Next meeting 22 November 2016

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

NEXT MEETING

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 22 NOVEMBER 2016

Please bring along a humorous story that you have written to give us some cheer as the winter sets in. Anyone who wishes to read their story to the group will be encouraged to do so.

The next meeting will be the Christmas party on 6 December.

There will be a break over the Christmas/New Year period and we will meet again on Tuesday 13 January 2017 (weather permitting).

Coffee/Tea and biscuits 

£2

Berwick Literary Festival and Berwick 900 Our Families Project Short Stories

Excerpts from 4 stories were read at the Berwick Literary Festival talk 'Hidden Treasures and Inspiration' on 21 October 2016.

In addition, one poem was written and published on the Berwick 900 blog in December 2015.

These stories were inspired by research undertaken by volunteers on the Berwick 900 Our Families Project and used by the Creative Writing Group.

Read full versions of all 4 stories and the poem.

Hidden Treasures and Inspiration - a Talk on Friday, 21st October

Last summer, the Berwick 900 Our Families family history research project set up a small creative writing group to write fictional family stories about incidents and historical characters in Berwick’s, Tweedmouth’s and Spittal’s history, using research produced by the volunteers. There's lots of scope for imagining what led up to incidents, what impact it had on people, what happened afterwards and creating a family story. One story, a poem written by Sandra Whitnell, is about a woman murdered at Middle Ord, Northumberland, in December 1876.




Some writers in Kelso Writers' Workshop got inspiration for writing historical fiction from a talk by Margaret Skea.

This year, Linda Bankier, the Berwick Archivist will give a talk at Berwick Literary Festival about the variety of records available in Berwick Record Office, and the audience will hear excerpts from three stories based on research into the Berwick Town Council account books, a newspaper cutting from November 1863 about a crinoline that caused an accident and a poster.

The talk is on Friday, 21st October at 12 noon at the Holy Trinity Parish Centre, Berwick; cost £5. 

Reality and Unreality in Writing

KELSO WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

A talk by Borders doctor, writer and playwright, OLIVER EADE

Tuesday 25^th October

Abbey Community Centre, Kelso

2.30-4.30 pm

Reality and Unreality in Writing

Why do so many of us wish to escape into

worlds of fiction?

How does fiction reflect reality?

How may a writer express his/her own experiences

of unreality?

Fascinated by contemporary scientists’ attempts to understand the weirdness of quantum reality, Oliver looks at how the conundrum of ‘real or unreal’ has also challenged writers of fiction over the centuries.

            

www.olivereade.co.uk

http://kelsowritersworkshop.blogspot.co.uk

Talk by Gwen Chessell

Kelso Writers’ Workshop

Presents

ON THE EDGE OF LIVES, LOOKING IN

A Talk By

GWEN CHESSELL

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

Tuesday 11^th October 2016

2.30 pm – 4.30 pm

All Welcome – Refreshments Available

£2

Local writer Gwen Chessell has written three well-received biographies of 19^th century figures who have now fallen into obscurity. She will speak about writing and researching, getting into the lives and minds of her subjects and building a narrative.

                                                      

      

     

          

www.gwenchessell.co.uk

                                               

                                   

                                                                                                        

New session Kelso Writers

WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS

Kelso Group

The Kelso Writers’ Workshop, founded in 2012 by Iona McGregor offers beginner and experienced writers a twelve week course in short story and novel writing; film and playwriting sessions and occasional talks by local authors.

Commencing:

Tuesday 13^th September 2016

And fortnightly afterwards

2.30 pm – 4.30 pm

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

http://kelsowritersworkshop.blogspot.co.uk

Lesley Anderson Talk

KELSO WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

Present

A Talk by local writer, Lesley Anderson

www.lesleyanderson.info

Tuesday afternoon 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm

14^th June 2016

Abbey Row Community Centre

Kelso

Refreshments available                          £2 donation

Session 2 Beginning stories

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP 

BEGINNING STORIES

Our next workshop takes place on Tuesday afternoon, 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm 

At the Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

Downstairs in the Coffee Room

£2

Tea and coffee available

This session will focus on the homework exercise from last session and for our workshop we will look at the ways writers begin stories or novels. There will be an exercise to help to write a story.

Beginners welcome.

Session 12: Marketing

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

Session 12: Marketing Your Work

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso 

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm 

Tuesday 22 March 2016

All welcome to come along. This session is the final in the course. We will focus on reading and discussion of last session's homework, A Dark and Stormy Night and then discuss we can market our work. Any ideas welcome from the group.

See you there!!

Session 11 Editing and Presentation

Kelso Writers' Workshop

Session 11: Editing and Presentation of Work

Tuesday 8th March 2016

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

All welcome.

Talk by Janet O'Kane

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

A talk by Borders crime writer, JANET O'KANE

Tuesday 15 March 2016

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

All Welcome

Admission £2

Since moving to the Borders, Janet has published two crime novels. The first, No Stranger to Death

and its sequel, Too Soon a Death.

The chief protagonist is Doctor Zoe Moreland who moves to a Borders village and finds herself in the midst of a murder investigation. Local readers will find much to identify with as the author uses real Borders locations.

Any writer interested in the crime writing fiction genre is welcome to come along and any reader who loves crime stories very welcome also.

Tea, coffee, and biscuits at 'half-time'.

Putting it All Together

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

23 FEBRUARY 2016

SESSION 10: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

This workshop deals with the process of rewriting and how best to fine our writing. Rewriting is an essential part of creative writing.

Readings from the group including Tim Nevil's short story winner, A Likelihood of Snow.

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Abbey Row Community Centre

Kelso 

Tea, coffee and friendly atmosphere.

We welcome new members with an interest in writing for pleasure or profit.

Success for Kelso Writers Workshop writer

Tim has emailed me to say that his short story, written under his pseudonym of Tim Nevil, has been selected for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Winter Words Festival. The actor, Dougal Lee will be giving a monologue performance of it this weekend.

The title is apt -  A Likelihood of Snow.

You may recall that his story, The Unadopted Road was selected for the Festival last year.

I am sure everyone will want to extend congratulations to Tim for this success.

Tim will read his story at the next workshop on 23 February 2016. 

Kelso Writers Workshop 9 February

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

The next workshop will be held on Tuesday afternoon 9 February 2016 from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

Following on from the script writing session conducted by Tim Nevil on 12 January, the writers who have written scripts will be able to have them performed by actors, Carol Norris and Jane Houston Green. 

This is a great opportunity to actually hear your words as they would be heard on radio or television.

Tea and coffee. £2.

From Inspiration to Publication

MELROSE LITERARY SOCIETY

‘The cultural heart of the Borders’

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FROM INSPIRATION TO PUBLICATION-

LOCAL AUTHORS (MARGARET SKEA, IONA CARROLL AND OLIVER EADE) DISCUSS THEIR WORK

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY, 7.30

ORMISTON INSTITUTE, MELROSE

NON-MEMBERS WELCOME (£3.00 ADMISSION)

How to Write a Script for TV and Radio

Next workshop is on Tuesday afternoon 12 January 2016 at 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm. This session will be conducted by Tim Nevil who will talk about scriptwriting.

 

Tim Nevil is a writer living in the Scottish Borders with a background in scriptwriting. He has written a number of speculative script submissions for both TV and radio, and has worked with an established BBC producer to develop a feature-length TV comedy drama.

Tim plans to give an overview of the different types of script format and how to adapt prose writing into script writing etc. Also how to submit scripts etc. and to whom. 

He will also provide about ten handouts and is able to email these if required.