Christmas party and other news

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

CHRISTMAS PARTY

5 DECEMBER 2017

2.30 PM - 4.30 PM

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

Our Christmas party will be held in the Coffee Room. Plenty of literary fun with a quiz. Plenty to eat and drink. Good company.

Please bring a plate with some food to share.

£1 contribution

Copies of our latest collection of stories by 20 members of the group will be available, all being well!

Look out for DRAGONS CAN BE DARLINGS AND OTHER STORIES.

RRP £4.99

Members price £3.40

Further details to follow.

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The new twelve week course for writing short stories and novels will begin on 9 December 2018. 

Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons.

At the Abbey Row, Kelso.

£2 per session.

As well as the course, guest writers will be invited from time to time and other workshops taken by members of the group will also be on offer. 

 http://kelsowritersworkshop.blogspot.com  

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

Meeting 7 November

KELSO WRITERS 

NEXT MEETING

7 NOVEMBER 2017

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

COFFEE ROOM

14.30 - 16.30

 Elspeth will talk about writing and publishing challenges particularly those faced in writing The Tweed Dales: Exploring History, Folklore and Stories from the Heart of the Scottish Borders which is due to be published shortly in Luath's Journeys and Evocations series.   In it, her co-author Donald Smith take readers on six journeys tracing the distinctive landscape, history and culture of each as shaped by and reflected in events and key personalities and illustrated by the stories, folklore and poetry these evoked.

Coffee/Tea and Biscuits

£2