Club competitions
[box type=”shadow”]During the year we have nine competitions that all club members can enter. These are listed here. Some club competitions are similar to S.A.W.… Read More »Club competitions
Elizabeth Dell
Spit and Polish
[box type=”shadow”] Style Tips by Ann Burnett Avoid clichés like the plague! Do not use hackneyed phrases like ‘at this point in time’, ‘like a… Read More »Spit and Polish
Presentation
There are certain demands editors place on writers as regards the presentation of a manuscript and these we have to follow. More importantly, however is… Read More »Presentation
Summer Meeting – 31st July, 2013
There is a definite gastronomic theme to the previous blog reports, so I thought I’d better keep up the tradition. Yesterday evening’s bill… Read More »Summer Meeting – 31st July, 2013
Summer Meeting 17th July, 2013
RECIPE FOR A LITERARY COCKTAIL Ingredients • 1 dram of drama, with ‘legal’ spices• 2 slices of social history, marinated for hundreds of years• 1… Read More »Summer Meeting 17th July, 2013
Summer Meeting – 3rd July, 2013
This morning I woke up laughing; I’d been dreaming about Maggie’s false teeth. Intrigued? No more than we were. Last night’s readaround was a feast… Read More »Summer Meeting – 3rd July, 2013
Summer Meeting 19th June, 2013
Ayr Writers Club Summer Tour Summer just wouldn’t be summer without a visit to the ice cream parlour, where the range of flavours has everyone… Read More »Summer Meeting 19th June, 2013
Treasures Workshop – 15th June, 2013
We arrived one-by-one at the designated time, huddling together for warmth while we waited for the last stragglers to arrive* and listening to the rain… Read More »Treasures Workshop – 15th June, 2013
Book Launch – A Taste For Malice by Michael J. Malone
12th June, 2013 saw the launch of Michael J. Malone’s latest book, A Taste For Malice, at Carnegie Library, Ayr.
Boswell Book Festival. The World’s Only Biography Festival. The Glastonbury Experience for Booker Lovers – 17th to 19th May 2013
‘Look to your left and then to your right. One of you will die early due to bad genes.’ Steve Jones (Professor of Genetics at… Read More »Boswell Book Festival. The World’s Only Biography Festival. The Glastonbury Experience for Booker Lovers – 17th to 19th May 2013
Awards Dinner – 15th May 2013
What fun we had! As the 2012/13 session drew to a close, the friendly and fun loving fraternity that is Ayr Writers’ Club placed their… Read More »Awards Dinner – 15th May 2013
Speaker – Jim Thomson, 17th April, 2013
Law & Order A policewoman spots a man driving and knitting at the same time.Driving up beside him, the policewoman shouts out the window. “Pull… Read More »Speaker – Jim Thomson, 17th April, 2013