Creative Writing Groups in Birmingham
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BIRMINGHAM WRITERS GROUP
VEGed Out Cafe
Meets the first and third Wednesday evening of each month
Website:www.birminghamwriters.org
BRUMQUEERINK
Meet: 2nd Friday of each month.7.00 pm - 8.30 pm at The Wellington pub, 72 Bristol Street, Birmingham, B5 7AH
Contact: 07749 412269
Email:birminghamqueerink@yahoogroups.com
Facebook: " Birmingham Queer Ink"
Twitter: @BrumQueerInk
Website:http://brumqueerink.webnode.com/
CANNON POETS
Secretary: Martin Underwood
22 Margaret Grove
Harborne
Birmingham B17 9JH
Meeting at: MAC (Midlands Arts Centre) Hexagon Room,
From April 2008, due to the MAC closing for refurbishment, the venue will be
Moseley Community Development Trust,
Post Office Building, Alcester Road, Moseley Village
Contact: The Secretary
0121 426 6413
1st Sunday in the month 2.00pm -5.30pm, except August
Website:www.cannonpoets.co.uk/
CANON HILL WRITERS GROUP
Hall Green Library
Contact: Pauline Morgan
0121 777 2777
Every Thursday 8.00pm 10.00pm
Disabled access and bar
Membership fee and concessions
CENTURY POETS
Century House
99-101 Sutton House
Birmingham B23 5XA
Contact: Prof. Kopan Mahadeva
0121 382 0109
Last Sunday in the month 2.00pm - 6.00pm
The DESIblitz Writing Group
The group meet at Birmingham Central Library every third Thursday of the month at 6.30pm in the Library Cafe.
The DESIblitz Writing Group offers budding writers with the opportunity to develop researching, reading and writing skills for a live online magazine. The aim of the group is to encourage good media writing and to develop specific writing skills for articles that meet the standard for live publication on the magazine website. Writers with a South Asian background are targeted especially by the group but all are welcome. If you have interests in British-Asian culture, music and dance, sports, fashion, bollywood, health and beauty, food, technology and politics - this is an ideal writing group for you. For more information about us you can log on the website www.desiblitz.com or contact Indi by email editor@desiblitz.com
ERDINGTON LIBRARY WRITERS GROUP
Erdington Library
Orphanage Road
Erdington
Birmingham B24 9HP
Contact: Osborne Centre
Tel: 0121 382 6238
1st Wednesday in the month 1.30pm - 3.00 pm
POW-WOW
Prince of Wales, 118 Alcester Road
Moseley B13 8EE
Meet: Every Tuesday 8-10pm
Contact: Andy 07815 625070
Email:powwow@thespidermonkey.co.uk
A friendly, informal and supportive group for anybody interested in writing fiction. If you would like to join the Tuesday group please email first.
SOUTH YARDLEY CREATIVE WRITING GROUP
South Yardley Library
Contact: Shirley P. Cooper
07817044865
Email:spcnac@yahoo.co.uk
Website:www.shirleypcooper.blogspot.com/
SUTTON COLDFIELD POETRY SOCIETY
Sutton Coldfield Library
Lower Parade
Sutton Coldfield B72 1XX
Contact: Jenny Smith or Terry Simmons
0121 354 2274
Meets 1st Saturday in the month
10am - 1pm
SUTTON COLDFIELD WRITERS GROUP
73 Monmouth Drive
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham B73 6JH
Contact: Mrs W M Mottram
0121 354 3860
3rd Tuesday in the month 10.00am onwards
WONDERHORN WRITERS
27 Hazeldene Road
Sheldon
Birmingham B33 0QB
Contact: Raymond Avery
0121 770 1897
Fortnightly - Saturday 2.00pm
WRITERS WITHOUT BORDERS
Central Library
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham B3 3HQ
Contact: Cathy Perry
0121 303 3371
1st Saturday in the month
11am - 1pm
WYTHALL WRITERS
Wythall Library
May Lane
Hollywood
Birmingham
Contact: Louise 0121 430 4992
Meet on the second Thursday of the month.
Website:www.wythallwriters.com
CreativeCooperative
Websitewww.creativecooperative.co.uk
Most people have talents that give them pleasure, they long to exit the rat race for a more productive career but don't have the right qualifications or live in the right area or are just plain scared! This is a network for creative people to help one another and exchange ideas. A helping hand to those who want use their talent and a ready made pool of support.
Electric Banana
Websitewww.electric-banana.co.uk
Electric Banana is a Birmingham-based music website that is run via contributions from students and amateur writers. The website is also run in collaboration with a number of universities in the Midlands - as the website offers young students and writers the rare opportunity to gain freelance journalism experience.
Creative writing courses are held at Adult Education Centres and are listed in Your guide to Adult Education Courses in Birmingham.
This guide is available at Central Library and all Birmingham Community Libraries, by phoning Adult Education 0121 303 4318 or checking Adult Education on the Birmingham Grid for Learning website (This opens in a new window).
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