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
Where: Carnegie Library, 12 Main Street, Ayr KA8 8EB When: Thursday 21 November 2019 at 7.30pm Join us for an evening with two authors who have written… Read More »Author Event with Catherine Simpson and Catherine Czerkawska at Ayr’s Carnegie Library – 21 November 2019
Here’s a great opportunity to join with a few other writers who are doing absolutely nothing on an odd Sunday afternoon, except write. These monthly… Read More »Monthly Sunday Afternoon Mini-Writing-Retreat in Glasgow (4hrs)
Tam o’ Shanter is a wonderfully epic poem in which Burns paints a vivid picture of the drinking classes in the old Scotch town… Read More »Ayr – Poem by Rabbie Burns, Photography by Marion Husband
Join Tracy Harvey, Scots Scriever, at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch’s Lone, Alloway, Ayr, KA7 4PQ, for a series of 4 Scots language themed… Read More »Scots Leid Wirkshoaps – 19 October, 9 & 16 November, 14 December 2019
Witch Hitch, is the first of four delightful children’s picture book collaborations between Ayr Writers’ Club members, Greta Yorke and Maggie Bolton. Winner of the… Read More »Witch Hitch – A Children’s Picture Book by Greta Yorke, Illustrated by Maggie Bolton
The beguilingly titled, The Woo in the Wild Woods, is the second of four picture books for 3-8 year old children published by successful Ayr… Read More »The Woo in the Wild Woods – A Children’s Picture Book by Greta Yorke, Illustrated by Maggie Bolton