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Short Story Micro Festival

A free workshop and panel discussion with book stall and signings.

  • 30th April 2026
  • 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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.

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

Facilities

  • Disabled Accessibility
  • wheelchair access
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