Borders writer to run research workshop

Borders writer Peter Munro is to run a workshop for writers and would-be writers on how to undertake effective research. He will share tips and demonstrate strategies for effective research.

The workshop is organised by Borders Writers’ Forum and is applicable for writing both fiction and non-fiction. It will take place on Saturday 23 March 2024 in Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso from 10.30am to 1pm.

Peter Munro wrote a family and local history column in The Border Telegraph and Peeblesshire News for over 13 years and is a member of the Borders Writers’ Forum. 

The workshop is free to members of the Borders Writers’ Forum, and non-members are asked to make a donation (suggested amount £5). Refreshments will be available to purchase. For further information, and to reserve a place, email bwfhayley@gmail.com

Writers Help Local Boy

Members of the Borders Writers Forum recently donated proceeds from a book sale to contribute to an appeal to help buy Kelso boy George a stairlift and specialist bathroom – vital modifications without which he cannot return home from hospital. He also needs a new wheelchair which would allow him to gain back a small part of his much needed independence.

BWF writers raised over £500 for the Get George Moving appeal. There is still another £8000 to be raised to enable George to return home and have a full life.

George suffers from a number of chronic, incurable and life limiting conditions for which he has been receiving treatment since 2014 and his family really want to bring him home.

You can read more about George and contribute to his appeal here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/getgeorgemoving

BWF writers read to packed venue at Borders Book Festival

Members of the Borders Writers Forum read to a packed venue at the 2023 Borders Book Festival, which featured a feast of headline attractions from Booker prize winner Douglas Stuart to Judy Murray, Val McDermid to Helena Kennedy, and former Children’s Laureate Lauren Child to Rory Bremner, to name a few.

The audience in the Davidson Chalmers Stewart Storytelling Tent was most appreciative as local BWF writers Susan Lorna Allen, Steve Barker, Hayley Emberey, Jessie Growden, Elaine Henderson, Pamela Gordon Hoade, Rachel Kerr, Robert Leach, John McCann, and Peter Zentler-Munro read excerpts of poetry and prose from the latest BWF anthology, “Who am I and how did I get here?”

The anthology is available to purchase from BWFElaine@gmail.com and local bookshops.