15 Oct 2008 in Features, Festival, Highland, Writing
JASON ROSE is standing down after five years at the helm of the Inverness Book Festival. We look back on his experiences in establishing the festival as an annual fixture in the calendar
15 Sep 2008 in Features, Orkney, Writing
MORAG MACINNES reflects on the opening session in a new renga group in Stromness
21 Jul 2008 in Features, Shetland, Writing
SUE WILSON meets the author of the first full-length travelogue of Shetland since the Victorian era
16 Jul 2008 in Features, Orkney, Shetland, Visual Arts & Crafts, Writing
PAMELA BEASANT reports on a fascinating collaborative project from the Northern Isles
5 May 2008 in Features, Orkney, Shetland, Writing
MORAG MACINNES considers the poetic identities revealed in the work of three women poets based in Orkney and Shetland
1 Apr 2008 in Features, Outer Hebrides, Visual Arts & Crafts, Writing
IAN STEPHEN has been involved in both of the Triangle Trust International Artists Workshops held so far in the Highlands & Islands, once as an artist as once as resident boatman. The Lewis-based writer, artist and sailor sets the scene for this month’s Three Islands Workshop on the island of Hoy
22 Feb 2008 in Features, Shetland, Writing
IAN STEPHEN considers an audio visual performance from Shetland by poet Robert Alan Jamieson as perceived from another island
16 Dec 2007 in Features, Writing
GILES SUTHERLAND considers the life of work of Hamish Henderson in the light of a new biography by Timothy Neat
20 Nov 2007 in Features, Writing
IAN STEPHEN reports on a gathering of Scottish island writers in Brittany that will have ongoing repercussions.
29 Sep 2007 in Features, Shetland, Writing
KAREN EMSLIE considers the work of award-winning Shetland playwright Jacqui Clark