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Feb 2012
'Man, Dog, Stroke: The Musings of a Deeside Whippet and his Master'
Deeside Press have published
Eric Sinclair's moving, funny and inspiring account
of his recovery from a stroke, aided by Hamish the
whippet, available from Amazon.co.uk for £8.99. Proceeds to the Stroke Association of
Scotland.
Unmissable!
Deeside Writer's scary story wins competition
Ruth Howell's scary story will be read out Feb
4th at the Pitlochry WinterWords Festival
See
Links
page.
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Nov 2011
Deeside Writer wins first prize at Elgin Crime Writing Weekend
Group member Ruth Howell attended the Elgin Writers'
CSI weekend on 12-13th November. Writers came from
all over Scotland to hear talks from a CID officer,
a forensics expert, writer Frances Lloyd and the
Procurator Fiscal. The group was even treated to a
visit to Elgin Courthouse (cells and all!).
Fortunately they were let out in time for the
keynote speaker - crime-writer Alex Grey, who
also judged the short story competition. Ruth was
delighted to come away with the First Prize for her
story 'Something Precious', featuring a dotty old
lady with a dark secret.
Ruth says: "Elgin
Writers made us all very welcome and it was
fascinating to find out how crimes are investigated.
The weekend was great fun as well as being very
informative."
Deeside Writer published in 'The Leopard'
Graeme Rose's short story 'Spirit in the Sky' has
been published in 'The Leopard', the North-East
feature magazine
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May 2011
Deeside Writer published in 'Pushing Out the Boat'
Jennifer Watson's short story 'The Paper Bag' has
been published in the latest edition of 'Pushing Out
the Boat', the magazine for new writing in the North
East.
See
Links
page.
'Cave Canem: The Musings of a Deeside Whippet'
Eric Sinclair has published the adventures of Hamish
as an e-book, available for download to Kindle, PC
or laptop from Amazon.co.uk for £1.72. Well worth
the read, all proceeds to the Stroke Association of
Scotland.
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March 2011
More SAW awards for DWG...
Deeside Writers represented the North East at the
annual Scottish Association of Writers Conference in
Glasgow last weekend. The group was delighted to
come away with awards in three categories. Eric
Sinclair took Second Prize for the 'Castles in the
Air' Trophy, Katherine Ritchie took third Prize in
the Woman's Short Story category and Jennifer Watson
was awarded a commendation in the Fantasy, Science
Fiction and Horror Category. Members Brian Chambers
and Ruth Howell also attended, with Ruth
adjudicating in the Writing for Children Category.
Ruth said: 'The weekend was very sociable and the
standard of writing was extremely high. There were
representatives from groups all over the country.
The annual SAW Conference is a showcase for the best
amateur writing in Scotland, and for many Scottish
writers it has led to eventual publication.'
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DWG
attend SAW 11 - 13 March
Members of Deeside Writers will be attending this year's Scottish
Association of Writers conference in Erskine - here's hoping for a
repeat of the success we have enjoyed in previous years!
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September 2010
DWG have a new home!
From Tuesday 21 September, we shall be convening
in the meeting room at the Woodend Barn (through the door and up the
stairs opposite reception) from 7.30 to 9 pm, followed by coffee in
Buchanans. If the Barn is not open, then enter via Buchanans.
We shall be meeting on the third Tuesday of every month throughout
the year. New members are very welcome.
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July 2010
Writing
Competition Winners
The 'Celebrating
Deeside' Writing Competition winners were as follows:
Brian Chambers
of Aboyne (Short Story Category) with 'Fa Broke the Dinnie
Stanes,' a pithy Doric tale which solved a local
mystery;
Lorna Alexander
of Strathdon (Poetry Category) with 'An Ode to Craigievar,'
a love poem to the famous Aberdeenshire Castle.
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March 2010
Workshop with Roger Ellory
On 18 September 2010 Deeside Writers will
host an all-day workshop for novelists with Roger Ellory, the highly
successful novelist currently based in Birmingham. Roger is well
known amongst writers for his infectious enthusiasm, humour and
commitment to writing.
'Celebrating Deeside' Writing
Competition
Writers (aged 16 or over) are asked to submit a
piece of poetry or prose reflecting some aspect of Deeside life,
scenery or culture. The prize is to have your work read out at
our open evening on 27 April 2010. The evening is open to all over
the age of 16. Poems should be no more than 40 lines and prose
(fact or fiction) should be 500 to 1000 words. All entries
should be emailed to Tom Wright at
tomkwright@tiscali.co.uk by
Tuesday 20 April 2010.
For further information, contact Liz Marchant on 01339 889141.
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16 March 2009
Deeside Writers among Scotland's best
Two Deeside Writers have scooped top prizes in
the Scottish
Association of Writers' (SAW) prestigious and hotly
contested annual writing competition. Graeme Rose
took first prize in the General Article category and third prize in
the Travel Article section. Ruth Howell took first prizes
for her Children's Story and Book Review, and was also awarded
second prize for a Novel for Children, third prize for a General
Novel, and was highly commended in the Woman's Short Story Category.
Ruth commented: 'The weekend was terrific fun and to get placed in
almost half the categories was an amazing achievement for Deeside
Writers.'
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14 October 2008
'On the Page, On the Stage'
A one-day Workshop for aspiring playwrights,
organised by Deeside Writers and run by acclaimed playwright,
Mike Gibb on Saturday 8 November 2008.
See
here for
more details.
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15 July 2008
Aberdeen Arts Carnival
Deeside Writers' members Ruth Howell, Annie Peart
and Jane Bayliss will be presenting their work at the forthcoming
Wordfringe 2008 event, 'New Writing from Aberdeen', at the
Aberdeen Arts Carnival, Aberdeen Arts Centre, on 21/22 July.......
More details of this event
here.
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2 July 2008
Summer break for Deeside Writers - see
you in August!
Following a well-attended AGM (13 members) and
end-of-season dinner on 1 July, Deeside Writers are taking a summer
break. The first meeting of the new season takes place on
Tuesday 19 August. We hope to see you there.
In the meantime, please
contact us if you would like to know anything about
the Group.
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28 June2008
'Writing for the love of it'
Read the Aberdeen Press & Journal's article
here about Linda Gillard, following her visit to
Aberdeenshire for Deeside Writers' one day workshop for aspiring
novelists in June - although unfortunately they spelt her surname
incorrectly.
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