Event Listing
Whether you are looking for a group, workshop or an open mic, you'll find all the details for the coming weeks below:
Items are added as organisers confirm them. We take great care in compiling this list. Words on Wednesday is not responsible for running all these events. It is a good idea to check the event's social media or website before you attend.JULY 2026
Swindon Artswords Writers Cafe
📅28/07/2026 🕛 7.00pm-9.00pm 📍Friends Meeting House, 79 Eastcott Hill, SN1 3JF 💷£2 Artswords Writers' Café, is a meeting place for new writers, experienced writers and anyone interested in writing. We chat, we read, we explore, and we discover, interesting things about writing. If you have any piece of writing you’d like to share with others, please bring it along, in hardcopy, at least tenfold. Everyone and anyone interested in writing and reading is welcome! For further information, please contact Matt Holland on 01793 771080 or matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk 🔗 Info
Intro to Play writing - Singnal Festival
📅28/07/2026 🕛 12.30pm-2.00pm 📍Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square, SN1 1QN 💷£3 oin playwright Simon Castle for a dynamic playwriting workshop where you'll dive into the world of writing a short play. Over the course of the workshop, you'll learn the essentials of play structure, from crafting compelling characters to creating & increasing solid stakes to create a short piece. 🔗 Info 🔗 Tickets
Open Mic at the Wyvern: Music Poetry, Dance, Poetry
📅28/07/2026 🕛 7.30pm-9.00pm 📍Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square, SN1 1QN 💷£5 Whether you're an aspiring performer or a passionate audience member, this is your chance to shine on stage and discover local talent. Come along, support the arts, and enjoy a night of creativity and fun! Register your interest in performing with Oli - owebb@wyverntheatre.org.uk 🔗 Info 🔗 Tickets
Words on Wednesday (WoW)
📅29/07/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Swindon Hub, 36 The Parade, SN1 1BA 💷FREE Friendly, inclusive, creative writing group run by volunteers. Free, no need to book pop in! 🔗 Info
Poetry in the pub
📅29/07/2026 🕛 7.30pm-9.00pm 📍The Pulpit, 7 Devizes Road, SN1 4BJ 💷FREE An evening of poems and good company, presented in association with Poetry Swindon and hosted by Maurice Spillane and Tony Hillier. Whether you wish to recite, read, or listen, everyone welcome! Further info, if you need it, from poemogram@hotmail.com 🔗 Info
The wild Attention poetry Workshop Part of the Signal Festival
📅30/07/2026 🕛 2.00pm-4.00pm 📍The Richard Jeffries Museum, SN3 6AA 💷£3 Step into a workshop where the ordinary becomes transformative. This poetry workshop invites you to slow down, look closer and discover tiny details that spark big imagination. Through games, and creative prompts, you’ll turn small observations into vivid, surprising poetry. 🔗 Info 🔗 Tickets
Liden Writers Group
📅31/07/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Liden Library, Liden Square, SN3 6HF 💷FREE A friendly local writers' group welcomes all to write along with prompts and shares every week 🔗 Info
AUGUST 2026
Mum's The Word
📅03/08/2026 🕛 7.30pm-9.00pm 📍Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, West Swindon, SN5 5PJ 💷£2 Mum's the Word, is a friendly and informal writing group for mums, including birth mums, foster mums, full–time mums, adoptive mums, working mums, grandmas, and women who are primary carers or guardians of a child. for more in fo contact Helen Allen at: mumsthewordwriting@outlook.com or helen@ifsandbuts.co.uk 🔗 Info
Words on Wednesday (WoW)
📅05/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Swindon Hub, 36 The Parade, SN1 1BA 💷FREE Friendly, inclusive, creative writing group run by volunteers. Free, no need to book pop in! 🔗 Info
Liden Writers Group
📅07/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Liden Library, Liden Square, SN3 6HF 💷FREE A friendly local writers' group welcomes all to write along with prompts and shares every week 🔗 Info
Words on Wednesday (WoW)
📅12/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Swindon Hub, 36 The Parade, SN1 1BA 💷FREE Friendly, inclusive, creative writing group run by volunteers. Free, no need to book pop in! 🔗 Info
Liden Writers Group
📅14/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Liden Library, Liden Square, SN3 6HF 💷FREE A friendly local writers' group welcomes all to write along with prompts and shares every week 🔗 Info
Words on Wednesday (WoW)
📅19/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Swindon Hub, 36 The Parade, SN1 1BA 💷FREE Friendly, inclusive, creative writing group run by volunteers. Free, no need to book pop in! 🔗 Info
Liden Writers Group
📅21/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Liden Library, Liden Square, SN3 6HF 💷FREE A friendly local writers' group welcomes all to write along with prompts and shares every week 🔗 Info
Words on Wednesday (WoW)
📅26/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Swindon Hub, 36 The Parade, SN1 1BA 💷FREE Friendly, inclusive, creative writing group run by volunteers. Free, no need to book pop in! 🔗 Info
Liden Writers Group
📅28/08/2026 🕛 10.30am-11.30am 📍Liden Library, Liden Square, SN3 6HF 💷FREE A friendly local writers' group welcomes all to write along with prompts and shares every week 🔗 Info
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OTHER GROUPS/OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
Ipsum Creative Writing Group Charity local to Swindon delivering therapy, including art therapy, e.g. creative writing, holds a weekly writing group info Artswords Mentoring Service
Mentoring is with Artswords' Literature Development Worker, Matt Holland. For further information about booking a mentoring session, live or via Zoom, please call 01793 771080 or write to matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk.
