Who are Reading Writers?

We are a small and varied group of people of all ages who are united in our love for words. We encompass performance poets and stand-up comedians as well as writers of autobiography,… Read More →

Where do we meet?

We meet on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month in a meeting room at RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) in London Street, Reading. The formal meeting starts at 7.15 pm with the… Read More →

Another Light Raid

Reading Writers’ anthology, ANOTHER LIGHT RAID, contains poetry, fiction and nonfiction by sixteen local authors and is available both as a print book and, for the technologically-minded, an ebook. ‘Reading is a fine… Read More →

The Don Louth Writers’ Award

Each year, Reading Writers presents an award to one of its members in memory of our former secretary, Don Louth. Don devised this award himself and particularly wanted it to be presented to… Read More →

How do I join?

Please contact our Chair, Claire Dyer (claire.dyer AT lineone.net, replacing the AT with @). We may have a waiting list or it might be as simple as turning up to one of our… Read More →

Recent successes

At Reading Writers, we celebrate every writing success, however big or small. We know that writing isn’t easy and we believe that all of our members who write are successful. Above is a… Read More →

History of Reading Writers

Reading Writers’ history goes back to 1949 when some writers decided to get together and write. And so on. Rumour has it that Thomas Pynchon has been masquerading as the Vice Chair of… Read More →