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Borders Writers' Forum

Welcome

Borders Writers' Forum was founded eleven years ago by a number of Borders Writers, including Stuart Kelly, Literary Editor of Scotland on Sunday, to provide a forum and meeting point for writers in the Scottish Borders. Find out more in the About Borders Writers' Forum page.

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NEXT MEETING

The next meeting of the forum is on Thursday 16th May 7.30pm

at the Trinity Centre, High Cross Melrose

PLAYWRIGHTS AND PLAY-WRITERS by Robert Leach

Robert Leach has worked in theatre professionally and academically for fifty

years. He has acted professionally in USA and directed in Moscow.

He has written plays and taught playwrighting to Ph.D. level.

The late great Scottish playwright and director, John McGrath, published a book

shortly before he died entitled ‘Naked Thoughts Which Roam About’.

This talk will contain a few naked thoughts which will roam about - and which

will need your responses, questions and contributions to make the evening dance!

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH CENTRE IS OPPOSITE ST CUTHBERT'S, THE ENTRANCE IS BESIDE THE BUS STOP.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscriptions are now due for the year from April 2013 to March 2013. Many thanks to those you have already paid. With renewals already running at 60% this is a big help in getting the boring bits of admin work out of the way. You can pay at the meeting on 16th, direct into our bank account or send Russell Bruce a cheque payable to Borders Writers’ Forum.

BORDERS BOOK FESTIVAL

Our slot at the Borders Book Festival this year is on Thursday 13th June in the Lochcarron Marquee at 7.45p.m.

12 members willing be reading short taster pieces from our recent anthology Border Voices on Scottish Borders and Beyond. The event will be directed and chaired by Dr Robert Leach.

Tickets are £6.00 from www.bordersbookfestival.org

Tell your family and friends as this is a great showcase for the work of Borders Writers’ Forum.

It would be enormously helpful if members could download the poster at the foot of the page, print off a few copies and distribute them in their local area to publicise our event. We have stiff competition on the evening!

BWF programme for 2013/14 available to download

BWF has an exciting programme of events for our 2013/14 session. Printed programmes is available at meetings and from committee members, but you can also download the programme to your desktop from the foot of the page..

Borders Writers' Forum anthology - Border Voices on Scottish Borders and Beyond

The new anthology is now available from committee members priced £3.90 per copy. Would make a great present. A number of local bookshops also stock it.

NOW ALSO AVAILABLE AS A HARDBACK

CHINA … Past and present

Free illustrated talk by Oliver Eade, local writer and author of prize-winning novel set in ancient China, A Single Petal, and his Chinese wife Yvonne Weilun.