u3a

Saffron Walden

Group Category: Reading and Writing

  • Writing for Pleasure 2

    Group Leader and Tutor: Lisa Mades Our Writing for Pleasure II group meets every other Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. for two hours. At the present time, we take turns meeting at one of our members’ homes in Saffron Walden. Our sessions tend to focus on creative prose writing, and the group presently is composed of… Read more

  • Writing for Pleasure 1

    Group Leader: David Broadley We meet twice monthly on Monday mornings from 10.00am to 12.00 noon at Audley Court. Our sessions tend to focus on creative prose writing and poetry. We tackle a different topic each time such as the importance of setting (time and place), using descriptive language, authentic dialogue and introductory sentences to… Read more

  • Play Reading

    Above photo: The Crucible by Arthur Miller Group Leader: Gill Williamson This group of about 13 meets from 10.00am to 12.00 noon on the last Monday of the month in members’ homes. We are full at the moment but if you would like to be on the waiting list please contact Gill Williamson. Read more

  • Landscape and Literature

    Photo of George Orwell (Eric Blair) feeding his goats in Wallington in 1939 – *see below Group Leader: Alex Reeve Writers of prodigious talent have plied their trade while living in Hertfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire, and the landscape has influenced their work: George Orwell found inspiration for Animal Farm in the village of Wallington; E.M.… Read more

  • Exploring Literature

    Group Leader: Elise Collins Tutor: Alan McLean We meet from 2.00 to 3.30pm on the last Wednesday of each month during the Autumn and Spring terms (not Summer term) at Fairycroft House. The u3a Exploring Literature Group has been reading, discussing, and analysing fiction for about fifteen years: we first met at the old Bell… Read more

  • Book Group 5

    Group Leader: Gillian Frost We meet at 10.30am on the second Thursday of every month in the Café Cornell We have been meeting for just over a year. We are very informal group and our reading preferences are extremely varied. We aim to read a book a month and usually everyone does read the book… Read more

  • Book Group 4

    Group Leader: Catherine Prentice We meet at 10.30am on the third Thursday of every month in the Café Cornell It’s a bit over a year since we started the 4th u3a book group, and we have had a great time reading, meeting up, choosing books, meeting up, discussing books, meeting up - since we first… Read more

  • Book Group 3

    We meet from 10.00am to 11.15am on the first Tuesday of every month at Café Cornell Each month a book is chosen by the members for discussion over coffee the following month. The group is designed to encourage a love of reading and perhaps to take you out of your reading comfort zone. It does… Read more

  • Book Group 2

    Group Leader: Susan Brown We meet from 10.00am to 11.15am on the third Tuesday of every month at Café Cornell Each month a book is chosen by the members for discussion over coffee the following month. The group is designed to encourage a love of reading and perhaps to take you out of your reading… Read more

  • Book Group 1

    Group Leader: Mary Curtis We meet from 10.30am to 11.30am on the first Thursday of each month at Café Cornell We aim to read a book, chosen by a group member, each month, that we can discuss over a coffee and cake at the following meeting. There is no pressure to contribute to the discussion, or even… Read more