ACW Autumn Gathering 2025

Name: ACW Autumn Gathering 2025
Start: 2025-10-24T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-25T16:00:00+01:00
Location: St John's Church, Egham

Schedule

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St John's Church, Egham | Staines, EN

Every year, we love to gather to invest in ourselves, in our own writing and to seek God for his wisdom, guidance, inspiration and creativity for the next step. We do this together because writing can be a lonely business and we need one another's support and encouragement to keep going through the winter months.
Our Autumn Gathering will be a time to glean from our speakers and each other, to store up words like wheat at harvest, ready to sow them generously when the time comes.
Theme: The Space Between
Have you ever experienced the euphoria of completing a first draft? It's so exhilarating!
Do you envision the dazzling lights of book launches, red carpets and five star reviews? Can you almost smell the newly printed ink as your first draft magically materialises into a finished product?
Or do you see a vast and empty sea of the unknown between the first draft and the final product? Do you get crippled with writer's block? Or perhaps you know exactly how much hard work there is in this 'space between' so you procrastinate and procrastinate...?
This autumn we want to encourage, equip and inspire you to navigate this space with resilience, hope and community.
We will hear from our experienced Chair, Jane Walters, and the former Chair of ACW, Angela Hobday, who will share their insights and give us the tools we need to get from first draft to an excellent end - not a sloppy, half-finished, unvarnished end, nor one that is 'stuffed-in-a-drawer-and-forgotten-all-about'.
Together, we will get there!
Friday Night (optional), Dessert evening with Adrian Plass
7:00pm-10:00pm
At: The Easter Centre, St John's Church, Egham
Special Guests: Adrian and Bridget Plass
Food: A dessert buffet and soft drinks are included.
Activities: Readings from Adrian and Bridget Plass, a literary-themed team quiz and book prizes from our members. Plus time to mix, mingle and network.
(NB: Accommodation is not included. We recommend booking a room at the nearby Travelodge, only 3 minutes walk away. We can all walk there together at the end of the evening.)