Tuesday 25 June

6pm - 8pm
The Walrus, 10 Ship Street, BN1 1AD

Naomi Wood, UEA tutor and winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award, is coming all the way to Brighton to talk to us about what makes a successful short story.

Past Events

  • April 2024

    We discussing non-traditional ways of publishing.

  • March 2024

    We discussd short-form writing, plus Karen Pierce gave us the inside scoop on competitions.

  • February 2024

    Siân Prime and Cathy Hayward talked to us about The Business of Writing.

  • January 2024



    We kicked off the year discussing 2024: what are you writing?

  • November 2023

    Bestselling crime fiction author and advisor to crime TV writers Graham Bartlett joined our event on The Darkness in Fiction and Non-Fiction.

  • October 2023

    Visual artist Shelly Morrow joined us for an event focused on The Body.

  • September 2023


    Marnie Summerfield Smith was in the hot seat for our September event on the theme of memoir.

  • June 2023

    For our last event before the summer, RWC members discussed Our Writing Lives.

  • May 2023

    We explored the impact of place on our writing with novelist Joanna Glen at our May event.


  • April 2023


    Cathy Hayward and Sue Teddern joined us for our April salon, where we addressed The Elephant in the Room.

  • March 2023

    Hannah Eaton was in the hot seat for a fascinating evening on the subject of dialogue.

  • February 2023

    Bestselling author Louise Doughty joined us to talk about adapting books for the screen.



  • January 2023


    Bibi Lynch joined us to talk about the importance of storytelling in her journalism and podcasting.

  • November 2022


    We heard from a leading criminal barrister, who described how she creates a courtroom narrative.

  • October 2022


    The launch of Real Writers Circle!