Playing catch-up

Some links that might interest you about recent happenings :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-NZ-kY4J4  The son of my Pewter Rose publisher, Matthew McDonnell, has made a film of one of my stories from 'Perfect 10' -it's the internet romance called 'Net Babe'. He and I would love to know what you think - you can comment on this You Tube link.

http://26treasures.tumblr.com/  This is the 26 Treasures website - a project running for the public from St Andrew's Night 2011 to Burns Night 2012 at the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street, Edinburgh - where 26 writers were selected to create a piece of writing about 26 individual objects drawn from a hat. This link takes you to the blog pages that the writers undertook to contribute about how they appraoched their task.

Other than these I've been busy with a combined programme of our two new-writing/music
events -The Wood and The Water - at The Catstrand, New Galloway - a delightful evening in a delightful place which went down very well.  In Powfoot, we're very close to publishing an anthology of creative writing that's been generated over the last six months by people who live here, supported by dgArts. A launch reading in the newly refurbished Bowling Green Pavilion is planned for Saturday 13th August at 2.00 pm along with a celebration of the work done on the building.

 cover design by Ian Burdett - Powfoot resident

It has been a pleasure and a privilege working with these writers.

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And, very soon, will come Southlight 9 - which contains a very fine eco-section and some fine photography along with essays, poetry and short stories from this region and well beyond. Available from The Mid-Steeple soon.