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Barely has the diary page turned on May’s Awards Dinner than the Summer Readarounds have started. And what a start! Nearly a quarter of the… Read More »First Summer Readaround

Tonight at Ayr Writers’ Club, authors had an opportunity to read their work to others and to celebrate their successes. As new members to the… Read More »Success Night starring Ayr Writers

There’s nothing like learning from people who have been there and done it and at AWC we are fortunate to listen to whole string of… Read More »Uuganaa Ramsay’s Journey to Publication

‘Ayr Writer’s Club is a positive competition factory’. These are the words of a SAW official when congratulating our club on its members’ successes. April… Read More »SAW Success Night 1st April 2015

With characteristic enthusiasm, Ann Burnett had the whole room writing feverishly within the first five minutes of her Travel-writing workshop. “As quickly as you can,… Read More »‘Moving Up A Gear’ Travel Writing Workshop with Ann Burnett

Some speakers should be allowed just to speak for themselves. (Memo to self: Find and delete all ‘just’s. Caro does.) Caro Ramsay, award winning and… Read More »Caro Ramsay on Crime Fiction

Poems, short stories, an article, a novel’s epilogue and a cheeky report on the SEEN Conference as experienced by a member of Scare Writers’ Club… Read More »Feedback night – March 25th 2015

Tonight we were pleased to welcome two home- grown experts from A.W.C. to share their knowledge and experience. Bios Maggie started the session by outlining… Read More »The Three B’s: Bios , Blogs and Blue Pencil with Maggie Bolton and Janice Johnston

March 11th 2015 Taking a break from working on her book about Jean Armour, we were fortunate to have this successful writer of novels and… Read More »Writing Short Stories with Catherine Czerkawska

On 4th March, Ayr Writers’ Club had the privilege of welcoming a great poet and short story writer Kenneth Steven. Kenneth started the evening with… Read More »Kenneth Steven on Short Story Writing 4th March 2015

A thrill of anticipation circled the groups who met at the Carlton this evening to share examples of work, whether in early form, more polished… Read More »February Feedback Night by Yvonne Jack

Alison Craig’s poetry workshop. It was with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation that I attended my very first poetry workshop. It was reassuring to… Read More »Alison Craig’s Poetry Workshop by Mary Corbey