Borders Writers’ Forum programme 2009--10
23.04.09 ONLINE PUBLISHING - A GUIDE FOR WRITERS
Bridget Khursheed, poet and geek, pioneered the intranet in the UK in
companies like John Laing, Eurostar, 3i and Abbey and then went on to
manage, develop and teach the first online course at the University of
Oxford, the Diploma in Computing via the Internet. She will unravel
the whys and wherefores of online publishing from website (do you need
one?) to Facebook, email lists to Authonomy and beyond. And she tell
some jokes too!
7.30pm, Old Gala House, Galashiels
21.05.09 Writing for the Theatre Jules Horne
The George and Abbotsford Hotel, Melrose
7.30 pm
It's going to be a dramatist's toolkit: a highly practical nuts-and-bolts to get the playwrights' group going. It'll be very useful for fiction and poetry
writers too, as we'll look at the main dramatic concepts that help writing connect with an audience. Basically Jules is going to compress what she teaches
the Traverse Young Writers into 90 minutes!
Jules is a playwright for stage and radio. Gorgeous Avatar was produced by the Traverse, toured Scotland and has also been performed in Japan and Germany.
Radio plays include Life: An Audio Tour (Radio 4), Overdue South (BBC Scotland) and Inner Critic (BBC7).She teaches Advanced Creative Writing for the Open
University and playwriting at the Traverse Theatre.
Jules lives near Kelso.
Her site is www.texthouse.net
18.06.09 Poetry Workshop: Julian Colton
George and Abbotsford Hotel, Melrose
7.30pm.
25th/26th/27th September EILDON TREE 10: A LITERARY FESTIVAL CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF NEW WRITING FROM THE SCOTTISH BORDERS
2009 AND BEYOND IN THE EILDON TREE MAGAZINE.
Venue: Heart of Hawick, Tower Mill, Hawick.
Writers: Janice Galloway-- Reading and Q/A
Douglas Maxwell-- Writing for the stage workshop.
Janet Paisley-- Poetry Workshop.
There will also be an Open Mic Event to close the festival.
For further details see. www.heartofhawick.co.uk/events
Tickets now available. £5 PER EVENT OR £15 FOR ALL FOUR.
You can book online or Box office: 01450 360688.
15.10.09 Writing for local papers: Geoff Evans.
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Avenue, Melrose
7.30pm.
5.11.09 Borders' Writers Forum - Original Drama Experience
A group of players and playwrights who meet on the first Thursday of the month.
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Avenue, Melrose
7.30pm
Non BWF members welcome. Free for the first two sessions. After this, £10 p/a which is membership of the Borders Writers Forum.
19.11.09
WRITING FROM HISTORY
A Talk By Gwen Chessell
at 7.30pm
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Ave, Melrose
Gwen intends to speak generally about writing to history - not just about why she likes writing history and what it entails but also about how other writers (fiction and non-fiction) tackle the 'history business'. She intend to bring along examples of some other writers' work eg. Bernard Cornwell, Robert Harris, Alison Weir, Georgette Heyer, etc. She will also talk about some of the rules and 'necessities' which must govern writing about the past. She’s glad to know that BWF is relaxed and informal and hopes her talk will be also.
Gwen Chessell:
She is a former medical educationist and her first books and articles were in that field. She went to Australia on a Churchill Fellowship to look at innovation in Australian Medical Education and got really interested in colonial history and the links between British and Australian colonial personalities, particularly those who have been forgotten and don't deserve to be forgotten. This has given her something to do in retirement!
03.12.09 Borders' Writers Forum - Original Drama Experience
A group of players and playwrights who meet on the first Thursday of the month.
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Avenue, Melrose
7.30pm
Non BWF members welcome. Free for the first two sessions. After this, £10 pa which is membership of the Borders' Writers Forum
10.12.09 Christmas Social including members reading, refreshments!
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Avenue, Melrose.
7.30pm.
21.01.10 Kelso to Kalamazoo: A talk on the biography of George Taylor by Margaret Jeary
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Avenue, Melrose
7.30pm.
11.02.10 Children as Writers: Oliver Eade
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Avenue, Melrose
7.30pm
18.03.10 Annual General Meeting
St Cuthberts RC Church Hall, High Cross Avenue, Melrose
7.30pm.
