Speaker events and workshops
These will mainly be held on Zoom and attendees will be emailed the Zoom codes for the relevant sessions.
They are to encourage writing and to offer attendees an opportunity to try new writing styles. This is not a taught course.
These sessions are free for members.
For more detailed information about each speaker event/workshop (and for the Zoom codes) please email Kathryn at thebyrewriters@outlook.com
2022- sessions arranged so far
Thursday 6th January at 7pm
Online event: Writing fiction for magazines- Lucy Crichton, Fiction Editor for People's Friend
Saturday 5th February at 10.30am
In-person event: Role of a publisher Q&A with Jo Chumas of 8d Press
Places are limited and must be booked in advance
Saturday 5th March at 2pm
In-person event: Role of the Playwrights Studio Scotland with Louise Stephens, Creative Director
Places are limited and must be booked in advance
Saturday 30th April at 10.30am
In-person event: Editing workshop with Alan Gillespie
Places are limited and must be booked in advance.
Saturday 28th May at 10.30am
In-person event: Storytelling skills workshop with Sheila Kinninmonth
Places are limited and must be booked in advance.
dates to be confirmed
Role of an agent Q&A with Jenny Brown, Zoom
Writing audio drama workshop with Oliver Emanuel- Zoom (a Monday evening)
2021 sessions. Our first ever programme of events!
Saturday 5th June at 10.30am
Online workshop: Shaping a killer first line- Wendy H Jones
Saturday 3rd July at 10.30am
Online workshop: Using dialogue in fiction- Sheena Macleod
Saturday 31st July at 10.30 am
Online workshop: Flash Fiction - Why Every Writer Should Do It - Allison Symes
Followed by a Flash fiction competition (deadline 14th August)
Wednesday 11th August at 7.30pm
Online workshop: Ballad poems- Marc R Sherland
Tuesday 24th August at 7pm
Online feedback session- Share your work with others and receive constructive feedback on it.
Saturday 28th August at 10.30am
Online feedback session- Share your work with others and receive constructive feedback on it.
Friday 3rd September at 10.30am
In-person session at Craigtoun Park: Nature writing- Matthew Knights
Scottish Association of Writers- summer competitions deadline 3rd September.
Monday 20th September at 7pm
Online workshop: 3-5 minute sketch writing - Lisa Nicoll of In Motion Theatre
Saturday 2nd October at 10.30am
Online workshop: Memoir writing- Palo Stickland
Monday 15th November at 7pm
Online Q&A session: Role of an editor- Leonora Rustamova of Bluemoose Books
Saturday 20th November at 10.30am- open to non-members as part of Book Week Scotland
In-person event: Crime writing set in St Andrews- Marion Todd
Places are limited and must be booked in advance.