Year: 2019

One of our newer members, Susan Storrier, brings you all the news from our latest meeting Present: Aileen, Craig, David C, Dele, Ian, Ray, Richard, Rosie, Susan S Winter Journey by David The genesis of this piece was the author’s awareness of the increasing difficulties performers face in obtaining visas for the UK. The group […]

Gillian Duff, one of our newer members, has all the gossip from our last meeting. Nethergate Writers Minutes 26/9/19 Abby opened the meeting and allocated 70 mins for readings and the second half for business. Readings Susan – Pause: This thoughtful and heart-breaking piece was very well received and shows just what you can product […]

Here’s Craig with all the latest news from our most recent meeting. Present – Abby, Aileen, Craig, Fraser, Kate, Ian, Richard, Rosie, Sandra, Sue Apologies – David C, David F, Dele, Roddie, Sarah Abby took the chair this evening for the first meeting since she was elected as the Chair of the group at our […]

Gillian and Craig provide us with the details from our most recent meeting, which was the group’s AGM. Nethergate Writers – Annual General Meeting 24th April 2019, 7pm. Dalhousie Building 2G03 Present: David Carson, Richard Gillies, Ian Stevenson, Susan Storrier, Abby Lyons, Rosie Baillie, Craig Mudie, Bamidele Kogbe, Sarah Boath, Colin Donald, Fraser Malaney, Gillian […]

Our webmaster, Craig, provides us with a rundown on the events at our last meeting. Present – Alanah, Craig, David F, Erin, Gillian, Ray, Scot and Sue Apologies – Abby, Aileen, David C, Roddie, Rosie It was a fairly small turnout this month, but we were delighted to see three new faces come along – […]

It’s World Poetry Day again today and here’s something from Roddie McKenzie to mark the occasion.   Hymn to Spring Where the Stirling skyline jabs the sky with steeples, and chimneys peg the grey town around Castle Hill, the sun guyed down by ropes of manila light, pitches a tent of smoky topaz. Iced peaks […]

Here’s our Chair, David Carson, with an update on the events of our last meeting. Nethergate Writers Note of the Meting of 27 February 2019 Present: Roddie, Ray, Gillian, Aileen, Fraser, David C., Craig (In the chair). Apologies: Katya, Rosie, Kate, David F., Abbey, Sarah, Colin Writing. There were four pieces to discuss, all different […]

Our first meeting of 2019 was a most enjoyable one, and here’s our Treasurer, Rosie Baillie, to tell you all about it. Meeting of the Nethergate Writers, 30/01/2019 We were delighted to welcome three new faces to our first meeting of 2019: Kate, Gillian and Fraser. We hope that they enjoyed their first meeting with […]