-Nov 3, 20191 minAutumn Conference 2019It's that time again! Time to gather in beautiful Stirling, and listen to our speaker award-winning author and playwright Merryn Glover. ...
David McLaughlanNov 3, 20191 minAutumn Conference 2019It's that time again! Time to gather in beautiful Stirling, and listen to our speaker award-winning author and playwright Merryn Glover. ...
-Jun 9, 20194 minTHE DEFINITE ARTICLE - IN FULLThose of you who have read this summer's WordWise will, I am sure, have enjoyed it. But you may have been left scratching your head over ...
-May 4, 20191 minSummer Conference 2019IT’S CONFERENCE TIME AGAIN! A warm, Fellowship welcome awaits all who make the journey to Stirling for our Spring Conference on 11th May....
-Apr 21, 20191 minFRAN AND FRANCISOur wonderful Chair, Fran Brady, in today's Sunday Post. The edge-of-the-jigsaw story was inspired by something she said. The other one w...
-Apr 19, 20191 minEASTER WORDSIt's Good Friday and Sunday is fast approaching. For many this weekend will be one of fun and family-time, for others it will be a time o...
-Mar 27, 20191 minRED GOWN GIRLExciting news from Fran Brady! Her first book The Ball Game has been re-issued with a new title and a very glamorous new cover. If you mi...
-Oct 11, 20181 minWHERE'S WORDYDid everyone get the Autumn edition of WordWise? Good! Did you enjoy it? I’m glad. Now what? Will you keep it safe? Bin it? Or will you p...
-Oct 10, 20181 minGROW OUR OWNThe fellowship’s membership has stayed fairly static in recent years. Different ways have been tried to attract new members. Money has be...
-Oct 7, 20181 minGHOSTS, BOOKS, AND THE ISLE OF IONAOur very own Fran Brady recently gave a talk on the beautiful isle of Iona. Her book, The Ghost of Erraid is set on Iona and Mull in the ...
-Oct 7, 20181 minFRANCES GAY LIVES ONA Scottish cultural icon appeared at the recent Tidelines Book Festival! Or rather, his current incarnation did. David McLaughlan has inh...
-Sep 19, 20181 minRITCHIE'S WINSIf you are going to celebrate winning an award as an independent bookshop, you might as well celebrate with customers and cake! Gillian C...
-Aug 14, 20181 minLOVE TO LAOSJanice Andrews, author of It's All About Jesus, has a new book out. As if that wasn't wonderful enough, all the profits go towards fighti...
-Aug 9, 20181 minBLESSED ARE... THE WRITING PROMPTS 4I don't think we got any responses to our last Beatitudes-inspired writing prompt. I should have expected that, though. It was "Blessed a...
-Aug 9, 20181 minAUTUMN COMP CORRECTIONMany of you will have received the (late) Summer WordWise by now. For some, it should be appearing in your e-mail in-box soon. Unfortunat...
-Jun 15, 20181 minBLESSED ARE THE MEEKOkay, so we can move on past "Blessed are those who mourn." It was always going to be a difficult topic, but it did produce one inspirati...
-Jun 9, 20181 minBEAUTY FROM BROKENNESSUsing the Beautitudes to inspire writing takes us into some difficult areas - like Blessed ar those who mourn. Of course, our experiences...
-May 18, 20181 minBLESSED ARE... THE WRITING PROMPTS 2We had some wonderful responses from our first "Blessed are the..." writing prompt. Poetry rather than prose. But, inspiration strikes how...