All Tyne & Esk Writers members are invited to our annual general meeting (AGM), after which we’ll hold our Writer of the Year (WOTY) awards […]

Salon Showcase: 'Excavated' by Philippa Ramsden - Blog - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

Four of our members will feature in Arkbound’s upcoming collection The Weight of Quiet Things. Jeff Kemp, Margaret Poynor-Clark, Philippa Ramsden, and Judith Younger all […]

Salon Showcase: 'Excavated' by Philippa Ramsden - Blog - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

The sun has risen and set on this, the first day of 2026 with a promise of a touch of extra daylight tomorrow, and the day after as winter solstice slips into the distance behind us, and the spring…

Well, we are counting down to Christmas here in Hogland, and I am chuffed to say that Christmas Day will see the release of our new FREE eBook "A Christmas Wish" for your comfort and joy. Until then, we thought you may enjoy last year's Christmas Annual ... so please, help yourself.

by Philippa Ramsden that you don’t need to understand trigonometry and algorithms to get by in life that pillowcases and cotton trousers do not need to be ironed if the breeze is strong that...

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Help us build justice-focused, greener futures in Edinburgh!

The Drey Skin In the drey of my skin I curl in the elbow pit of your barked limbs. I rummage for edibles in the curated grass of your longing hunger I can bury in the memory of the soil. My hard of hearing sky no longer sees the song of birds, except as distant cirrus or mares tails that brightness…

by Andrea Tillmanns Don’t worry, my dear: The herbs in my garden are harmless, old and tame is the raven on my shoulder, the words in my books sing of no evil. And when we go dancing in the...

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Find out about our ‘Dinnae be feart!’ workshop, who will be running it, when and where it will be, and how to sign up. What […]