It’s always nice when people contact me about my writing, and the other week I was happy when someone from BBC Radio Scotland’s “Our Story” history programme got in touch to ask about a poem I wrote about the Victorian Market in Inverness. I first wrote about the Victorian Market a few years ago, and … More Poetry, the Inverness Victorian Market, and BBC Radio Scotland
The Saltire Society announced the winners of the 2019 Literary Awards at a ceremony at the National Museum of Scotland on Saturday 30th November, St Andrews Night. I was pleased to be a judge for the Poetry Award this year. The Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year winner was Janette Ayachi for her … More Saltire Awards winners announced
This year I am on the judging panel for the Saltire Literary Awards. The shortlists have now been announced, and you can read about all the shortlisted books here: https://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/awards/literature/literary-awards/
I’m pleased to say that I’m on the Judging Panel for the Saltire Society Literary Awards this year. The Saltire Literary Awards are given annually, and are open to books written by a Scottish writer, books written by a writer living in Scotland, books about a Scottish individual, or books focusing on a Scottish theme. … More Saltire Literary Awards
I have recently updated and added some new work to the Writing page – please click on the link and have a look around. And here is one bonus link, to the new website for Inverness’ Victorian Market. This page features my poem for the market, which I’ve talked about on this blog before. As … More links
