WRITERS' GROUPS AND SOCIETIES
DERBYSHIRE
Ashbourne Writers
Compton Social Club, 32 Station Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 1DF
Contact: Jean Osbourne 01335 347791
Meet 1st and 3rd Monday of every month (excluding Bank Holidays and August). Members include playwrights, poets and storytellers.
Belper Writers Group
47 Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1UX
Contact: John Fineran 01773 823527
Meets at the Red Cross Centre (The Chapel) Babington Hospital, Derby Road, Belper on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month (7.30 - 9.30 pm). Contact John for further information.
Derby Poetry Society
22 Windley Avenue, Darley Abbey, Derbyshire DE22 1BZ
Contact: Ms Bernice Read 01332 553430
Meetings are held at 7.30pm in Room 4, The Friends Meeting House, St Helens Street, Derby. Monthly events - appreciation with some workshops. Groups/annual members competition.
Derby Writers Guild
49 Penrhyn Avenue, Littleover, Derbyshire DE23 6LB
Contact: Shelia Roberts 01332 766270
Meets in the function room at the Seven Stars Pub on King Street Derby. 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month.
Higham Writers
Higham House, Higham, Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 6EH
Contact: Lynne Patrick 01773 835249
Meets weekly, every Thursday at 7.30pm at Higham House
Matlock Writers Club
18 Cupola Park, Longway Bank, Whatstandwell, Derbyshire DE4 5HT
Contact: Robert Heath 01629 825524 or 01773 852720
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at club members house.
Nottingham Poetry Society
71 Saxton Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire DE75 7PZ
Contact: Jeremy Duffield 01773 712282
Meet 4th Saturday each month (except August - no meetings) at the New Mechanics Institute, Birkbeck House, Trinity Square, Nottingham 2.45pm. Very active group publishes Poetry Nottingham International. Outside speakers, workshops, talks and performances.
Poetry at the Miltons
c/o The Miltons Head, Spring Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire
Contact: Adrian Tissier 01298 73081
Welcomes new members. Open group for reading own poetry. Meets on the first Monday of each month at 8:30 pm.
South Derbyshire Writers Group
6 Church Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 8LE
Contact: Monica Hudson 01283 225729
Editorial Group Fortnightly - usually Monday - new book. New programme of workshops from Thursday June 10th 1999.
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