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LIBRARIES
IT Classes
Our libraries run one-to-one taster sessions for beginners . Bring along your tablet , phone or laptop or have a demonstration on a library PC .
We also run short courses in the use of Android and Apple devices . In addition we run digital sessions for children , including Minecraft and Coding Clubs .
Please ask at your local library for more information and availability , email : EALibrary . Courses @ east-ayrshire . gov . uk or phone : 01563 554300 .
Imprint Writing Competition 2017
OPENS : SAT 1 JULY CLOSES : THU 31 AUG
July sees the return of the prestigious Imprint Writing Competition , launched to help encourage and support emerging Ayrshire writers .
Imprint Patron , Zoë Strachan , along with colleagues at the prestigious University of Glasgow ’ s Edwin Morgan School of Creative Writing will be judging the award .
There are two categories – one for prose and one for poetry .
Theme : Open
Word Limit : Prose 1500 . Poetry unlimited
Entry forms are available from East Ayrshire libraries and at : eastayrshireleisure . com
Winners will be announced at the Imprint Writing Awards held at the Dick Institute during Book Week Scotland .
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