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. Would you like to be involved? See Participate.
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:
- SSS#4 ~ Saturday 18th April @ 7pm: the fourth Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#11 ~ Monday 20th April @ 12pm: endings
- T&T#10 ~ Tuesday 21st April @ 6pm: how real life affects our writing
- T&T#11 ~ Thursday 23rd April @ 6pm: writing under a pen name
- The 26th April 2026 All-Day Festival, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK
- MMF#12 ~ Monday 27th April @ 12pm: editing (Morgen’s day job!)
- T&T#12 ~ Thursday 30th April @ 6pm: audiobooks
- SSS#5 ~ Saturday 2nd May @ 7pm: the fifth Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#13 ~ Monday 4th May @ 12pm (bank holiday in the UK): cover design, illustration and formatting
- T&T#13 ~ Tuesday 5th May @ 6pm: juggling work with writing ~ time management
- T&T#14 ~ Thursday 7th May @ 6pm: children and animals in literature (yours or others’!)
- SSS#6 ~ Saturday 9th May @ 7pm: the sixth Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
Then 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#7 ~ Saturday 23rd May @ 7pm: the seventh Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#14 ~ Monday 25th May @ 12pm (bank holiday in the UK): collaborating
- T&T#17 ~ Tuesday 26th May @ 6pm: poetry in all its forms
- T&T#18 ~ Thursday 28th May @ 6pm: scriptwriting
- SSS#8 ~ Saturday 30th May @ 7pm: the fifth Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#15 ~ Monday 1st June @ 12pm: marketing
- T&T#19 ~ Tuesday 2nd June @ 6pm: publishing routes
- T&T #20 ~ Thursday 4th June @ 6pm: a readers panel
- SSS#9 ~ Saturday 6th June @ 7pm: the ninth Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#16 ~ Monday 8th June @ 12pm: the publishing industry
- T&T #21 ~ Tuesday 9th June @ 6pm: the books you wish you’d written/been involved with
- T&T #22 ~ Thursday 11th June @ 6pm: taboo topics
- SSS#10 ~ Saturday 13th June @ 7pm: the tenth Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- MMF#17 ~ Monday 15th June @ 12pm: ask Morgen anything
- T&T #23 ~ Tuesday 16th June @ 6pm: podcasts
- 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
- T&T #25 ~ Thursday 25th June @ 6pm: how do you deal with scammers and spammers?
- SSS#11 ~ Saturday 27th June @ 7pm: the eleventh Short Story 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
- T&T #27 ~ Thursday 2nd July @ 6pm: book covers
- SSS#12 ~ Saturday 4th July @ 7pm: the twelfth Short Story Saturdays, where the panelists read their short stories
- The 5th July 2026 All-Day Online Festival: authors and experts talking about the nuts and bolts of publishing
- MMF#20 ~ Monday 6th July @ 12pm: writing for children/YA
- T&T #28 ~ Tuesday 7th July @ 6pm: book reviews
- SSS#13 ~ Saturday 11th July @ 7pm: the thirteenth Short Story 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
- T&T #30 ~ Thursday 16th July @ 6pm: writing (for) magazines
- SSS#14 ~ Saturday 18th July @ 7pm: the fourteenth Short Story 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
- T&T #32 ~ Thursday 23rd July @ 6pm: where in the world
- SSS#15 ~ Saturday 25th June @ 7pm: the fifteenth Short Story 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: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- T&T #34 ~ Thursday 30th July 6pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- MMF#24 Monday 3rd August @ 12pm: do suggest a topic!
- T&T #35 ~ Tuesday 4th August @ 6pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- T&T #36 ~ Thursday 6th August @ 6pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
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
- MMF#25 Monday 24th August @ 12pm: do suggest a topic!
- T&T #37 ~ Tuesday 25th August @ 6pm: characters (revisited)
- T&T #38 ~ Thursday 27th August @ 6pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion?
- MMF#26 Monday 31st August @ 12pm (bank holiday here in the UK): do suggest a topic!
- and so on…