News and Events
This page is for all the news and events within the Tyne and Esk Writers.
The 3 Harbours Festival 2018 - It's coming up to that time of year again - the 3 Harbours Festival - held in various venues in Prestonpans and Cockenzie / Port Seton. Please click on the link below for details of events happening in the Thorntree pub, High Street, Cockenzie between 30th June and the 8th July 2018. ...Continue Reading- Creative Writing Workshop – Musselburgh – May 19th - The ever popular Vibrant Musselburgh Arts Festival Creative Writing Workshop returns to the Fisherrow Centre, South Street, Musselburgh on Saturday May 19th, this time in an afternoon slot of 2.30-4.30pm. The facilitator is the terrific Rachel Amey: Rachel is an award winning poet, but the workshop will be wide ranging ...Continue Reading
Meet The Authors – Penicuik – April 25th - Come along and meet popular local authors Catherine Simpson, Rebecca McKinney, Moira Cormack, Stella Hervey Birrell and Claire Askew on Wednesday the 25th April at the West Street Arts Centre, West Street, Penicuik in Midlothian.
Tyne and Esk Short Promotional Film - Tyne and Esk Creative Writing Fellow Catherine Simpson and Membership Secretary Roy Moller have created a short film to encourage budding and experienced writers and poets in East and Midlothian to come along to their local writing group. It can be viewed here: Short Promotional Video.- Tyne & Esk Creative Writing fellow 2017-18 - Thanks to funding from the Musselburgh and Haddington Common Good Funds, we are happy to announce that Catherine Simpson has been re-appointed on a half-time basis as our Creative Writing Fellow, from the start of October, and will be attending four groups each month.
The Angel in the Stone – A New Novel from Rebecca McKinley - Rebecca McKinney's latest novel, The Angel in the Stone, is being launched at Waterstones on Princes Street on Tuesday 5th September, 6:30 PM. Rebecca invites all Tyne and Esk members, and especially those from the Dalkeith Group, to come along and support her. Those wishing to come should RSVP sue@sandstonepress.com. ...Continue Reading
New Children’s Book – Why Worry, William Wasp? - Why Worry, William Wasp? Rod Kelly of the Dalkeith group of the Tyne and Esk Writers has published his first children's book Why Worry, William Wasp? It contains super colour illustrations by artist Emma Latham. It's available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Worry-William-Wasp-Kelly/dp/1612968295 From Blackwells: http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/bookshop/product/Why-Worry-William-Wasp-by-Rod-Kelly/9781612968292 And from Foyle's: http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/childrens/why-worry-william-wasp,rod-kelly-emma-latham-9781612968292 The Facebook page is ...Continue Reading- Book Launch – Habitus by Alan Gay - Habitus, A New Book of Poetry by Alan Gay Tyne and Esk Writers are launching Alan Gay's new book of poetry, Habitus, on Wednesday 22nd February in Dalkeith Arts Centre. The cartoons in the book are by Stephen Barnaby, well-known for his 'Fifty Word Epics'. This publishing event is part ...Continue Reading
New Edition of Scrivens – Autumn 2016 - The latest edition of Scrivens, the magazine for Tyne and Esk members has just been published. Download it here. Scrivens Autumn 2016
From The Lighthouse - FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE edited by Claire Askew 160 pages, A5 limp, price £6, ISBN 978-1-871828-90-0, Published in June 2016 For the first time in many years, work by members of Tyne & Esk’s eight writing groups has been brought together in this anthology, edited by poet and writer Claire Askew. Within these ...Continue Reading
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