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It felt eerily strange to be back on a Zoom meeting without it being a lockdown situation, but for the purpose of the Drabble Competition… Read More »Drabble Evening – Wednesday 19th April 2023

The SAW (Scottish Association of Writers) night is the annual opportunity to celebrate the club’s success at the national level and enjoy some friendly inter-club… Read More »Ayr Writers’ S.A.W. Success Night – 12th April 2023

Whit a richt guid nicht we had wi oor braw member Tracy Harvey blethering tae us aboot scrievin in Scots. Tracy, a talented poet, with… Read More »Writing in Scots with Tracy Harvey – 5th April 2023

Following the change to British Summer time, it was pleasant to be arriving on a longer light night, putting smiles on members’ faces. Carrie Watts… Read More »Ayr Writers’ Feedback Night – 29th March 2023

Dribbles, Drabbles and Flashes Within a few weeks of joining AWC, I was asked to write a blog of the evening’s events. If my memory… Read More »FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP – Wednesday 15th March 2023

Avoiding pyjama clad doors. A plucky group of Ayr Writers braved the freezing temperatures to listen and learn from Stephen as he led us through… Read More »Proof reading and editing. Stephen Cashmore 08.03.23

A Chance for Double Points Were you fortunate enough to see the Northern Lights dancing across our skies earlier this week? My partner casually mentioned… Read More »Ayr Writers’ Feedback Night – 1st March 2023

Bespoke Umbrellas and Repurposed Buildings: On a wild and wintry night, our very own Carolyn O’Hara delivered her long-delayed and much-anticipated workshop on bringing the… Read More »Bringing the Past to Life in Non-Fiction Workshop, with Carolyn O’Hara

When Writing Local History Becomes Archaeology Glasgow Smells. What a brilliant title for a local history book. Who wouldn’t want to read that? Glasgow Smells… Read More »Historical Non-fiction Speaker: Michael Meighan – 1st February 2023

Following on from Linda Cracknell’s theme of ‘landscape in fiction,’ our own Damaris gave us an excellent workshop on ‘A Sense of Place in Fiction.’… Read More »A SENSE OF PLACE WORKSHOP with DAMARIS WEST 25th January 2023

Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine Two AYR WRITERS’ members, Carolyn O’Hara and Alison Craig, will be performing their work, along with other writers, including a sprinkling… Read More »TIDELINES BOOK FESTIVAL’S ‘SCRIEVIN & SCRAN’

Getting the verbs right: the essence of interaction We started with Jim spread-eagled across the bonnet of his car, then travelled past a walker intrigued… Read More »Capturing Landscape in Fiction with Linda Cracknell – 18 January 2023