DAFT Writing Group Book Week Scotland event
Huntly Writers were delighted to be invited to perform readings from our anthology ‘Open With Care’ at the DAFT Writing Group’s Book Week Scotland event at Banff Castle on the 25th November. Members Anne Rogers and Annie Lamb read ‘The Farm’ and ‘The Other Market’ respectively, contributing to a wonderful evening of prose and poetry including work from […]
Huntly Writers Book Launch – ‘Open With Care’
‘Open With Care’, Huntly Writers’ new anthology of short stories, was launched to an appreciative audience at the Ex Servicemens Club, Huntly, on October 22nd. Members worked extremely hard to transform the venue into a Halloween-themed grotto of delights offering refreshments and devilishly good entertainment! Moira, the ‘Continuity Witch’ kept proceedings on track with her hilarious […]
National Poetry Day
National Poerty Day Thursday 6th Oct 6 30 – 7 30pm Free Event Featuring poems by Huntly Writers and a guest appearance by Ben Mali Macfadyen Strolling story teller Who will perform Lewis Carroll’s amazing poem The Jabberwocky All welcome to […]
Huntly Hairst 2016
On Saturday 3rd September Huntly Writers, Orbs Bookshop and Handmade in Huntly, ran a joint stall at the all day Huntly Hairst. Huntly Writers’ own books were for sale and we had lots of great discussions with passers by about our books and handed out many leaflets inviting people to our book launch in October. […]
Book Launch – Open with Care
Huntly Writers are holding a Book Launch on Saturday 22nd October upstairs in the Huntly Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Gordon Street, Huntly from 7p.m. till 10p.m. with Sinister Stories, Mystical Music and Rapturous Refreshments. (Bar will be open). Win a Prize in our Halloween Quiz or buy a book. All Welcome and bring a friend. […]
Moira McPartlin visits Huntly Writers
Moira McPartlin Highland and One Island Book Tour I visit the Highlands and Islands of Scotland regularly but, with the exception of a series of workshops in Aberdeen last year, I have never taken my two novels on tour with me. This August and September I hope to remedy that. I will be visiting […]
George MacDonald’s Huntly Lecture
George MacDonald’s Huntly In this illustrated talk, University of Aberdeen PhD Student Rebecca Langworthy explores the impact Huntly had upon the Victorian Novelist, George MacDonald (1824-1905). MacDonald was born on Duke Street in Huntly and spent his formative years in the Farm on the outskirts of town. After attending Aberdeen University MacDonald spent most of […]
Helen Lynch and Member’s News
On Monday 11th July Helen Lynch, a noted local author and lecturer in Medieval Literature and Creative Writing at Kings College, University of Aberdeen, held a wonderfully interesting and creative workshop for member of Huntly Writers and guests. She used as her theme her successful collection of short stories, The Elephant and the Polish Question, […]
White Wood Gala
Leon, Maureen, Anne F, Susan, Linda, Cara, Annie and Mary were all able to take part in the White Wood Gala. The poetry readings at the gazebo went off very well with our captive audience of spinners plus some others. I notice a French poet was there. He was reading with Mary and Linda among […]