Year: 2018

Come along and join us at the official launch of our latest collection – 50 Shades of Tay – in Waterstones Dundee on Thursday 23rd of August. We’ll be launching the book, reading some of the pieces and may even be available to sign copies, too! The event starts at 6pm, and further details are […]

Here’s our Chair, David Carson, with an update from our most recent meeting. Nethergate Writers Note of Meeting of 25 July 2015 Present: Aileen, Abby, Craig, Roddie, Ray, David C. Apologies: Sue, Rosie, David F. 1. Business. (a) 50 Shades update: – Abby continues to liaise with Waterstones. Paperwork still to be completed. – sales […]

We had the first of our summer meetings last week, and our Chair, David Carson, has all the details for you all. Note of the Meeting of 11 July 2018 Present – Sue, Abby, Ray, Aileen, Richard, David C. Apologies – Rosie, David F., Roddie, Craig, Colin 1. Business. (a) Fifty Shades: – Waterstone’s require […]

50 Shades of Tay, the Nethergate Writers new publication, is now available. This compact, pocket-sized collection contains fifty 50-word stories and poems, all relating to Dundee, the River Tay and the surrounding area. Inside its 52 pages you’ll find a variety of voices, styles and subjects, from the last thoughts of the Tay Whale and […]

Minutes  of AGM,  Nethergate Writers 13/3/18  Dalhousie Building Room 2S11 Present: Richard, David C, Craig, Rosie, Roddie, Sue and Ray. Apologies: David F, Abby, Fiona, Aileen,  Susan, Colin Minutes taken by Roddie. The meeting was convened by the chair at 7.06 pm. Minutes of 2017 AGM: These were approved (proposed Craig, seconded – Richard). Matters […]

Part 5 of our occasional series of Q&As, where we get to know a little about the members of the Nethergate Writers. It’s our Treasurer, Rosie Baillie, this time. 1. How long have you been a writer? Only for about four years – took me a long time to pluck up the courage to go […]

Note of the Meeting of Nethergate Writers – 18 April 2018 Present: Abby Lyons, Craig Mudie, David Carson, David Francis, Ray Kinsman, Richard Begg, Roddie McKenzie, Rosie Baillie. David C. chaired the meeting. 1. Group Secretary We do not have a secretary. In the absence of a volunteer, David C. agreed to take on this […]

Here’s a piece for World Poetry Day 2018 from one of our members, Roddie McKenzie. Mind and Poem I am the man, the poem lives in me, impressions of wondrous things that I see, fished out by the neural net of my mind. With paper and pen, this beauty I bind. I am the mind, […]

Following its postponement last week due to the snow, our AGM has now been rescheduled, and will be held on Monday 12th March at 7pm in Room 2S11 of the Dalhousie Building.   Our Chair, David Carson, has promised ‘interest and entertainment – guaranteed’, so we do hope you can make it along next week.