A real livewire entertained the club last Wednesday night in the shape of Theresa Talbot. Well, what do you expect from someone whose dad told… Read More »Theresa Talbot and the storytelling genes – 19 October
Today is World Poetry Day. What better day to be recalling yesterday evening spent in the presence of John Hudson, a force of nature in… Read More »John Hudson: a force of nature – 5 October
Does that first paragraph grab? Does the dialogue ring true? Do the characters rise from the page? At the end of a successful Feedback Evening… Read More »Under a sympathetic microscope – Feedback Evening – 28 September
It was the first workshop of the season and Alison wasted no time in reminding us that not only were we there to write, but… Read More »No Rules: Poetry Workshop – 21 September
Presidents Fiona Atchison and Janice Johnston chaired ‘Welcome Night’ on the second week of the Club’s new season. Fiona began the evening by highlighting forthcoming… Read More »Speed workshops and enthusiasm on the Welcome Night – 14 September
Only Michael Malone could get away with referring to our distinguished guest, a University professor and internationally acclaimed author, as a ‘wee wumman wi half… Read More »Louise Welsh: an inspiring start
The golfers were gone. Troon was no longer in the eyes of the sporting world. It was already Day Twelve of the Olympics in Rio,… Read More »Troon Writing Games – Summer Readaround 17 August
Janice B.kindly hosted the latest readaround in Hurlford and as always it was a most entertaining evening with a wide variety of offerings. Maggie kicked… Read More »Heard in Hurlford – 3 August Readaround Report
In the comfort of Richard and Irene’s living room with balalaikas on the wall and woven Thai silk table mats around, an unusually male dominated… Read More »The Drongan Dramas – A Readaround Special
I survived. The first two words I threw at my gran on my arrival back from my second ever writers’ club Summer Readaround. This was… Read More »I Survived! – Carrie’s experience at the Summer Readaround, 6 July
Write Up North, this year hosted by Angus Writers as well as the Scottish Association of Writers took place in Arbroath on the 25th June and… Read More »Warning: here be dragons – Write Up North
The second read-around of the summer took us via the highways and byways of North Ayrshire to John Eden’s home in Beith. Many of the… Read More »AWC on tour – Summer Readaround in Beith