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Milton Street Writers is now a member of NAWG (National Association of Writing Groups). Their website is www.nawg.co.uk. 

'Ripping Pages' is a Midlands organisation that ran a monthly competition for poetry and short story submission and 'open mic' night. Their events usually took place on the first Tuesday of each month at the Romany or Edge of Town pubs in Northampton, but they are currently taking a break. Their blog is http://rippingpages.blogspot.com.

www.northamptonliteraturegroup.org.uk is the website of Northampton Literature Group.  With four groups per month (1st Tues: writing, 2nd Tues: reading, 3rd Tues: poetry and 4th: theatre) there's plenty of choice for anyone with an interest in the arts.

Two of the local (Northamptonshire) authors that I've been taught by are Judith Allnatt (www.judithallnatt.co.uk) and Sue Moorcroft (www.suemoorcroft.com). Sue’s latest novel, called ‘Want to know a secret?’ comes out November 2010. I mentioned Judith’s first novel ‘A mile of river’ in Episode 1 of my Bailey's Writing Tips podcast (see 'Weekly Tips Podcast' page of this website) and her second novel 'The Poet's Wife' was released in February 2010. They are both working on their next novels.