Club Programme 2020/21
September 2020 | |
16th | OPENING NIGHT – Ayr Writers’ Club 2019/20 Successes (Recorded Zoom) |
23rd | CLUB NIGHT – Exercise Your Pen (Zoom) |
30th | FEEDBACK NIGHT (Competition Due: Book Review) (Zoom) |
October 2020 | |
7th | WORKSHOP – How Do You Write a Novel? – Jennifer West (Recorded Zoom) |
14th | OUR FIFTIETH YEAR – Sheila Grant and Ann Burnett (Competition Due: Scottish Article) (Recorded Zoom) |
21st | NO MEETING (Committee Night) |
28th | FEEDBACK NIGHT (Zoom) |
November 2020 | |
4th | SPEAKER – The Skills of Writing Non Fiction – Donald Reid (Recorded Zoom) |
11th | CLUB NIGHT (Competition Due: Non Fiction) (Zoom) |
18th | SPEAKER – Writing a Novel – Graeme Macrae Burnet (Recorded Zoom) |
25th | WORKSHOP – Humorous Poetry: Rhyme Time – Greta Yorke (Recorded Zoom) |
December 2020 | |
2nd | SPEAKER – Performance Poetry – Jenny Lindsay (Recorded Zoom) |
9th | XMAS 2019/20 AWARDS NIGHT (Competition Due: Poetry) (Recorded Zoom) |
16th | NO MEETING |
23rd | NO MEETING |
30th | NO MEETING |
January 2021 | |
6th | NO MEETING |
13th | SPEAKER – Biographer and Gutter Magazine Editor – Henry Bell (Competiton Due: Novel) (Recorded Zoom) |
20th | SPEAKER – Writing for Children – Linda Strachan (Zoom) |
27th | WORKSHOP – Market Your Book – Ken McGaffin & John Crowley (Competition Due: General Short Story) (Recorded Zoom) |
February 2021 | |
3rd | SPEAKER – Flash Fiction Competitions – Karen Jones (Recorded Zoom) |
10th | FEEDBACK NIGHT (Competition Due: Children’s Fiction) (Zoom) |
17th | WORKSHOP – Non Fiction Writing: Bringing the Past to Life – Carolyn O’Hara (Recorded Zoom) |
24th | WORKSHOP – Writing for Under 7s – Janice Johnston (Recorded Zoom) |
March 2021 | |
3rd | NO MEETING (Committee Night) |
10th | WORKSHOP – Revealing Character Through Dialogue – Helena Sheridan (Competition Due: Flash Fiction) (Recorded Zoom) |
17th | CLUB NIGHT – Writers’ Forum (Zoom) |
19th – 21st | WRITERS’ WEEKEND CONFERENCE – Scotish Association of Writers (SAW) (Online Event) |
24th | SAW SUCCESS NIGHT – (Recorded Zoom) |
31st | SPEAKER – Writing for the Mass Market: Modern-Day Mills & Boon – Scarlet Wilson (Competition Due: Drama) (Recorded Zoom) |
April 2021 | |
7th | WORKSHOP – Writing for Magazines – Gill Sherry (Recorded Zoom) |
14th | THE AYRSHIRE DRABBLE SCRIBBLE COMPETITION – A Story in Exactly 100 Words (Competition Due: Women’s Short Story) (Recorded Zoom) |
21st | SPEAKER – Making Theatre with and for a Community – Robbie Gordon (Recorded Zoom) |
28th | AYR WRITERS’ CLUB 2020/21 SUCCESSES (Recorded Zoom) |
May 2021 | |
5th | ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & QUIZ (Recorded Zoom) |
12th | 50th ANNIVERSARY AWARDS DINNER – Savoy Park Hotel, Ayr (Postponed to 29th September 2021) |
19th | BREAKOUT ROOMS: WRITERS’ FORUM (Zoom) |
26th | NO MEETING |
June 2021 | |
2nd | SUMMER FEEDBACK & READAROUND EVENING (Zoom) |
9th | NO MEETING |
16th | SUMMER FEEDBACK & READAROUND EVENING (Zoom) |
23rd | NO MEETING |
30th | SUMMER FEEDBACK & READAROUND EVENING (Zoom) |
July 2021 | |
7th | NO MEETING |
14th | SUMMER FEEDBACK & READAROUND EVENING (Zoom) |
21st | NO MEETING |
28th | SUMMER FEEDBACK & READAROUND EVENING (Zoom) |
August 2021 | |
4th | NO MEETING |
11th | SUMMER FEEDBACK & READAROUND EVENING (Zoom) |
18th | NO MEETING |
25th | SUMMER FEEDBACK & READAROUND EVENING (Zoom) |