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THE WRITERS
joyce allwright
moira bromley-wiggins
clive briggs
james carnduff
geoff cooper
ginny davies
davie dougan
irene gilbertson
heather hamilton
betty mckellar
pat thomson
deborah winters
gerry stewart
"LOST FOR WORDS"
Stephen Fry
"WORTH A WEE COMEBACK"
R. Burns
"AM I BOVVERED?"
Catherine Tate
SHEILA TEMPLETON'S McLELLAN AWARD-WINNING POEM AND A
COMPLEMENTARY POEM T BY THE EXCELLENT AYRSHIRE POET ALISON CRAIG
READ BETTY MCKELLAR'S MEMOIR OF HER LIFE AS HILL-FARMER AND SCHOOLTEACHER IN LOCHWINNOCH! BETTY IS NOW PRODUCING A BOOK OF POEMS ABOUT MUIRSHIEL WITH MAPS LOCATING THE PLACES MENTIONED.
We only bring you the best ! OUR GUEST WRITERS ARE FOUR MASSIVELY TALENTED AND AWARD-WINNING WRITERS FROM AYRSHIRE known
collectively as THE MAKAR PRESS. THE MAKARS COMBINE LIVELY AND RELEVANT POETRY WITH STUNNING INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE AND READING.
ONE MAKAR, SHEILA TEMPLETON, HAS JUSTWON SCOTLAND'S MAJOR POETRY AWARD, THE McLELLAN PRIZE AND ALSOThe Herald PRIZE FOR POETRY IN SCOTS. Other Makars and associates were Highly Commended. We featured the Makars before these prizes were won!
CLICK THIS LINK TO SAMPLE A RANGE OF THEIR WORK AND DON'T MISS
ANY CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN ACTION!
MAGI GIBSON'S poems remain on the site (see links below)
** "Sangsters" by Betty Mckellar Betty's poem has been set to music and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. We'll let you know when! Meanwhile enjoy this beautiful Scots poem by Lochwinnoch's finest (she'll hate us for saying that!)
going to Argyll been to Argyll? TRY THE FABULOUS
KILMARTIN AND KNAPDALE by Clive Briggs
Based on Shakespeare's My Mistress' Eyes.. "YOUR FEET SMELL LIKE A
HERD OF SWINE" - A NEW TWIST ON LOVE POETRY BY DAVIE DOUGAN
ENJOY RENFREWSHIRE! BEAUTIFUL LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHS by SCOTT HOYT THIS IS A FLICKR PAGE - MUIRSHIEL AND CASTLE SEMPLE ALBUM ON LEFT OF PAGE
LOCAL HISTORY Lochwinnoch in 1846 and in the latter days of horse-power
ALWAYS NEW POEMS IN PICK OF THE WEEK!
NEW! More TOTALLY SIZZLING POEMS from
WILD WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE and
six poems from GRAFFITI IN RED LIPSTICK
JAPANESE PRINTS AND POEMS - GALLERY THREE
ORKNEY CONNECTIONS- beautiful words and images by Deborah Winters
JANET PAISLEY "WITH THESE RINGS" This poem has been chosen
for weddings all over the world
and a fabulous sequence about a marital breakdowm
"As I walked out"
LATEST LISTINGS
OUR ANTHOLOGY
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH - TRY OUR RICH YET
ABSOLUTELY FAT-FREE LINKS PAGE!
LOCHWINNOCH WRITERS is a young but vigorous group of all sorts of established and beginning writers. We meet weekly in the village library on Mondays from 9.30 - 11.30am. This website will provide samples of our current work, information about joining the group, useful links, and who knows what else.
Lochwinnoch is an attractive lochside village about 15 miles south-west of Glasgow, within easy reach of the glorious scenery of the Firth of Clyde as well as Scotland's largest, liveliest city. There is a very good fish-and-chip shop.
http://flickr.com/photos/scofo76/ will take you to a wide range of beautiful pictures by local photographer SCOTT FOY which will give you a real appreciation of the sometimes underestimated delights of the Renfrewshire countryside. This is a Flickr page and the Muirshiel and Castle Semple album is on the left of the page - but all Scott's photos tend to be brilliant and we thank him for allowing us to include them on our site.
