Club News

One of our very newest Ayr Writers’ Club members, Lou, moved to South Ayrshire from the Isle of Man only 18 months ago.  An avid… Read More »Lou’s Family Blog

Ayr Writers’ Club stalwarts, Fiona Aitchinson, Helena Sheridan, Janice Johnstone and Greta Yorke, four members of the acclaimed LiterEight writing group, were recently invited to… Read More »Ayr Writers’ Club’s LiterEight Group are Invited Guest Speakers at Local Community Guild

Ayr Writers’ Club Treasurer, Nigel Ward, has climbed some mountains in his time – all of the 282 Munros in Scotland, for example – but,… Read More »Nigel Ward’s National Competition Win Featured in Scottish Mountaineer Magazine

Swanwick, as it is fondly known, is the world’s longest running week-long writers’ conference. It is set within the heart of Derbyshire, in the height… Read More »Swanwick Writers’ Summer School – 8-14 August 2020

Aye Write is back for 2020, from 12-29 March, with – fiction, politics, poetry, crime & thriller, memoir, history, music, and much much more. This… Read More »Aye Write Festival, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – 12-29 March 2020

Chase off the January blues with a warming evening of poetry – A Poem, A Pie and a Dram –  brought to you by Tidelines,… Read More »10 Open-Mic Spots for Local Poets, Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine – 17 Jan 2020

The Scottish Association of Writers (SAW) has been working to support writers since 1978. SAW holds 40 writing groups within its membership and works as… Read More »Weekend Conference, Scottish Association of Writers (SAW) – 20 March 2020

Published 4-book novelist, short story writer, poet, and Ayr Writers’ Club Member, Damaris West’s very first novel, Wild Goose (Crimson Cloak Publishing), has recently undergone a… Read More »Wild Goose – A Novel by Damaris West

Ayr Writers’ Club member, and Membership Secretary, Marion Husband’s recent book publication, Explore Govan, is a fantastic walking guide through Govan’s weaving streets and spaces.… Read More »Explore Govan – A Walking Guide Book by Marion C. Husband

There was plenty to celebrate at this year’s Imprint Writing Awards presentation event at the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock. Four members of Ayr Writers’ Club… Read More »Ayr Writers’ Success at 2019 Imprint Writing Awards

The entries are in and the judges have decided. It’s time to announce the winners of the 2019 Imprint Writing Awards, hosted by East Ayrshire… Read More »Imprint Writing Award Prize Giving – 28 November 2019

Ayr Writers’ Club member, Carolyn O’Hara, a writer who’s already had a number of short stories and articles published, has had a lot more to… Read More »Carolyn O’Hara’s Poem, ‘By Chance’, Selected for Inclusion in National Book Publication