CHILTERN WRITERS
How do I become a member?
Annual membership runs from January to December and fees for 2025 are £25 per year. If you join after 30th June then the fee for the rest of the year is £13.
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Alternatively you are welcome to come along as a visitor, for a fee of £5 payable at the meeting.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
HOW DO I JOIN A MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME?
We are always delighted to meet prospective members and you're welcome to attend as a visitor for as many meetings as you like before deciding to join us. The visitor cost is £5, payable at the meeting.
If you have any queries then please use the contact page on this website. Alternatively you can email chilternwriters@outlook.com or contact us via Facebook or Twitter (@ChilternWriters).
DO I HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE?
You do not need to be a member to take part in the meetings, including reading out your own material at our manuscript evenings. You are also welcome to attend our Christmas social in December.
However, if you wish to enter our annual writing competition then you do need to be a paid-up member of Chiltern Writers.
IF I JOIN CHILTERN WRITERS WILL ANY VISITOR FEES BE REFUNDED?
We are unable to refund any visitor fees paid unless you decide to join the group, in which case that evening's visitor fee will count towards the cost of membership.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
September 2025
Details to be confirmed.
October 2025
Details to be confirmed. We will also be announcing the winners of this year's short story competition.
November 2025
Details to be confirmed.
Previous Meetings and Events
May 2025
Facts or fiction? The importance of research and world building in speculative fiction
Eve writes speculative thrillers, mainly about the things that scare her. In this world of questionable facts and news, she believes that storytelling is more important than ever to engage people in real life issues. Plaudits for her first three novels include Book Of The Month in both The Guardian and The Times, and having one of them described as "pleasingly terrifying" by New Scientist. Her latest novel, The Cure, explores the catastrophic consequences of a cure for ageing which is hijacked by immortalist obsessives.
June 2025
Adrian Poynton - The Basics of Storytelling
Adrian Poynton is an award winning writer of television, theatre, radio and literature. He also teaches a highly popular creative writing class that teaches new writers the skills and confidence they need to take ideas and turn them into short stories, novels and scripts of all kinds.
His evening at Chiltern Writers was entitled The Basics of Storytelling (or, What I’ve learned from people way more successful at this than me) covered storytelling in all forms from the ground up. Areas covered included how to get ideas and what to do with them when you’ve had them, all the way through to finishing and editing your first draft.
July 2025
Morgen Bailey - ideas and Inspiration Workshop
Morgen ran a workshop on to approaches desiged to give you ideas and prompts to get you started on writing a story. This was a change from the planned workshop by Lesley Ellis, which was unavoidably postponed.