Below are the events coming up on Self-Pub Fest, the Monday Mini-fests, the The T&T Panels and all-day festivals. Click on the dates below for more details (topic and participants). NOTE: all timings ~ Monday at noon and Tuesday/Thursday 6pm ~ are UK times.
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:
Morgen’s taking a bit of a break so please note revised dates…
- T&T#15 ~ Tuesday 19th May @ 6pm: the therapy of writing
- T&T#16 ~ Thursday 21st May @ 6pm: newsletters and Substack
- SSS#6 ~ Saturday 23rd May @ 7pm: the sixth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#14 ~ Monday 25th May @ 12pm (bank holiday in the UK): writing groups
- T&T#17 ~ Tuesday 26th May @ 6pm: poetry in all its forms
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 27th May @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T#18 ~ Thursday 28th May @ 7pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE): scriptwriting
- SSS#7 ~ Saturday 30th May @ 7pm: the seventh Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#15 ~ Monday 1st June @ 12pm: marketing
- T&T#19 ~ Tuesday 2nd June @ 6pm: publishing routes
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 3rd June @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #20 ~ Thursday 4th June @ 6pm: a readers panel
- SSS#8 ~ Saturday 6th June @ 7pm: the eighth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#16 ~ Monday 8th June @ 12pm: the publishing industry
- T&T #21 ~ Tuesday 9th June @ 6pm: writing non-fiction
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 10th June @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #22 ~ Thursday 11th June @ 6pm: taboo topics
- SSS#9 ~ Saturday 13th June @ 7pm: the ninth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#17 ~ Monday 15th June @ 12pm: collaborating revisited
- T&T #23 ~ Tuesday 16th June @ 6pm: podcasts
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 17th June @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- No T&T on Thursday 18th July – see you at Capital Crime, London?
- MMF#18 ~ Monday 22nd June @ 12pm: how long is a story? (micro fiction/short stories)
- T&T #24 ~ Tuesday 23rd June @ 6pm: advice you’d give wannabe writers
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 24th June @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #25 ~ Thursday 25th June @ 6pm: how do you deal with scammers and spammers?
- SSS#10 ~ Saturday 27th June @ 7pm: the tenth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#19 ~ Monday 29th June @ 12pm: series vs standalone novels
- T&T #26 ~ Tuesday 30th June @ 6pm: the price of eBooks
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 1st July @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #27 ~ Thursday 2nd July @ 6pm: book covers
- SSS#11 ~ Saturday 4th July @ 7pm: the tenth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- The Sunday 5th July 2026 All-Day Online Festival: authors and experts talking about the nuts and bolts of publishing. There are currently plenty of panel spaces for self-published authors. We will be repeating this (with different authors) in real life on 4th October.
- MMF#20 ~ Monday 6th July @ 12pm: writing for children/YA
- T&T #28 ~ Tuesday 7th July @ 6pm: book reviews
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 8th July @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- No T&T on Thursday 9th July due to a previous commitment (WI talk)
- SSS#12 ~ Saturday 11th July @ 7pm: the twelfth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#21 ~ Monday 13th July @12pm: the Writer’s Toolbox
- T&T #29 ~ Tuesday 14th July @ 6pm: writing competitions
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 15th July @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #30 ~ Thursday 16th July @ 6pm: writing (for) magazines
- SSS#13 ~ Saturday 18th July @ 7pm: the thirteenth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#22 ~ Monday 20th July @ 12pm: forms of poetry
- T&T #31 ~ Tuesday 21st July @ 6pm:: Social media advertising
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 22nd July @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #32 ~ Thursday 23rd July @ 6pm: where in the world
- SSS#14 ~ Saturday 25th July @ 7pm: the fourteenth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#23 ~ Monday 27th July @ 12pm: mixing genres and forms
- T&T #33 ~ Tuesday 28th July @ 6pm: book launches ~ online and in real life
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 29th July @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #34 ~ Thursday 30th July @ 6pm: alpha and beta readers (who reads your writing before it’s published?)
- SSS#15 ~ Saturday 1st August @ 7pm: the fifteenth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#24 Monday 3rd August @ 12pm: do suggest a topic!
- T&T #35 ~ Tuesday 4th August @ 6pm: I’m not yet published (panel of unpublished authors)
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 5th August @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #36 ~ Thursday 6th August @ 6pm: how real life affects our writing (for better or worse)
Then no 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
- #25 Monday 24th August @ 12pm: ask Morgen anything (as it’s her birthday this month!) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #37 ~ Tuesday 25th August @ 6pm: characters (revisited)
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 26th August @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #38 ~ Thursday 27th August @ 6pm: the books you wish you’d written/been T&T involved with (a question I ask of authors at festivals!) ~ five slots remaining
- SSS#16 ~ Saturday 29th August @ 7pm: the sixteenth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#26 Monday 31st August @ 12pm (bank holiday here in the UK): do suggest a topic!
- T&T #39 ~ Tuesday 1st September @ 6pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion? ~ five slots remaining
- WWIPS ~ Wednesday 2nd September @ 12pm: critique on your writing
- T&T #40 ~ Thursday 3rd September @ 6pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion? ~ five slots remaining
- SSS#17 ~ Saturday 5th September @ 7pm: the seventeenth Short Story & Poetry Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- and so on including…
- 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.)
- and thereafter…