Free monthly meetings at Portishead Library: writers’ group and Bring Your Own Book. View meeting times
Writing events and meetings

What’s on for writers and readers.

Find Portishead meetings, online Writing Rooms, Saturday retreats, Bring Your Own Book sessions, and future WritersGroup workshops.

Event types

Choose the kind of session you need.

Some sessions are for writing, some are for reading, and some are simply there to help you protect time for your own work.

W

Writers’ group

Monthly in-person writing time, accountability, and encouragement at Portishead Library.

B

Bring Your Own Book

A monthly reading group where you bring whatever you’re reading. No set book, no homework.

O

Online Writing Rooms

Focused online writing sessions for company, structure, and protected time to write.

S

Saturday retreats

Longer online sessions for drafting, editing, planning, reading, or returning to your own work.

How this works

Useful sessions, not diary clutter.

The point is to give you regular, usable ways to write, read, meet people, and keep going. No need to turn it into a massive project.

Local meetings
In-person sessions at Portishead Library for writers and readers.
Online sessions
Writing Rooms and retreats for people outside Portishead.
Useful structure
Enough shape to help, not so much that the session becomes another job.
Upcoming events

Next sessions.

Events are shown in date order. Use the links to view details and reserve a place where booking is available.

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