Breaking News: 2017 June 'Give me your Hand' has been accepted for publication on 'Write to be Counted' website. May 'What must not be spoken on water' included in the anthology 'I am Coming with you' edited by the Writers in Exile committee of Scottish P.E.N. April 30th reading at Shore Poets Open Night. Jan I'm delighted to have my poem 'Da Mirrie Dancers' on the Northern Lights published on the Cloud Appreciation Society's website. It's a super website with daily updates of beautiful photos of clouds, more cloud-inspired poems, art-work and music. 2016 Dec Taking part with other poets in the Dazzle Ships project being filmed by the Preston Lodge school pupils. reading our poems at Leith Docks in front of the new Dazzle Ship designed by Ciara Phillips. June Delighted to be commissioned to write a poem to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the St Magnus Festival, Orkney. The poems will be published in a special Festival Programme and include poems from other participants on the St Magnus Writers' courses and Festival Poets including Andrew Motion, Christopher Reid, Stewart Conn, John Gallas and Pam Beasant. 2015 6th Dec. My poem 'Ayre' (published in 'Flout' (HappenStance) has inspired a dance piece choreographed by Matthew Hawkins and was performed by Platinum dance group at the Queen's Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. 30th Nov: A soundtrack of my poem 'Light' (a ghazal) was played as part of an installation to light up the dark closes of Dumfries (S/W Scotland) and was part of a 3-day Celebration of Light culminating on the town's Christmas Lights switch-on. Sept: Sat 19th. Another trip to Ireland, so thrilled! Reading at 'Night Airs', Skerries Mills, as part of the Soundwaves Festival, Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. July: Delighted to be invited to work with a Berlin-based artist/sound musician, Sonia Heyer on a multi-media collaboration and grateful to Creative Scotland for giving me a grant to help finance my trip to Berlin. March: 'Flout' my poetry pamphlet inspired by Shetland landscape, folklore and culture published by HappenStance Press launched at StAnza. Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, St. Andrews. For further readings in 2015 see Poetry Readings _________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |