{"id":187,"date":"2025-12-24T11:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.borderswriters.org\/index.php\/home-4\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:18:51","slug":"home-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.borderswriters.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"187\" class=\"elementor elementor-187\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa8d7e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa8d7e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25b13e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25b13e1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8f1396 elementor-align-left elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our aim  is to support and promote writers throughout the Scottish Borders<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e8e9aed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e8e9aed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Borders Writers&#8217; Forum has a long history, having been started back in 2001.<\/p><p>Throughout this time we have grown a stable of authors writing in all styles and genres, prose and poetry.<\/p><p>Each year we have a presence at the Borders Book Festival which will next be held in Melrose between June 11-14 2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1118f93b elementor-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1118f93b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More About Us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c9e097c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c9e097c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26a0950 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26a0950\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What We Offer<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7039423 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7039423\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a440234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a440234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each year we provide a series of events for local authors to suppport their development and promote their work.\u00a0<\/p><p>Here is our programme for 2026\/27.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ffeb41 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"9ffeb41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.borderswriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Events-26-27.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-sink 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