A hot summer’s night – but seven members resisted the temptations of sun-loungers in the garden or ice-creams down the beach and, instead, eagerly logged… Read More »Fun and Games – Almost a Heptathlon – Summer Readaround – 10 August 2022
It’s amazing what you learn at read-arounds. Tennessee Williams, for instance, died by choking on a bottle top and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo… Read More »I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know That – Summer Readaround 27 July 2022
There were five left on the screen, each ready, prepared, and scripted, and about to share their ideas and their vision. And fortunately, there wasn’t… Read More »At A Time Of Debate; Summer Readaround – 13 July 2022
Twelve cheerful faces filled our Zoom squares for the latest in our Summer Readaround meetings. Fiona Atchison was our host and, having established a reading… Read More »Another Readaround Miscellany – 29 June 2022
A cracking June evening and the No-Good Nine – the kids your parents warned you to stay away from *, were gathered around their laptops,… Read More »Mountains, Mysteries, Midges and More – Summer Readaround 15 June 2022
After the pageantry of awards season at Ayr Writers, it was time to uncap the fountain pens and power up the laptops in an effort… Read More »Readarounds come back round – 1 June 2022
Back at the beginning of May, after the AGM formalities were concluded, Jeanette got us cogitating. I suspect it’s an activity that could be described… Read More »Post-AGM Musings – aka – the less boring stuff – 4 May 2022
RAISING A GLASS TO PERSEVERANCE AND SUCCESS “Believe you can and you’re half way there.” – Theodore Roosevelt Wednesday night was a welcome opportunity for… Read More »Annual Awards Dinner – 11 May 2022
Trophy Night – The Best of the Best What a talented lot we are! AWC members gathered to hear some of the trophy-winning… Read More »Trophy Night: the best of the best – 27 April 2022
Wow. Like so many folks recently, I have been struggling with a viral chest infection – no, not that one, just a mild case of… Read More »Thank Goodness, for Plop, Rappie, and the God of Naughty Stuff! – Success & Publication Night Readings, 6 April 2022
On Wednesday night, AWC members far and wide Zoomed in for our second annual Drabble Competition. Thirteen intrepid writers answered the call to write a… Read More »Thirteen Drabblers Compete for Glory and Book Tokens – 20 April 2022
“Sing along, or dance if you want.” It’s not normally the encouragement we get from speakers at Ayr Writers. Yet, from Prestwick singer and songwriter… Read More »Lyrics and song writing with Scott Nicol – 13 April 2022