Category Archives: News

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

I’m delighted that Rita Bradd (Dunbar Group) sent me a note on her experiences at the Festival this year. It’s now up on the Recent Events page.
My own posting on the Festival is now on my blog page.
Colin

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 [...]

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 [...]

The site is constantly evolving, growing and developing, and I expect it to develop further when our editorial team is trained and operational. One of the areas that’s growing fastest is the Services for Writers tab. It’s now got Book Reviews and Recommendations, Performance tips, How to get published, and other pages. New pages on [...]