Beginner’s Creative Writing Course

Wimbledon BookFest – in partnership with the University of Roehampton – is returning with our hugely popular series of workshops exploring creative writing.

Our Beginner’s writing course will be led by Saima Mir, award-winning journalist and writer, whose crime debut The Khan was a Times crime novel of the year.

Courses will take place on Fridays (1 May, 8 May & 22 May) and are a block booking for three sessions at Colliers Wood Library. They will run from 10am to 12 noon – £60 for three sessions with free places available to residents in the CR4, CR7, SM3 and SM4 postcodes.

Whether you’re just starting out on your writing journey, wanting to develop your craft, or simply looking to explore different ways of telling your story, our workshops are the perfect way to get your creativity flowing and release the author within you, with your short story being published in an anthology at the end of the course.

Get 2026 off to a creative start with Wimbledon Bookfest!

For advanced courses, see here.