Dingwall’s “Word on the Street” starts today, with both in-person and online events this year. I’m going to be taking part in the online part of the book festival, reading some of my new poems as part of the Northwords Now new issue launch event. It is on Saturday 23rd October, from 11am-12:30, and will … More Word on the Street this weekend
There has been a bit of a break in normal reading and writing over the last week or so, as unfortunately I’ve not been well. Not covid, but apparently the easing of lockdown restrictions has meant that lots of other nasty germs are also now circulating. I picked up “The Novel Cure” a few years … More The Novel Cure
I did a talk for the Inverness Townscape Heritage Project back in 2019 – they have now released a lovely video to mark the end of their Academy Street scheme, which you can watch here: The video has some great images of Academy Street now and in the past, and also shows (briefly) my talk … More Academy Street
I have two new poems in the Spring-Summer 2021 issue of Northwords Now magazine, which is out now. You can view or download the whole magazine for free at http://www.northwordsnow.co.uk – they have just updated their website and it is well worth checking out: you can even browse back issues, including the last edition which … More The Days
Northwords Now Issue 40 is out now: for this issue I interviewed poet Christopher Whyte. It was a fascinating interview to do, and it covers a lot. Christopher Whyte talks specifically about his collection “Ceum air Cheum / Step by Step”, but also more generally about writing poetry, about Gaelic and languages in Scotland, about … More Interview with Christopher Whyte
Jennifer Morag Henderson 