Come celebrate the group’s hard work on the 2025 Short Story Contest with a party at The Leather Exchange or online!
Work your writing project and learn about the querying process with fellow Spectrum members.
A critique meeting for short stories and novel excerpts written by our members, live and in person in Pimlico! An overview of how the critique meetings are structured can be found here – please note that you need to read the stories we’ll be discussing ahead of time and prepare your feedback for the authors. […]
A multi-hour relaxed mid-holiday drop-in social, and who knows, maybe we’ll do some writing too.
Come to our first online critique meeting of 2026!
A critique meeting for short stories and novel excerpts written by our members, live and in person in London Bridge! An overview of how the critique meetings are structured can be found here – please note that you need to read the stories we’ll be discussing ahead of time and prepare your feedback for the […]
Framing stories beyond heroes and villains A writer’s workshop under the expert tutelage of one of our fellow Spectrum organisers and published author, Ana Sun. How might we approach writing narratives that steer away from the hero’s journey? In this workshop, we will explore techniques to handle a rich cast of characters to reflect community […]
Get together with your fellow members and work on your project! These events are tailored to create some space in your life to get some writing done in the company of other writers. We will usually sprint for 45 minute intervals and then take a short break before diving in again. So come hang out […]
A virtual critique meeting for short stories and novel excerpts written by our members. We will be critiquing one to two pieces at this session. An overview of how the critique meetings are formatted can be found on this page – please note that you need to read the stories we’ll be discussing ahead of […]
Venue change Alert for In-Person Critique on the 25th February! A critique meeting for short stories and novel excerpts written by our members, live and in person at the Constitution Pub in Pimlico! An overview of how the critique meetings are structured can be found here – please note that you need to read the […]
A critique meeting for short stories and novel excerpts written by our members, live and in person in London Bridge! An overview of how the critique meetings are structured can be found here – please note that you need to read the stories we’ll be discussing ahead of time and prepare your feedback for the […]
A virtual critique meeting for short stories and novel excerpts written by our members. We will be critiquing one to two pieces at this session. An overview of how the critique meetings are formatted can be found on this page – please note that you need to read the stories we’ll be discussing ahead of […]