Regional Groups
Authors North
On joining the Society, all members living in the North of England automatically become members of Authors North and will receive Authors North mailings.
The group organises a day-long event each spring and autumn for all members living in the North of England. Both of these meetings feature guest speakers from the world of publishing on topics of current interest to all writers.
The third event takes the form of a summer social, where members and their guests can meet informally in a convivial atmosphere to swap stories, make contacts and generally enjoy themselves in pleasant company.
Reports of meetings and items of interest will be posted on this page.
Authors North is run by an elected committee and a professional secretary from the Society. The committee welcomes feedback from members on any relevant issues and sees that information is passed on to other members of the Group. The committee also welcomes members’ comments and feedback about Authors North events, or suggestions of topics for future meetings.
If you have any queries please contact the Group's secretary in London, Lisa Dowdeswell.
Next meeting
The next event will be the spring meeting. Details will be sent to members soon.
Interested in sharing a lift to events? We encourage members to share lifts where possible. If you have space in your car for another member, or need a lift to an Authors North event, see www.liftshare.com or contact Lisa Dowdeswell.
Last meeting
The last meeting was the Autumn AGM & meeting at Salford Quays, Manchester, on 15 October 2011. According to Authors North committee member, Colin Shelbourn, it was ‘one of the most exhilarating and inspirational events we’ve run’.
Chair of the Authors North committee, Clare Dudman, wrote a blog about the day, which is nicely complemented by Colin Shelbourn’s sketches of our evening event with the Liars’ League, where professional actors perform short stories by writers.
Throughout both daytime talks we tweeted information we thought might be of interest to members. To find out more search for #authorsnorth at www.twitter.com.
Our Twitter list can be found at http://twitter.com/#!/Soc_of_Authors/authors-north. If you would like to be added to this list, please email us.
Past activities of Authors North
We are grateful to former committee members Peter Riley and Sheila May, who have written articles on the past activities of the group.