Author Archives: Colin Will

About Colin Will

Writer, poet, publisher. Previous career as scientific librarian, IT administrator and senior manager.

TENRED2

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Colin Will

[ March 7, 2012; 7:00 pm; ]

Ten poets, ten minutes each, what’s not to like? Check full details on the TenRed Facebook page. 7pm, 7th March, Persevere Bar, Easter Road Edinburgh, £3

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StAnza Poetry Festival

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Colin Will

[ March 14, 2012 10:30 am to March 18, 2012 11:30 pm. ] The StAnza International Poetry Festival takes place in St Andrews, from the 14th to the 18th of March. Full programme and box office at www.stanzapoetry.org

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Poetry and Coffee

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Colin Will

[ March 8, 2012; 10:30 am to 11:30 am. ] Poetry and Coffee
at Henderson’s Cafe
94 Hanover Street
Thursday 8th March
10.30 -11.30a.m.
PAULA JENNINGS
MARGARET CHRISTIE
JENNIE HOUSE
Will be reading selections from their poetry
Please drop in

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Success for David Purdie

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Colin Will

Success for David Purdie, A Tyne and Esk Writer.
David Purdie, a member of the Penicuik group of Tyne and Esk Writers,  who contributed enormously to the formation of the Organisation and who was its first Convenor, has won the John Law Tassie for his translation into Scots of Coleridge’s, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.’
John [...]

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Thanks to Paul Duffney

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Colin Will

At their regular meeting in the Library on the 18th January, the Dalkeith Writers’ Group presented Paul Duffney with tokens of their gratitude for his acting as leader of the group for many years. His provision of a ‘catering service’ is sadly missed.
His recent marriage and move to North Berwick may affect his attendance, but [...]

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Scrivens deadline

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Colin Will

Message from Karen Duncan:

Hi Everyone

Happy New Year! Hope you all had a lovely festive period.

The next issue of Scrivens is due out in February and it would be great to get submissions of writing or information on events, readings, publications etc from all the Tyne and Esk groups. Could you please mention this at your [...]

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Best wishes for 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Colin Will

A Happy New Year and best wishes from all at Tyne & Esk Writers.
 

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Celebrating Donald McKinney

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Colin Will

Dunbar group co-founder Donald McKinney died on 31st October as a result of a brain tumour. He was a young man in otherwise good health. Although he had moved from Dunbar to Thurso a few years back, he still kept in touch with his friends in Dunbar. He was a fine writer, publishing novels and [...]

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Angie on Black Diamond

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Colin Will

[ December 18, 2011; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Storyteller and writer Angie Townsend will be appearing as one of her written creations TILDA TIDY on Black Diamond Radio, Sunday 18th December between 3 and 5pm.  Tilda made her first debut at a D.A.M.E Dalkeith Arts event and since then three more monologues, including a Christmas one, have been written.  A rather set in her [...]

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Musselburgh Hot Pot

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Colin Will

[ December 4, 2011; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The Famous Musselburgh open mike sessions

From Stephen Barnaby:

Yes chaps, the first Sunday of another month is nearly upon us, which can mean only one thing, yes it means that time marches remorselessly onwards like a cold hearted juggernaut, leaving a wasteland of wrinkles, grey wisps and general sagginess in its pitiless wake. OK, so it [...]

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