Wordplay 2010 online evaluation is now available via the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wordplay2010evaluation…. The questionnaire should take about 5 minutes to complete. If you attended any of the events at the festival this year, we would welcome your thoughts and opinions.
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Wordplay/Screenplay 2010
Posted by Donald Anderson on July 14th, 2010 No CommentsWordplay 2010, Shetland’s 9th annual Book Festival will be held on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of September at Islesburgh Community Centre. The festival will contain a wide variety of events for people of all ages. Guests will include best selling writer and award winning broadcaster, Simon King, Costa Prize winning poet Christopher Reid and…
Read the rest...Scottish Book Trust Young Writers Awards
Posted by Donald Anderson on April 1st, 2010 No CommentsDo you know anyone aged 14-17 who loves to write? Dreams of being published? Would like to work with a professional writer?
The Scottish Book Trust has just launched their new project the Young Writers Awards. We’re looking for 3 teenagers to be mentored by teen author Cathy Forde. They will meet with Cathy several…
“Small Expectations” by Donald S Murray: Multi-Venue Book Launch
Posted by Donald Anderson on February 16th, 2010 No CommentsFriday 26th February will see the launch of “Small Expectations” the latest book by Donald S Murray, published by Two Ravens Press. This unique event will be held simultaneously in Lerwick (at Shetland College), Inverness (UHI MIllenium Institute), Stornoway (Lewis Castle College), Kirkwall (Northern College), and Skye (Sabhal Mor Ostaig) via the video network of…
Read the rest...Writer in Residence for March
Posted by Donald Anderson on February 16th, 2010 No CommentsAcclaimed writer, Choman Hardi will be returning to Shetland in March 2010, to take up a month long Creative Writing Residency.
Choman Hardi is a poet, translator and painter, born in Iraqi Kurdistan. She arrived in the UK in 1993, having twice had to flee to Iran with her family, in 1975 and in 1988…
