HI~Arts’ Scottish Island Writers Network is very proud to present a reading in Stornoway on 18 March 2011 by one of Scotland’s leading novelists and poets, Robert Alan Jamieson.

Robert Alan Jamieson is a Scottish and Shetlandic novelist and poet, born in Lerwick, Shetland on Up Helly Aa in 1958 and was raised in the crofting community of Sandness. He is currently based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he works as a Creative Writing tutor at Edinburgh University. He was co-editor of the Edinburgh Review from 1993 – 1998, as well as being a Creative Writing Fellow at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, 1998-2001. He has written four novels including Soor Hearts (1984), Thin Wealth (1986) and A Day at the Office (1991), which was named by the Edinburgh based List Magazine as one of the 100 Best Scottish Books of All Time, commenting that “each page of this book – a precursor to much modern experimental Scottish fiction – looks more like a work of art than a novel”.

In Autumn 2010 Luath Press published RAJ’s latest novel Da Haapie Laand , to considerable critical claim, including from The List: ‘Jamieson achieves something quite extraordinary. And it’s the sheer scope of his writing and what it achieves for his native Shetland that leaves the biggest impression here.’

Robert Alan Jamieson is joined in this reading with Stornoway born and based award-winning writer, poet, artist, sailor, storyteller and community artist, Ian Stephen. Ian has had 9 collections of his poetry and prose published around the Globe, along with photos and film works that featured in exhibitions across Europe. He is recognised as a leading storyteller with an emphasis on Hebridean sea stories and tales.

Robert Alan Jamieson & Ian Stephen will be reading at:

The Stornoway Literary Salon, Stornoway Library Cafe, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis: 6pm-8pm Friday 18 March 2011; free.

The Scottish island Writers Network is funded by the Scottish Government’s Rural Initiatives Fund.

For further information, please e-mail Peter Urpeth at: peter@hi-arts.co.uk

Source: HI~Arts