Stornoway poet IAN STEPHEN is an artist in residence at this year’s Stanza Poetry festival in St Andrews, where his work will explore poetry and the sea.

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, January 2004

Glasgow, 24-25 January 2004

Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow, 25 January 2004

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, 20-24 January 2004

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, 17 January 2004

The Piping Centre, Glasgow, 15 January 2004

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Wednesday 14 January 2004

JAMES MILLER looks ahead with a sneak preview of the programme for the 5th Cromarty Book Festival, which takes place at the end of March this year.

Celtic Connections will host a stellar gathering for Harvest, the opening night concert in this year’s festival, combining major names from the Celtic heartlands with the up and coming youngsters of the Fèisean movement. Capercaillie’s DONALD SHAW is the man behind the project, and explains what it is all about.