Short Story, novel or play - which and why

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

NEXT MEETING

12 JUNE 2018

A TALK AND WORKSHOP BY WELL KNOWN LOCAL AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT,

OLIVER EADE

SHORT STORY, NOVEL OR PLAY - WHICH AND WHY?

Abbey Row Community Centre

Kelso

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

12 June 2018

£2

Refreshments Available

All Welcome

Meetings

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

NEXT MEETING 

21 NOVEMBER 2017

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

IN THE COFFEE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS

£2

THIS MEETING WILL BE A READING SESSION FROM THE EXERCISES GIVEN AT THE LAST TWO WORKSHOPS. 

CHRISTMAS STORIES FROM OLIVER EADE'S WORKSHOP

  AND READINGS FROM THE EXERCISES GIVEN BY ELSPETH TURNER AS A CO AUTHOR WITH DONALD SMITH: The Tweed Dales: Exploring History, Folklore and Stories from the Heart of the Scottish Borders

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LAST MEETING BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK WILL BE HELD ON 5TH DECEMBER.

THIS WILL BE A PARTY AND A LITERARY QUIZ 

FREE EVENT 

PLEASE BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE FOR NIBBLES AND/OR TO DRINK

SAME VENUE AS USUAL

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

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)

Oliver Eade's Talk: Writing for Children from Seven to Seventy

A TALK BY

 



OLIVER EADE



The Kelso Writers Workshop have invited local Borders writer, Oliver Eade to give a talk about Writing for Children from Seven to Seventy at the Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm Tuesday 3rd March 2015.

Refreshments available. Instead of the normal £2 fee for the hire of the room, donations will be given to help Oliver's charity, The Edinburgh Sick Kids Foundation.

Oliver has published over fifty short stories, five children's novels, the first of which Moon Rabbit was long-listed for the 2008 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and a winner of the WAAYB 2007 New Novel Competition. Both Moon Rabbit and its sequel, Monkey King's Revenge link Scotland with Ancient China. He has also published young adult and adult novels and a play, The Gap which went on tour in the Scottish Borders 2012. Oliver follows no particular genre although he is drawn to that space that lies between reality and fantasy the space where children fit into so easily. All welcome to come along.

I urge everyone to bring along anyone who might be interested in this talk.

7 Books 7 Authors at the Borders Book Festival

I am one of seven writers from the Borders who will be reading from their books at the Book Festival.

The writers are:

Katharine Tiernan                                      Place of Repose: A tale of St Cuthbert's Last Journey

Robert Leach and Joy Parker                    Minor Chats

Oliver Eade                                               The Terminus

Dorothy Bruce                                          The Seaweed Cage

Pat Mosel                                                   Jerusha's Tricks

Iona Carroll                                                Crying Through the Wind: the Story of Oisin Kelly

Anita John                                                  Child's Eye

Oliver Eade's Book Launch at Melrose