Below are the events coming up on Self-Pub Fest, the Monday Midday Mini-fests, the T&T Panels, the Wednesday WIPs, and all-day festivals. Click on the relevant links below for more details. NOTE: all timings are UK times.
The Monday, Tuesday and Thursday sessions should run around 45 minutes but we often keep talking!
The Wednesday WIPs (September onwards) are 1:1 (just myself an a writer ~ you don’t have to be published!) and run up to 60 minutes. These are not recorded and have no one else attending. They start at 9am-10am; 10.30am-11.30am; 12pm-1pm, 1.30pm-2.30pm, and 3pm-4pm, so an opportunity for up to five writers each Wednesdays.
New to Self-Pub Fest? See the Participate for details of how to take part.
Also see this page’s sub-pages: UK Writing Events and Overseas Events. You might also be interested in Writing Competitions (a sub-page of Information).
FORTHCOMING SELF-PUB FEST EVENTS:
There are no live panels for a while as I’m teaching at Swanwick (8th to 13th Aug ~ will I see you there?) then we have a family wedding and other commitments. I will however be scheduling pre-recorded ‘Tell Us About Your… Books‘ episodes so there’s still content on YouTube.
- MMF#25 Monday 24th August @ 12pm: ask Morgen anything (as it’s her birthday this month) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #33 ~ Tuesday 25th August @ 6.30pm: characters (revisited)
- T&T #34 ~ Thursday 27th August @ 6.30pm: tell us about your writing/books
- MMF#26 Monday 31st August @ 12pm (bank holiday here in the UK): writing for children/YA
- T&T #35 ~ Tuesday 1st September @ 6.30pm: publishing routes: get an agent, publisher, self-publish or a mix? (a panel for those who’ve done one or more of those options)
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 2nd September: critique on your writing
- T&T #36 ~ Thursday 3rd September @ 6.30pm: scriptwriting revisited
- MMF#27 Monday 7th September @ 12pm @ 12pm: tell us about your writing/books
- T&T #37 ~ Tuesday 8th September @ 6.30pm: taboo topics: something you’d never write about ~ and banned books
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 9th September: critique on your writing
- T&T #38 ~ Thursday 10th September @ 6.30pm: readers panel: what readers think of the books they read and what format do they read (eBooks and/or paperbacks)?
- The next (third) all-day online festival will take place on Sunday 13th September 2026 and will focus on the basics of writing, i.e. characters, settings, plots, beginnings, middles, endings.
- MMF#28 Monday 14th September @ 12pm @ 12pm: forms of poetry
- T&T #39 ~ Tuesday 15th September @ 6.30pm: I’m not yet published: a panel of unpublished authors
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 16th September: critique on your writing
- T&T #40 ~ Thursday 17th September @ 6.30pm: the books you wish you’d written/been T&T involved with (a question I ask of authors at festivals!)
- MMF#29 Monday 21st September @ 12pm @ 12pm: any writing topic here ~ do you have something you’d like to discuss?
- T&T #41 ~ Tuesday 22nd September @ 6.30pm: alpha and beta readers (who reads your writing before it’s published?)
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 23rd September: critique on your writing
- T&T #42 ~ Thursday 24th September @ 6.30pm: how real life affects our writing (for better or worse)
- MMF#30 Monday 28th September @ 12pm @ 12pm: any writing topic here ~ do you have something you’d like to discuss?
- T&T #43 ~ Tuesday 29th September @ 6.30pm: tell us about your writing/books
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 30th September: critique on your writing
- No T&T on Thursday 1st October as I’ll be preparing for this Sunday’s in-person festival (see below)
- Sunday 4th Oct 2026 Festival ~ Publishing the second in-person festival, Aylesbury, Bucks, England! (Full for panelists but £15 all-day tickets will be available shortly.)
- MMF#31 Monday 5th October @ 12pm @ 12pm: tell us about your writing/books
- T&T #44 ~ Tuesday 6th October @ 6.30pm: book reviews
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 7th October: critique on your writing
- T&T #45 ~ Thursday 8th October @ 6.30pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- MMF#32 Monday 12th October @ 12pm @ 12pm: mixing genres and forms
- T&T #46 ~ Tuesday 13th October @ 6.30pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 14th October: critique on your writing
- T&T #47 ~ Thursday 15th October @ 6.30pm: tell us about your writing/books
- then I’m taking a break until…
- MMF#33 Monday 2nd November @ 12pm @ 12pm: tell us about your writing/books
- T&T #48 ~ Tuesday 3rd November @ 6.30pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- No WWIP on Wednesday 4th November due to a previous commitment
- T&T #49 ~ Thursday 5th November @ 6.30pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- MMF#34 Monday 9th November @ 12pm @ 12pm: topic tba ~ do you have a suggestion?
- T&T #50 ~ Tuesday 10th November @ 6.30pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 11th November: critique on your writing
- T&T #51 ~ Thursday 12th November @ 6.30pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- and so on…
These are free events but we’re raising money for local book-related charities and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.