Stranger Than Fiction

Hello! Our next meeting will be on Thursday 24th May. As usual, it will start at 7pm at the Jolly Judge at the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. If you’re new and fancy coming along, please feel free to pop in on the night, but if you let us know you’re coming we’ll keep an eye out for [...]

Hello! Our next meeting will be on Thursday 22nd March. As usual, it will start at 7pm at the Jolly Judge at the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. If you’re new and fancy coming along, please feel free to pop in on the night, but if you let us know you’re coming we’ll keep an eye out for [...]

Hello! Our second meeting of 2012 is in just over a week, on Thursday 23rd February. As usual, it will start at 7pm at the Jolly Judge at the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. If you’re new and fancy coming along, please feel free to pop in on the night, but if you let us know you’re coming [...]

A thousand apologies to anyone who isn’t on the mailing list and was relying on the website for info. The January meeting is TONIGHT (Thurs 26th), not 24th as stated. I am terribly sorry if anyone came along on Tuesday and didn’t find us there. Please come along tonight and I’ll make it up to [...]

Since our new, regular time slot falls on 22 December, we’ve decided to have a Christmas party instead of our usual meeting. One of our members has kindly offered to host it as his home and so December’s meeting won’t be open to newcomers. Details are and will be going delivered to members by email.

After having to cancel our October meeting, we will be back on Thursday 24 November at the Jolly Judge, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. We should have a special guest that night. Newcomers are welcome. Please feel free to turn up on the night or email us in advance if you have any queries. You can also find

We have been rather derelict in our blogging duties of late! Our next meeting will be Wednesday 19 October at the Jolly Judge, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. Hopefully, we will have a special guest. Newcomers are welcome. Please feel free to turn up on the night or email us in advance if you have any querie

Our June meeting will be on Thursday 30th at the Jolly Judge at 7pm. Filed under: Uncategorized

This month Stranger Than Fiction member Colin Salter tells us how he got his break in non-fiction writing. Apparently there’s no such thing as a Job For Life anymore. A careers officer told me five years ago that we can all expect to have at least three different careers over the course of our worki

Oh dear- looks like we forgot to update the website. I could have sworn I did! The May STF meeting is tonight (Weds 11th) at the Jolly Judge, Lawnmarket, at 7pm. Filed under: Uncategorized