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Dribbles, Drabbles and Flashes Within a few weeks of joining AWC, I was asked to write a blog of the evening’s events. If my memory… Read More »FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP – Wednesday 15th March 2023

Avoiding pyjama clad doors. A plucky group of Ayr Writers braved the freezing temperatures to listen and learn from Stephen as he led us through… Read More »Proof reading and editing. Stephen Cashmore 08.03.23

A Chance for Double Points Were you fortunate enough to see the Northern Lights dancing across our skies earlier this week? My partner casually mentioned… Read More »Ayr Writers’ Feedback Night – 1st March 2023

Bespoke Umbrellas and Repurposed Buildings: On a wild and wintry night, our very own Carolyn O’Hara delivered her long-delayed and much-anticipated workshop on bringing the… Read More »Bringing the Past to Life in Non-Fiction Workshop, with Carolyn O’Hara

When Writing Local History Becomes Archaeology Glasgow Smells. What a brilliant title for a local history book. Who wouldn’t want to read that? Glasgow Smells… Read More »Historical Non-fiction Speaker: Michael Meighan – 1st February 2023

Following on from Linda Cracknell’s theme of ‘landscape in fiction,’ our own Damaris gave us an excellent workshop on ‘A Sense of Place in Fiction.’… Read More »A SENSE OF PLACE WORKSHOP with DAMARIS WEST 25th January 2023

Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine Two AYR WRITERS’ members, Carolyn O’Hara and Alison Craig, will be performing their work, along with other writers, including a sprinkling… Read More »TIDELINES BOOK FESTIVAL’S ‘SCRIEVIN & SCRAN’

Getting the verbs right: the essence of interaction We started with Jim spread-eagled across the bonnet of his car, then travelled past a walker intrigued… Read More »Capturing Landscape in Fiction with Linda Cracknell – 18 January 2023

Happy New Year and, Happy New Members! Despite the blustery night, and the S.A.W. competitions’ deadline looming, a hardy bunch of us once again gathered… Read More »CLUB NIGHT: Exploring Ambiguity and Building Character – 11th January 2023

Well, it was an icy wind that blew around 20 of us to Waterstones for our Christmas Night on Wednesday.  Brave souls I’d say, especially… Read More »Christmas Night at Waterstones – 14th December 2022

So, you’ve penned your masterpiece; how do you get it published? Fortunately for members of Ayr Writers, this is a journey a significant number of… Read More »The Pleasure and Pain of Getting Published – 7th December 2022

Children are fickle, aren’t they? One day they like grapes, the next they can’t stand them and it’s all about blueberries. Then avocado. Then back… Read More »Children’s Workshop with Maggie Bolton – 30 November 2022