Festive Fun
It was 7.10 pm. A cold, damp Wednesday night in Ayr High Street, no-one about. Suddenly we spied a brightly lit shop and a warm… Read More »Festive Fun
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Conversation Piece
The largest writers’ club in Scotland, almost standing room only, and after one and a half meetings I am being asked to write the blog… Read More »Conversation Piece
Wild Wednesday
A wet, windy and wild Wednesday * – the kind of night you just want to curl up on the sofa with a cuppa in… Read More »Wild Wednesday
An Evening with Cathy MacPhail
It was well worth an outing on a blustery, inclement night, to listen to Cathy MacPhail. Just the thing to take minds off more mundane… Read More »An Evening with Cathy MacPhail
Children’s Non Fiction Workshop by Maggie Bolton
I’m so glad I braved November’s dreichy drizzle to attend Maggie’s workshop. Children’s Non-Fiction seemed a big shift for this Fiction writer but at the… Read More »Children’s Non Fiction Workshop by Maggie Bolton
Alan Taylor: Writing Writers’ Lives
Any expectations of an academic dissertation on literary biography had already been undermined by my reading of a libel case judgement that quoted extensively from… Read More »Alan Taylor: Writing Writers’ Lives
What’s the Point?
While at first sight you might wonder whether you have strayed from the Ayr Writers’ Blog to that of the town’s philosophical society, then please… Read More »What’s the Point?
TOM POW – A Sense of Place in Poetry
As Nigel finished his introduction and Tom Pow rose to his feet, the window of the Mercure Hotel framed an interesting Autumnal scene behind them:… Read More »TOM POW – A Sense of Place in Poetry
Feedback Evening 30th September 2015
Beyond the fog lies clarity ~ Anon Travelling from the Irvine Valley to Ayr through patchy mist and then thick fog to attend Feedback Evening… Read More »Feedback Evening 30th September 2015
Poetry Workshop
Third week in and I am starting to find my feet in this new world of Ayr Writers’ Club. Well it’s a new world to… Read More »Poetry Workshop
Opening Night at Ayr Writers’ Club
After a summer that defied the Trades Descriptions Act, Ayr Writers’ Club reconvened for its 2015-16 season on Wednesday 9th September. The venue was a… Read More »Opening Night at Ayr Writers’ Club
Bernard MacLaverty – Life Inspiring Fiction
BERNARD MACLAVERTY – Life Inspiring Fiction. AYR WRITERS’ CLUB 16th September 2015 Having experienced firsthand, during twenty years in the classroom, how Bernard MacLaverty’s fiction… Read More »Bernard MacLaverty – Life Inspiring Fiction