Cambridge Writing Centre: Short Story Micro-Festival
Schedule
Thu Apr 30 2026 at 04:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Lord Ashcroft Building | Cambridge, EN
A FREE workshop and panel discussion with book stall and signingsAbout this Event
Cambridge Writing Centre is a research centre based at Anglia Ruskin University, dedicated to sharing knowledge in the field of creative writing. This year we're holding our first micro-festival to close out the Spring semester, with a focus on the short story.
All events are on the ground-floor in a wheelchair-accessible venue.
4.00-5.30 / LAB 006
Narrowing Down & Opening Up: How to Turn an Idea Into a Story
A writing workshop with Edge Hill Short Story Prize Winner Chris Beckett (The Turing Test)
6.00-7.30/ LAB 002
A Quiet Bomb, a Little Earthquake: Writing Short Stories
A discussion panel with BBC National Short Story Award winner Naomi Wood (This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things), short story writer, editor and anthologist Karen Stevens (Brilliant Blue) and British Fantasy Award winnner and long-term Best British Short Stories editor Nicholas Royle (London Gothic).
Chaired by multi-award-winning novelist and short story writer Alison MacLeod
7.30-8.00 / Foyer
Book-Signing
4.00-6.00 / Foyer
Book Stall/Refreshments
Where is it happening?
Lord Ashcroft Building, Broad St, Cambridge, United KingdomGBP 0.00



















