Programme

A link to the venue.

NOTE: MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL AT LEAST 29th APRIL DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION.

PLEASE REFER BACK TO THIS PAGE FOR UPDATES REGARDING FUTURE MEETINGS.

All meetings (both St Michael's and The White Hart) will be cancelled while Government recommendations regarding social distancing remain in place.

Meetings take place at St Michael's Church Hall 8pm - 10pm on alternate Wednesdays, as listed below.

Non-members are welcome to come along to any of the programmed events. There is a charge of £3 for non-members on "ordinary" nights, and £5 when there is a speaker.

On Wednesdays between our St Michael's meetings we informally meet for manuscripts in the upstairs room at the White Hart pub in Holywell Hill St Albans, also at 8pm. The first White Hart meeting is free to non-members but they will be asked to pay a fee of £3 for each subsequent White Hart meeting attended.

	VWC Programe 2018/19
4 September 2019	AGM, followed by Manuscripts	Setting of the David Gibson Comp by last year's winner, Claire Morgan
18 September 2019	Guest Night: Candy Denman (TV scriptwriter and crime novelist) and Kerena Swan (author of psychological thrillers) will answer questions about their path to publication, set a writing exercise and give feedback to members and visitors.
2 October 2019	Deadline/Voting on David Gibson Competition	Setting of the Elisabeth Philips Competition by last year's winner, Dave Weaver
Saturday 12 October	LOCAL WRITERS SHOWCASE AT ST ALBANS LIBRARY 7pm - local writers from VW and elsewhere read their work. Free entry and refreshments
16 October 2019	Manuscript
30 October 2019	Manuscript	Deadline for Elisabeth Philips Competition Entries
13 November 2019	Guest Night: Hoping to secure an agent and a publication deal? Rachael Blok, author of the St Albans-set Maarten Jansen crime series, will answer questions on the process, and talk about those all-important pitch letters - bring yours along for feedback
27 November 2019	Adjudicate the Elisabeth Philips Competition
11 December 2019	Christmas Party with literary games and book swap - you are invited to bring a giftwrapped (used) book to swap for another
25 December 2019	CHRISTMAS - NO MEETING THIS WEEK
8 January 2020	Manuscript	Set the President's Competition by last year's winner, Oscar Windsor-Smith
22 January 2020	Manuscript
5 February 2020	Workshop - Creating Convincing Characters - Phil Mitchell	Deadline for President's Competition entries
19 February 2020	Guest Night - Zoe Folbigg, Romantic Novelist
4 March 2020	Adjudicate the President's Competition
18 March 2020	CANCELLED Annual Literary Quiz Night will take place at a later date TBA.
1 April 2020	CANCELLED Workshop with Kate Griffin, winner of the 2012 Faber Stylist competition and author of the Kitty Peck historical mystery series will take place at a later date TBA.	Set the Crystal Decanter Competition by last year's winner, Gerwin de Boer
15 April 2020	EASTER - NO MEETING THIS WEEK AS HALL BOOKED BY CHURCH
29 April 2020	Manuscript	Deadline for Crystal Decanter entries
13 May 2020	Adjudicate the Crystal Decanter Competition	Setting of the Howard Linskey Competition
27 May 2020	Manuscript
10 June 2020	Guest NIght TBA	Deadline for Howard Linskey Competition entries
24 June 2020	Manuscript
8 July 2020	Adjudication of the Howard Linskey Competition
22 July 2020	Party with literary games; please bring a small amount of food to share