Tag Archives: Borders Book Festival

A hint of Poirot

Posted on June 19, 2015 by jingsandthings

Forty six years ago the rail line that ran from Edinburgh, through the villages of Heriot, Fountainhall and Stow, then the Border towns of Galashiels, Melrose, Selkirk and Hawick and onwards to Carlisle – the Waverley line – was closed. … Continue reading →

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It’s June. It’s raining. So it must be book festival time in the Borders.

Posted on June 20, 2014 by jingsandthings

  Borders Writers’ Forum has again been given a slot at the Borders Book Festival, providing a welcome opportunity for members to read extracts from their work in front of an audience. And that audience expects a similar standard of … Continue reading →

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And it didn’t rain

Posted on June 15, 2013 by jingsandthings

As a writer it’s always good to be able to say that you have read at a book festival so Borders Writers Forum, an organisation that promotes writers and writing in the Scottish Borders, is enormously grateful to Borders Book … Continue reading →

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Drawing tales

Posted on June 6, 2013 by jingsandthings

Her son had entered the competition, so a friend asked if I could help judge in her place. The competition had been organised by a local artist with the first prize including tickets for a talk by a well-known children’s … Continue reading →

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