For the final Readaround of the summer, six intrepid writers made their way to Turnberry. After a somewhat bumpy ride, they were rewarded with panoramic… Read More »Tales from Turnberry Readaround – 22 August 2018
What better way to start a readaround than to listen to a piece directly inspired by the writer’s experience of the previous readaround? Marion’s City… Read More »A Variety Pack at Nigel’s Readaround – 8 August 2018
Five readers met at Tim’s house in the Carrick Hills on a sunny evening, sitting on the veranda looking eastwards at a splendid panorama of… Read More »Five Go for a Readaround in the Carrick Hills – 25 July 2018
As England prepared to bring football home, some of us headed to Troon for the latest Readaround, and a warm welcome from Anne. The ball… Read More »A Kickaboot at Troon – Readaround, 11 July 2018
It was a beautiful sunny evening when we headed for the Ayr Writers’ Readaround at Carolyn’s. It’s not often we see such good weather in… Read More »Competing with the lawnmower: Readaround @ Carolyn’s – 27 June 2018
The rain rattling down on Maggie’s conservatory roof belied the description of the evening being part of a “Summer Readaround.” On the other hand, the… Read More »On a wet summer evening … Readaround – 13 June 2018
Q: How many writers does it take to fill Pat’s living room? A: A whopping sixteen – including our generous host herself. Actually, we were… Read More »Full House at Pat’s Pad – 30 May 2018
While the Oscars, the BAFTAs and even the Nobel Prize for Literature might be mired in controversy, the club’s Annual Awards Dinner for 2018 stood… Read More »Glad rags, gongs and gavels: Annual Awards Dinner – 9 May 2018
How do you assess the health of a club that has been running for nearly 50 years? Our club’s Annual General Meeting last week may… Read More »An AGM? Res ipsa loquitor – 2 May 2018
Nigel Ward’s travel writing workshop was, as expected, entertaining and informative but definitely not for slackers! There was much furious scribbling going on. As one… Read More »The Journey Towards Good Travel Writing – 18 April 2018
We had a good turnout for our read-a-round evening on 11 April, with four groups enthusiastically discussing the pieces submitted for scrutiny. For those of… Read More »Such talent from Ayr Writers – 11 April 2018
Once again the members of Ayr Writers’ Club who entered work in the Scottish Association of Writers competitions did the club proud, amassing no less… Read More »Oh What a Night: AWC Really SAW Success – 28 March 2018