This was a well-attended evening with seventeen pieces of work brought along for group reading and constructive critique. It also happened to be the competition entry… Read More »Read-a-round and Feedback Evening – 30 November
Tis the season to be jolly. Oh yes it is. Come on, wake up, it’s late November and we only have four weeks to wear… Read More »Scripting a Smile: sketch writing workshop with Helena Sheridan – 23 November
Douglas Thompson, award winning poet, novelist and short story writer was our guest speaker brightening up a damp and dreich November night. Book signing… Read More »Douglas Thompson: from Scarlett Johansson to the Brahan Seer – 16 November
Ayr Writers’ Club certainly knows how to entertain its members and guests. A good turnout and a good time was had, as literary epicures gathered… Read More »Favourite Book Night. – 9 November
Kirsty Logan with joint President Janice Johnston Our speaker for 2 November was Kirsty Logan, who reviews books, acts as mentor and writes a column. Her… Read More »Kirsty Logan: really flash – 2 November
A real livewire entertained the club last Wednesday night in the shape of Theresa Talbot. Well, what do you expect from someone whose dad told… Read More »Theresa Talbot and the storytelling genes – 19 October
Today is World Poetry Day. What better day to be recalling yesterday evening spent in the presence of John Hudson, a force of nature in… Read More »John Hudson: a force of nature – 5 October
Does that first paragraph grab? Does the dialogue ring true? Do the characters rise from the page? At the end of a successful Feedback Evening… Read More »Under a sympathetic microscope – Feedback Evening – 28 September
It was the first workshop of the season and Alison wasted no time in reminding us that not only were we there to write, but… Read More »No Rules: Poetry Workshop – 21 September
Presidents Fiona Atchison and Janice Johnston chaired ‘Welcome Night’ on the second week of the Club’s new season. Fiona began the evening by highlighting forthcoming… Read More »Speed workshops and enthusiasm on the Welcome Night – 14 September
Only Michael Malone could get away with referring to our distinguished guest, a University professor and internationally acclaimed author, as a ‘wee wumman wi half… Read More »Louise Welsh: an inspiring start
The golfers were gone. Troon was no longer in the eyes of the sporting world. It was already Day Twelve of the Olympics in Rio,… Read More »Troon Writing Games – Summer Readaround 17 August