Come and join us for drinks on the green at
the Plough in Wolvercote, Oxford
OX2 8DE
2pm–5pm on Saturday 19 July 2025
to meet up with me and other people who're interested in writing.

Add it to your calendar.

Everyone's welcome to this, so if you have friends who'd like to meet some writerly people (we are the BEST kind of people) then do bring them along as well. It's usually a lovely cross-section of previous students, their friends / partners, and new people coming along to meet other people interested in writing. Partners are also welcome.

If you don't know anyone and/or you're shy, just tell me you don't know anyone, and I'll look after you and make sure to introduce you to lovely people. And there'll be delightful tiny books to fold, which always makes chatting to new people easier!

How to recognise me: There are pics of me on the right-hand side of this page further down this page and there'll also be a bunch of green balloons in my vicinity.

• If it's dry, we'll be sitting at tables out on the green in front of the pub.
• If it's wet, we'll be on the covered decking to the right of the pub door.

Kids, dogs, sun: It's a brilliant spot in the summer, on a green between the canal, a common-ground meadow, and a little wood, and umbrella-ed pub tables on the grass. If you have kids, there's plenty of space for them to run around: tiny slides and Wendy Houses on the green for the very little; a rope swing on one of the willows; a tree house and a zip-wire just inside the wood on the south side of the green for older kids; and a playground in the common on the north side of the green. The pub and green are dog-friendly and dogs can run around off the leash.

Fill yer boots with goodies: I've got fresh batches of story-circle postcards and poetry rhyme-finder bookmarks which I'll bring along, so you can stock up lavishly on those. I'll also have the fold-a-tiny-book crafts that were so popular last year!

Coming from outside of Oxford?

• By car: The Plough has free parking behind it. Make sure to enter your registration number on the machine inside the pub.
• By train: If you're taxi-ing from the station, Oxford Parkway station is the closest. If you're catching the bus, it's easier to go to Oxford Station, then walk up to Magdalen Street in the city centre and catch the number 6 bus. Here's the bus website, here's the bus stop to get on (map pin), and your stop to get off is First Turn Lane (map-pin). It's a three-minute walk down First Turn Lane to get to the Plough Pub.

Hope to see you there!