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Ryde - Gateway to the island.

Ryde grew from fishing and farming settlements into one of the Island’s great Victorian seaside gateways, linked to Portsmouth by regular steam ferries from the 1820s.

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Café Creative Writers is a friendly and supportive writing community based in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Our relaxed, small-group sessions help aspiring and established writers develop their ideas, make steady progress and turn unfinished manuscripts into completed books.

You do not need to arrive with a finished manuscript or even a fully formed idea. Members can bring stories, novels, memoirs, poetry, children’s books, community projects or simply the ambition to start writing.

Our support includes:

• Friendly creative writing sessions in local cafés
• Help developing book and story ideas
• Peer review and constructive group discussion
• Support with plot, characters, structure and direction
• Encouragement and gentle accountability
• Help overcoming creative blocks
• Support from initial idea through to completed manuscript
• Guidance with manuscript preparation, copy and formatting
• Practical information about publishing and book production
• Access to online resources and continuing support between sessions
• Opportunities to meet and connect with other Isle of Wight writers

Write Publish Books is an ethical, independent publishing service based on the Isle of Wight, supporting writers, authors, community groups and charitable organisations.

Services include:
• ISBN registration under the Write Publish Books imprint
• Book and author showcase pages with permanent web links

Cafe Creative Writers:
• Manuscript development and practical publishing guidance
• Copy preparation, editing and proofreading support
• Interior book formatting and layout
• Book-cover design and production
• Peer review and support for developing manuscripts

Free charitable publishing:
• Community Voices storytelling and publishing projects
• Educational, care-home and community-group book projects
• Books for Good fundraising publications for selected charities and causes

Whether you are publishing your first book, developing a community project or creating a fundraising publication, Write Publish Books helps build the professional foundations needed to make your book official, discoverable and available to readers.

Write Publish Books is an ethical, independent publishing service based on the Isle of Wight, supporting writers, authors, community groups and charitable organisations.

Services include:
• ISBN registration under the Write Publish Books imprint
• Book and author showcase pages with permanent web links

Cafe Creative Writers:
• Manuscript development and practical publishing guidance
• Copy preparation, editing and proofreading support
• Interior book formatting and layout
• Book-cover design and production
• Peer review and support for developing manuscripts

Free charitable publishing:
• Community Voices storytelling and publishing projects
• Educational, care-home and community-group book projects
• Books for Good fundraising publications for selected charities and causes

Whether you are publishing your first book, developing a community project or creating a fundraising publication, Write Publish Books helps build the professional foundations needed to make your book official, discoverable and available to readers.

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Appley Folly

Appley Folly

Sea Serpent Art

Sea Serpent Art

The Boathouse

The Boathouse

Puckpool Barracks

Puckpool Barracks

Old Gatehouse

Old Gatehouse

Wooden Creatures

Wooden Creatures

Pitch and Put Hut

Pitch and Put Hut

Ryde Rowing Club

Ryde Rowing Club

Lifeguard Station

Lifeguard Station

Ryde Marina

Ryde Marina

Ryde Castle

Ryde Castle

Ryde Theatre

Ryde Theatre

Ryde Pier

Ryde Pier

Ryde Pier Head

Ryde Pier Head

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Sea Serpent sighted in Ryde?

Sea Serpent sighted in Ryde?

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PLACES TO VISIT

Local things to eat, drink, do and experience.

Ryde Café Creative Writers

Ryde Café Creative Writers

Write Publish Books

Write Publish Books

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