Ayr Writers’ Club Sweeps The Board
Six of the shortlisters – Nancy, Linda, Wilma, Janice, Pat and Gail No paparazzi presence, no red carpet, just a bleak, breezy Kilmarnock. Not Hollywood,… Read More »Ayr Writers’ Club Sweeps The Board
Janice Johnston
Fiction Workshop – 13th November 2013
Anyone who has or wants to write fiction no doubt found last night’s workshop insightful as it was led by our very own Janice Johnston… Read More »Fiction Workshop – 13th November 2013
Joyce Holms – 6th November, 2013
We had a special treat last night. Our visiting speaker, the delightful Joyce Holms – author, teacher and apparently sometime window-dresser and assistant in… Read More »Joyce Holms – 6th November, 2013
Feedback – 30th October, 2013
At school didn’t we all dislike swapping test papers for marking by our neighbours? The idea of a Feedback evening brought back that exposed feeling… Read More »Feedback – 30th October, 2013
Writing with Feeling – Workshop, 16th October, 2013
Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch and Smell – We were challenged to utilise all of the senses during Dorothy’s Memoir Workshop. As a professional Psychologist, she… Read More »Writing with Feeling – Workshop, 16th October, 2013
SAW – Write Up North
Inverness – hitherto known for the Kessock Bridge, Culloden and Nessie. No longer, not since the Scottish Association of Writers had the idea to hold… Read More »SAW – Write Up North
Writing memoir: tipping the balance with Alison Chisholm – 9th Oct, 2013
And then someone asked the killer question. “Do you have a perspective on the truth?” It exploded with the shrapnel of ethics and sensitivity ricocheting… Read More »Writing memoir: tipping the balance with Alison Chisholm – 9th Oct, 2013
The New Writer Magazine
Guy Pringle, publisher of Newbooksmag recently took over the above magazine. Because I have written book reviews and articles for Newbooksmag I was commissioned to… Read More »The New Writer Magazine
Nothing Like The X Factor – 2nd October, 2013
The room is full of aspiring talent but Readaround Night at Ayr Writers’ Club is anything but a weeping-fest. There’s no booing, no arrogant judges,… Read More »Nothing Like The X Factor – 2nd October, 2013
Christopher Brookmyre – 25th September, 2013
Christopher Brookmyre (Should he carry a warning?) The ‘Guardian’ quotes Christopher Brookmyre as ‘one of the funniest writers in Britain’. Listening to him earlier… Read More »Christopher Brookmyre – 25th September, 2013
Writing Articles – 18th September, 2013
My First Night at Ayr Writers Club Documenting my thoughts and writing down accounts of some of my life’s experiences have long been on my… Read More »Writing Articles – 18th September, 2013
Michael J Malone, Crime Writing – 11th September, 2013
‘Michael J. Malone. Our very own star of crime. Good introduction?’ ‘There must be a body. Early. The deader the better.’ The notes I took… Read More »Michael J Malone, Crime Writing – 11th September, 2013