Meetings are generally held online through Zoom but we are now introducing IN PERSON events. Please look at the programme for details. A link enabling you to book tickets and open mic slots via Eventbrite will appear here about ten days before each event.
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When you walk into a room with a living, responsive poetry culture in it, you feel it in the air. Like last night @CafeWriters – Zoom-space feeling house-warmed and human
Philip Gross
Programme
Forthcoming events
14th September 2026 Rebecca Goss and Christina Thatcher
This event will take place on Zoom. It will begin at 7.30pm. Please book tickets OR an Open Mic slot through the Eventbrite link which will appear on our Home Page around ten days before the date. Rebecca Goss is a poet and mentor living in Suffolk. She is the author...
12th October 2026 Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders
This event will take place on Zoom. It will begin at 7.30pm. Please book tickets OR an Open Mic slot through the Eventbrite link which will appear on our Home Page about ten days before the date. Anna Saunders is the author of Communion, (Wild Conversations...
November 23rd 2026 George Szirtes and Elspeth Latimer
This event will be held at the Maddermarket in Norwich [Entrance St John's Alley NR2 1DR]. Doors will be open at 7pm for a 7.30 pm start. We are suggesting a donation of minimum £3 for those who attend. The venue includes a bar. It will be possible to sign up for an...
December 14th 2026 Mark and Gill Connors
This event will take place on Zoom. It will begin at 7.30pm. Please book tickets OR an Open Mic slot through the Eventbrite link which will appear on our Home Page around days before the date.
11th January 2027 Zoom Open Mic Night
This event will take place on Zoom. It will begin at 7.30pm. Please book tickets OR an Open Mic slot through the Eventbrite link which will appear on our Home Page about a week before the event and this month we will be celebrating you - our Café Writer's Community -...
8th February 2027 Pádraig Ó Tuama and Michelle Penn
This event will take place on Zoom. It will begin at 7.30pm. Please book tickets OR an Open Mic slot through the Eventbrite link which will appear on our Home Page around a week before the date. Pádraig Ó Tuama (b. 1975, Ireland) is a poet with interests in language,...