Open Book Writers Group was formed in 2009, and meets fortnightly in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (sorry, interested parties in Idaho, Missouri, Michigan, South Carolina, and around any of the other worthy Chesterfields out there).

The group is non-tutor-led, lively, friendly and welcoming to writers of all levels. Its members range from published authors to dabblers just giving it a go, with all members supporting each other through friendship and constructive criticism. We welcome new folks, whether you be shy or vibrant, traditionally published, electronically published, or not published. If you’re stuck on a particularly thorny writing difficulty, or writing every week/day/month, writing poetry, prose, autobiography, writing about travel, science, history or anything else you can think of you’ll be welcome with us. The first meeting is free to try us out and see what we’re like.