Janice B.kindly hosted the latest readaround in Hurlford and as always it was a most entertaining evening with a wide variety of offerings. Maggie kicked… Read More »Heard in Hurlford – 3 August Readaround Report
In the comfort of Richard and Irene’s living room with balalaikas on the wall and woven Thai silk table mats around, an unusually male dominated… Read More »The Drongan Dramas – A Readaround Special
I survived. The first two words I threw at my gran on my arrival back from my second ever writers’ club Summer Readaround. This was… Read More »I Survived! – Carrie’s experience at the Summer Readaround, 6 July
Write Up North, this year hosted by Angus Writers as well as the Scottish Association of Writers took place in Arbroath on the 25th June and… Read More »Warning: here be dragons – Write Up North
The second read-around of the summer took us via the highways and byways of North Ayrshire to John Eden’s home in Beith. Many of the… Read More »AWC on tour – Summer Readaround in Beith
Two days before the start of some big fitba tournament in Paris, we had our first ‘away’ of the summer season at Nigel’s in Symington.… Read More »Sunshine on Symington – First Summer Read-around – 8th June 2016
I’m not a regular member of the Ayr Writers’ Club. No matter how welcome I am made to feel, for me, deciding when it is… Read More »Success Night at the Mercure
To be or not to be, that is the question. Is it nobler to attend Ayr Writers’ Club for the weekly meeting or to attend… Read More »Feedback Evening 20th April 2016
David McLaughlan treated us to a wonderful talk on Inspiration. As the man who writes both the Francis Gay column in the Sunday Post and… Read More »Inspiration from Francis Gay aka David McLaughlan
If you want to know about e-publishing ask Catherine Lang. Former Educational Editor with Blackie & Son, Catherine gave an informative and inspiring workshop on… Read More »“Out in the Ether” An e-publishing workshop by Catherine Lang
Easter holidays or a lingering SAW hangover, whatever the reason, the gathering was less substantial than usual. For the hard core who attended it proved… Read More »Stimulating Spring Evening
On the appointed Friday evening, two teams arrived in Cumbernauld. Tension was in the air as each prepared to face the challenge the weekend would… Read More »We went to SAW: we conquered (With apologies to Caesar)