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So, we’ve had the last Readaround – a sure sign that autumn is on the way. The venue was chez moi in Kilmaurs and a… Read More »Unexpected items in Readaround area – 28 August 2019

QUESTION: What do you get if you combine an enchanted valley, a mysterious death, a funeral, a Victorian ghost story, a swoop of swallows, nostalgic… Read More »Awaiting revelation: Summer Read-around – 14 August 2019

On a wet night the troops all headed south to enemy territory – Dumfries and Galloway – for the latest Readaround. We arrived: “The Magnificent… Read More »It was wild, wet and windy and … Readaround 17 July 2019

Wednesday proved to be another fine day for a Read-around. With the sun spreading pleasant warmth outside, our club members put aside their pressing need… Read More »Patience, pebbles and petrichor at a Read-around – 3 July 2019

Wednesday saw the third Read-around of the summer, hosted by Carolyn O’Hara. We were reminded of Carolyn’s Read-around last year when we sat out in… Read More »Thunderous applause … or just thunder? Summer Readaround – 19 June 2019

‘Pick a number. Any number,’ said Anne, our host, passing a bowl containing numbered slips of paper around the circle of writers.  I pulled No.… Read More »Pick’n’Mix at Troon – 5 June 2019

So the club has closed for the summer, what are we to do now? No more writing, no more competitions, no more meetings. Aye right!… Read More »The First Summer Pot-Pourri – 22 May 2019

As another Ayr Writers’ Club year careered towards its close, it was time, once again, for our Success Night – the evening we celebrate the… Read More »Round of Applause, Please – AWC Success Night– 24 April 2019

Someone might have already Instagram’d the food. The Twittersphere might have been awash with the chat, the craik and the comedy moments on the night.… Read More »Glad-rags, gongs … and a spoon: Annual Awards Dinner – 8 May 2019

‘I don’t think I’m up to it. I can’t write.’ That’s what I should have said. That would have been a good thing for me… Read More »Feedback on a controversial comma – 10 April 2019

It’s not often that you sit in a room surrounded by so many award winners, knowing that you are all part of the same group.… Read More »Basking in reflected glory: SAW Success Night – 27 March 2019

There was no escaping magic, when Elizabeth MacKay took centre stage for Young Children’s Fiction. The writer from Dalry in Ayrshire, has achieved success with… Read More »The Night We Bagged Magic: writing for young children with Elizabeth MacKay – 3 April 2019