Gordon MacLeod’s second novel, ‘76’, was made available from Amazon for Kindle and other applications in July this year.

Poetry Beyond Text: vision, text and cognition’ is an exhibition created from a two-year research project exploring how we read, view and interpret the visual aspects of poetry. The exhibition is on show at Moray Art Centre from Tuesday 9 August until 1 October.

Ann Henderson – A Retrospective exhibition continues at Caithness Horizons Gallery until 4 September.

Argyll’s Art Event of the Year, Open Studios, runs from Friday 12th – Monday 15th August 2011.

The Guardian newspaper has selected the Bàta Brèagha / Bonnie Boat event which takes place on the weekend of  the 10th September in Portree as one of the key destinations for September. In the first of a new monthly series looking at where to go when, The Guardian has picked six great trips for September, from Sicily to Cambodia to […]

Visitors to Uig community hall on Friday the 5th of August 2011 will have an exciting opportunity to get an insight into the past of St Kilda, the interesting work being carried out by Historic Scotland on the islands right now as well as the plans for the future St Kilda centre in Uig.

International Creative Entrepreneurs is offering an intensive, fully funded programme for six successful candidates that includes a three month placement overseas and one to one mentoring.

To mark the end of the current HICA exhibition at Loch Ruthven, Dr Nuno Sacramento, Director of the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, will give a talk on 7 August 2011 at the Gallery.

Throughout the year, the Fèis movement works with many children of all ages giving them the opportunity to learn and experience various instruments such as the accordion, clarsach, fiddle, guitar, keyboard and bodhran.

Bob Pegg storytelling ession at Loch Fleet Nature Reserve Family Open Day on 6 August.