Feedback Night – Wednesday 13th March 2024
Where did I go to on Wednesday night? Everywhere. From 1970s discos to the murderous streets of Glasgow via magical worlds hidden behind mirrors and… Read More »Feedback Night – Wednesday 13th March 2024
Where did I go to on Wednesday night? Everywhere. From 1970s discos to the murderous streets of Glasgow via magical worlds hidden behind mirrors and… Read More »Feedback Night – Wednesday 13th March 2024
Douglas Skelton has been one of my favourite authors ever since I read his series of gritty Glasgow crime novels based around the life of… Read More »SPEAKER NIGHT, Douglas Skelton – Wednesday 6th March 2024
Well, tonight might have been just another dark, wet and miserable February night for us Ayr Writers if we hadn’t ventured out to the Mercure… Read More »Fantasy Writing: Workshop with Kirsty Hammond – 28th February 2024
Planning a Cosy Crime Novel Thanks to Linda and Carrie for a comprehensive and fascinating workshop on planning a cosy crime novel. I had no… Read More »Cosy Crime Workshop – 14th February 2024
A Mingling of Myths, Metaphors and Emotion. Welcome to February and our first Feedback Night of 2024. Three groups reviewed around 10 anonymous pieces, covertly… Read More »Feedback Night – Wednesday, 7th February 2024
Greta Yorke, our workshop leader, led us through a highly informative and interactive session exploring further the topic of Writing for Today’s Children. Greta is… Read More »Writing for Today’s Children: Workshop with Greta Yorke – 31st January 2024
Scrievin & Scran: An Evening of Spoken Word AYR WRITERS’ CLUB members Fiona McFadzean, Carolyn O’Hara and John McCutcheon were part of a 10 poet… Read More »TIDELINES EVENT AT THE HAC
I assumed I would make the meeting on time, but the stormy weather made that tough. The well-filled room welcomed our guest speaker Maisie Chan… Read More »SPEAKER NIGHT, Maisie Chan – Wednesday 24th January 2024
I wouldn’t call it a co-incidence having a chance meeting a while ago, with a lovely woman named Carolyn O’Hara. She happened to pop down… Read More »Club Night – Wednesday 17th January 2024
A GLINT OF LIGHT – AWC PRESENTATION ON ‘SHOW DON’T TELL ‘ Last night, our Competition Secretary, Maggie Morton, gave members an excellent presentation on… Read More »Club Night – Wednesday 10th January 2024
Santa Hats and Feliz Navidad Santa hats, snowman jumpers and reindeer antlers are never obligatory at our Waterstones Christmas night, and yet some of us… Read More »Christmas Night at Waterstones – 13th December 2023
Creating Characters in Novels Ayr Writers’ members were delighted to welcome back in to our midst, past member and past president, Michael Malone to share… Read More »SPEAKER NIGHT, Michael J Malone – Wednesday 29th November 2023