SUE WILSON investigates what connects this year’s Blas festival, Peter and the Wolf and the Curriculum For Excellence?

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Beautifully uplifting—a perfect union of line and land, word and flight ~ Kathleen Jamie A striking new collection of 21 poems and 15 drawings of birds and their patterns of life and movement in the landscape of Orkney. Come and meet both artists and the publisher and enjoy the chance to hear some excellent poetry […]

For the first time since it started seven years ago, Gaelic literature and publishing is to have a key role at Blas 2011.

Edinburgh Book Festival, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, 18 August 2011.

IAN STEPHEN concludes his voyage in Crear and Edinburgh.

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, 10-13 August 2011.

An exhibition of contemporary children’s book illustration curated by Julia Donaldson

IAN STEPHEN makes landfall with a group of translators in Crear.

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