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Continue reading →: New book published by the Rugby Cafe WritersA Story For Every Day Of Autumn is the new book published today by the Rugby Cafe Writers. The book is an anthology of stories – one for each day of September, October and November. Some are fiction, some are memoir and many suit the season, with tales of Autumn,…
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Continue reading →: Announcing our special Autumn EventA group of Rugby writers are launching their new book with an evening of poetry, stories and songs. The Rugby Cafe Writers have just published their latest anthology, A Story For Every Day Of Autumn, featuring more than 90 short stories, diaries, articles and memoir to match the season of…
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Continue reading →: My favourite books: Fran NeatherwayIn this occasional series, members of Rugby Cafe Writers discuss the books which have influenced them. Fran Neatherway grew up in a small village in the middle of Sussex. She studied History at the University of York and put her degree to good use by working in IT. Reading is an…
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Continue reading →: Welcome to the Rugby Cafe WritersThe Rugby Cafe Writers are a group of keen writers who meet in Rugby. We have published six anthologies so far – Get to the Point, Press Pause: Relax with a Poem, A Story For Every Day of Summer, A Story For Every Day Of Autumn, A Story For Every…
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Continue reading →: What the Cafe Writers did in 2022Review of the Year 2022 The Cafe Writers have continued to grow during 2022 with several new members becoming active in the group. Some people have come along once and then never returned, and I continue to reflect on what they are seeking and we are not offering. One theory…
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Continue reading →: Rugby Cafe Writers at Literary FestivalsMembers of the Rugby Cafe Writers have been promoting their books at two recent Literary Festivals. They were at the Southam Book Festival in October 2021 and the Moulton Literary Festival (in Northampton) in November. Members received several queries about the group and managed to sell quite a few books…
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Continue reading →: Meet the writers at two literary festivalsRugby Cafe Writers will be promoting their books at two Literary Festivals this autumn. Southam Book Festival is taking place at the Grahams Adams Centre, Southam this year from 11am to 4pm on Saturday October 24th. Speakers include our own Bella Osborne! 11:00 Festival opens – with 30 exhibitors11:30 “How…
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Continue reading →: New books published by Rugby Cafe WritersMembers of Rugby Cafe Writers have been busy publishing books over the past month. Bella Osborne has written The Promise of Summer. This was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one package. Ruby’s life is about to change for ever… After years of dating losers,…
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Continue reading →: Thrapston Mansions – Writing Project 2021Rugby Cafe Writers have completed their 2020 writing project, inspired by Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street series. We created a fictional set of characters living in a small block of flats in North-West London. Each meeting, someone in the Cafe Writers was challenged to write 300 words (maximum) about one of…
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Continue reading →: How do you write about encounters?Encounters are important in any story. How does a story change after an encounter? Which sort of encounters are the most effective? This was the topic for our discussion. Get to the PointOur book sales have stalled a bit. We have sold 24 e-books and 44 paperbacks. There is still…
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Welcome to the Rugby Cafe Writers. We are a friendly group of budding and experienced writers who meet in Rugby every fortnight and share our love of books and writing. We also have a spin-off group which gives authors a chance to get feedback on their works-in-progress. We publish our own anthologies and so far have eight books for sale! Please come and join us. Beginners are most welcome.
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