Programme
The Café Writers hold events at Louis Marchesi, 17 Tombland, Norwich in the upstairs function room.
Meetings start at 7.30 and admission is £3.00. All are welcome. We host readings from writers from across the globe, presenting a wide range of writers performing a variety of styles – poetry, drama, prose – in an atmosphere that both welcomes new work and invites professional polish. There are opportunities to read from the floor.
12th July 2021 – Jenny Mitchell and Finola Scott
This event will take place through zoom. You can reserve tickets from ten days before the date. Please see Home Page for details. Jenny Mitchel is winner of the Folklore Prize 2020, the Segora Prize 2020, the Aryamati Prize 2020, the Fosseway Prize 2020, a Bread and...
9th August 2021 – Story Machine ‘New Fictions’ winners: Alex Carulli, Rosemary Johnston, Stella Bech
This event will take place through zoom. You can reserve a place from ten days before the event. Please see home page for details. Rosemary Johnston grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland and lives in North Yorkshire with her family. She has written for adults and...
13th September 2021 – Jane Commane and Chaucer Cameron
This event will take place through zoom. You can reserve tickets for ten days before the date. Please see Home Page for details. Jane Commane was born in Coventry and lives and works in Warwickshire. Her first full-length collection, Assembly Lines, was published by...
Recent events
14th June 2021 – Rishi Dastidar and Jill Abram.
This event will take place through Zoom. See Home Page from ten days before the event to book. A poem from Rishi Dastidar’s debut Ticker-tape was included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2018. A pamphlet, the break of a wave, was published by Offord Road Books in 2019....
10th May 2021 Tiffany Atkinson and the UEA Ink Sweat and Tears Scholars
This event will be held through Zoom. You can reserve tickets for ten days before the date. Please see Home Page for details. Tiffany Atkinson is the author of four poetry collections: Kink and Particle (Seren, 2006), a PBS Recommendation and winner of the Jerwood...
12th April 2021 – Christopher Allen and Helen Rye
This event will be held through ZOOM. You can reserve tickets from around ten days before the date. Please see home page for details then. Christopher Allen is the editor of SmokeLong Quarterly. His work has been published, most recently, in The Best Small Fictions...