions from participants about their career experiences and life experiences before setting a writing task for our attendees to respond to. Participants then have an hour to write (or longer) in response to the exercise. The final hour of our Write Club sessions culminates in readings of what has been written in front of the guest speaker - resulting in a truly collaborative and collective sharing session.
To date, over 1500 pieces of new works have been created during our sessions.
Previous Write Club Guest Speakers include:
- Laurie Nunn - Emmy Award Winning Creator of 'Sex Education'
- Simon Armitage - Poet Laureate, 'Dwell', 'The Not Dead', 'Stanza Stones'
- Mike Figgis - Oscar Nominated Director and Screenwriter - 'Leaving Las Vegas'
- Irvine Welsh - Screenwriter & Bafta Winning Screenwriter- 'Trainspotting', 'Filth'
- Esther Freud - Author - 'I Couldn't Love You More', 'Hideous Kinky', 'The Sea House'
- Andrew Davies - BAFTA Award Winning Screenwriter -'House of Cards', 'War & Peace'
- Polly Bennett - Oscar Winning Movement Director -'Elvis', 'Bohemian Rhapsody' , 'The Crown'
- Jon Brittain - Olivier Winning Playwright and Writer - 'Rotterdam', 'The Crown', 'Baby Reindeer'
- Daniel Bailey - Artistic Director at the Bush Theatre - 'Wolves on Road', 'August in England'
- Otamere Guobadia - Writer, Poet and Columnist - 'Unutterable Visions, Perishable Breath'
- Henry Mance - Chief Features Writer, FT - 'How to Love Animals and Protect Our Planet'
- Waleed Akhtar - Oliver Winning Playwright and Writer - 'The P Word', 'The Roadtrip'
- Naomi Sheldon - Actor, Producer and Screenwriter - 'The Girlfriend', 'The Good Girl'
- Siddarth Shrikanth - Climate Author, Journalist and Investor - 'The Case for Nature'
- Miriam Lucia - Intimacy Coordinator - 'White Lotus', 'Saltburn' 'House of the Dragon'
- Travis Alabanza - Artist, Writer and Performer incl. 'Burgerz' and 'None of the Above'
- Maimuna Memom - Olivier Winning Writer and Actor, 'Standing at the Sky’s Edge'
- Vinay Patel - Award Winning Screenwriter - 'Murdered by My Father', 'One Day'
- Jennifer Higgie - Author, Screenwriter and Former Arts Editor, Frieze Magazine
- Selina Lim - Bafta and Emmy Award Winning Writer - 'Sex Education', 'Hanna'
- Emily Hayward-Whitlock - Head of Book to Film at The Artists Partnership
- Anthony Anaxagorou - Poet, Author and Royal Society of Literature Fellow
- James Massiah - Musician and Spoken Word Artist - 'Adult Entertainment'
- Daisy Goodwin - Novelist, Producer and Showrunner of ITV's 'Victoria'
- Temi Wilkey - Actor, Writer, Director - 'The High Table', 'Sex Education'
- Leon Mayne - Screenwriter and Producer - 'End of the F*cking World'
- Katherine Angel - Author - 'Sex Will Be Good Again', 'Daddy Issues'
- Luke Jennings - Creator and Writer - 'Killing Eve', 'Project Villenille'
- Amelia Abraham - Author and Journalist - 'Queer Intentions'
- Isis Davis - Actor and Writer - 'Killing Eve', 'Fast Girls'
For more details about how to join one of our next sessions, please visit the Membership page.
R E T R E A T S
We run two Writing Retreats in the every year - one in late Spring, the other in early Autumn. All accommodation, meals and yoga sessions are included in the price.
Run at cost to make them as accessible as possible and designed to create the perfect conditions for writing, our Write Club retreats are our favourite times of the year.
Our next writing retreat takes place in Spring 2026.
For more details, please visit the Retreats page.
T E S T I M O N I A L S
"I was super nervous about attending this session but I'm so glad I did! From the outset the club was welcoming and friendly and I even felt confident enough, in the short time I'd been there, to share my work with the group."
- SINEAD LAMBE
"What made the experience special was feeling an immediate sense of belonging. Everyone listened, everyone breathed. It was focused and structured but also lucid and calm. We were encouraged to search, for as long as we needed, for the right words, before putting pens to paper. Our guest speaker was open and candid, sharing pearls of wisdom - guiding us with generosity and humour. The experience instilled a shot of confidence in me and my writing. It made me feel like I’ve got this. Which is all I could’ve hoped for when I walked through the door".
- DAVID ALEXANDER
"Write Club has been transformative for me. It’s not just an event—it’s a safe haven where I feel seen and supported, a space where I’ve been able to truly hone my ‘voice’ and explore my creativity without judgement.
- ADWOA AKOKO
"Without Write Club I wouldn’t have had the confidence to write a novel. Without Write Club I wouldn’t have met so many amazing, inspiring people who remind me that I’m a creative professional at heart and to not give up on my dreams."
- ASHER HARRIS
- KHAMISI McKENZIE
"It’s been a year since I joined Write Club, and in that time, it’s significantly helped me develop areas of my writing.
The opportunity to hear from other writers, directors, playwrights, actors and novelists helps remove the self-imposed barriers would-be writers sometimes place on ourselves. The exposure you gain from hearing from a range of people allows you to discover something new about yourself and your storytelling approach, getting you out of your creative comfort zones. You get to write and think in a way you may not be accustomed to.
"Since attending my first Write Club several months ago I’ve made a point not to miss a session. Writing can so often become a solitary and somber experience so the chance to experiment and explore different techniques and approaches in an open and friendly environment each month has been incredibly valuable. I’ve found the Write Club especially helpful in finding the joy in writing through sharing work and collaborating with others.
The breadth of the guest speakers’ experiences at the forefront of their fields presents the opportunity to gain an insight into the potential scope and power of language in mediums from Sanskrit-inspired poetry through to major blockbuster films.
The chance to experience and engage with such accomplished experts across such varied paths is a rare privilege and has been especially impactful for me as I’ve routinely found myself working pieces of experimental poetry, prose, and scripts developed during Write Club exercises into my projects.
Instrumental in expanding my creative horizons and opening my work to new perspectives and ideas; my writing owes a great deal to the Write Club, and I couldn’t recommend attending highly enough to any eager or aspiring writer. The chance to share a passion for the craft of writing with a cohort of welcoming and like-minded people is reason enough to come along and try."
- MONTY JONES
