Poetry Café is an open mic poetry evening held on the first Tuesday of the month from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Coffee on the Corner in Littleborough. This is a free event hosted by Liz White and Seamus Kelly with excellent homemade cakes and drinks available from the café – please support the café owners by purchasing drinks and cakes on the evening.

Poets on Tap is an open mic session with poetry, spoken word and music and takes place on the second Sunday of every month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. The sessions, organised by Eileen Earnshaw annd Michael Higgins, are currently held in the upstairs room at The Flying Horse in Rochdale town centre. All are welcome to perform or as audience members.

Heywood Scribblers is a monthly creative writing group hosted at Heywood Library. The group is organised by Katie Haigh and meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 1:15pm to 3:15pm.

Number One Writing Group (formerly Writers On Tap, formerly Touchstones Creative Writing Group) meet on the first Thursday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm with workshops facilitated by experienced/professional writers. The sessions are held at Rochdale Central Library.