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Waterstones @ Christmas 10 December 2025

There’s something special about sneaking into Waterstones after hours. Getting a bookshop all to yourself is pretty much a dream come true for quite a… Read More »Waterstones @ Christmas 10 December 2025

Armed with glue sticks, glittery pens, stickers, and plenty of other art supplies, you might have thought Ayr Writers’ Club members were busy writing letters… Read More »Scrapbooking Christmas Memories – 3 December 2025

Another amazing night at Ayr Writer’s club, where an interesting, insightful, and fun evening was had by everyone in attendance. Rebekah’s background as a journalist… Read More »Writing for Teenagers by Rebekah McVey – 19 November 2025

On Wednesday night, the Mercure Hotel in Ayr was transformed into a time machine as Stephen Veerapen took us back to the 1500s. His latest… Read More »Steven Veerapen – Writing Historical Lives – 12 November 2025

How lucky are we at Ayr Writers’ Club to have the knowledgeable Linda Brown in our midst. Despite suffering a dodgy throat Linda guided us… Read More »Article Writing: Through the Seasons 5th November 2025

As a self-confessed nature nerd, I’d nabbed a front row seat to absorb writer and naturalist Stephen Rutt’s talk. I’d also brought my own copy… Read More » Stephen Rutt – The Nature of Writing – 22 September 2025

The microphone fell silent and was packed away, but the echoes of poems still reverberated around the clubroom at the Mercure Hotel. ‘I’m really glad… Read More »Poetry Slam & Book Sale – 15 September 2025

In the midst of the spooky season, nothing instantly fills me with terror more than the thought of performing in public. The skill building workshop,… Read More »Performing Your Poem – Skill Builder – Ken O’Hara – 8 OCTOBER 2025

This evening, the quines and loons were treated to an evening with award winning poet, Lesley Benzie, who demonstrated how writing in a regional dialect… Read More »Lesley Benzie – The Doric Language in Poetry – 1st October 2025 – Copy

It seems that spooky season has arrived early. The evenings are drawing in, and supermarket shelves are already stacked with Halloween goodies. This was certainly… Read More »The Elements of Horror Writing – Skills Builder-24th September 2025

Big tales, few words. How difficult can it be to write flash fiction – that is, complete short stories comprising a few hundred words? Well,… Read More »How to Write Flash Fiction – 17th September 2025