Monthly Archives: October 2011

Writer of the Year 2011

The awards ceremony for the Tyne & Esk Writers Writer of the Year 2011 was held on October 31st in the Brunton Hall Theatre, Musselburgh. The judges were A C Clarke (poetry) and Tom Bryan (prose), and the event was MC-ed by Creative Writing Fellow Tom Murray. The results were:
Midlothian Prose
Runner-up: Andrew Broadfoot, Winner Mary [...]

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Tyne & Esk Writers on radio

Poetry Workshop
Four Tyne & Esk members took part in the BBC Radio 4 Poetry Workshop, led by Ruth Padel, from Edinburgh’s School of Poets. To listen again to this programme, follow this link, and hear Anna Dickie, Judith Stewart, Jeff Kemp, Karen Duncan and other members of the School. There are also photos of the [...]

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Creative Writing Day

Message from Tom Murray:
Hello All,
Just a note to say that the deadline, 31st October, for booking workshops and for confirming your attendance at the evening event, is fast approaching.
It would be great if as many of you as possible could stay on after the workshops for the evening event.   I hope to have as many [...]

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Poetry and coffee

[ November 10, 2011; 10:30 am to 11:30 am. ] A.C. Clarke, Alan Gay and Lesley Duncan will be reading selections from their poetry in Henderson’s Café, Hanover Street, Edinburgh on 10th November, 10:30am to 11:30am.

Free event (but you’ll need to pay for the coffee!).

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Alan Spence reading

[ November 5, 2011; 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. ] ALAN SPENCE & ELIZABETH BLACKADDER

Poet Alan Spence reads from his new collection Morning Glory a mix of haiku and tanka, with exquisite illustrations by Dame Elizabeth Blackadder who will join him for this special event.  The programme is at a beautiful new venue, The Centre, the groundfloor gallery space of the Sri Chinmoy Centre, which [...]

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Creative Writing Day

[ November 12, 2011; ]

A full day programme of workshops and discussions will held on Saturday 12th November 2011. The programme and booking form can be downloaded as a pdf here.

TYNE & ESK WRITERS CREATIVE WRITING DAY

SATURDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER 2011,   TOWN HOUSE HADDINGTON.
This day is all about exploring the exciting possibilities of creative writing in a variety of forms. [...]

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Writer of the Year Awards

[ October 31, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] The Writer of the Year 2011 Awards Ceremony

Tyne and Esk Writers and East Lothian and Midlothian Library Services warmly invite their writers and members of the public to join them at the Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh on Monday, 31st October, 2011 at 7.30pm for the awards ceremony of The Writer of the Year – 2011

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Free Session by Tyne & Esk Writers @ Lennoxlove

[ November 6, 2011; 10:45 am; ] There is a free Tyne & Esk Writers session in the Great Hall on Sunday 6th November, at 10:45 am, chaired by Tom Murray.

Members from all Tyne & Esk groups will be represented.

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Lennoxlove Book Festival 2012

[ November 4, 2011 3:00 pm to November 6, 2011 3:00 pm. ] The Festival takes place from the 4th to the 6th November, at Lennoxlove House, Haddington. Visit the website to see and download the full programme.

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