2026
Oct 10th : My poem 'Stormcock' (one of the many names of a thrush) will be published in an anthology , issue 7, edited by Maria Isakova -Bennet which will be hand-sewn by her with designs with real thread on the cover and published by her Coast to Coast to Coast. The launch will be in the Open Eye gallery, Liverpool.
May 31st: The premiere of Fraser David Macdonald's latest composition based on one of my St Kilda sequence of poems, 'An elegy for St Kilda' (aka 'The Crub Lullaby')
was performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Young Singers' concert at the New Town Church, George Street, Edinburgh.
2025
Oct 23rd: 'The Leaving of St Kilda' set to music for 4 voices by Fraser David Macdonald was part of a concert celebrating the 750th anniversary of the Auld Alliance,
at St Giles Cathedral, performed by the cathedral choir.
Nov 18th: The Graveyard Shift at the Diggers (aka Athletic Arms), Dalry, Edinburgh, organised by David Bleiman and Jay Whittaker.
Sept 12th: 7pm GMT. Part of PoetryLit's 2-day online Festival online to celebrate the ending after 5 years of PoetryLit . I will be reading along with other members
of the PoetryLit team: Milla Van Der Have, Iain Whitely, Lydia Harris and Walco Van Loon. This will be Livestreamed on Facebook and available on PoetryLit's
You Tube page.
August 30th: 'The Leaving of St Kilda' set to music for 4 voices has another outing. This time sung by the Seraphim choir in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
August 4th : my poem 'The Leaving of St Kilda' was read during the Edinburgh Fringe as part of a fiddle and harp gig 'Scottish Roots' with fiddle player,
Alastair Savage and harpist Ailie Robertson at St Mark's Church, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh.