Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Newsbytes

Rab Wilson of Sanquhar has been commissioned by Cathy Jamieson MSP to write a poem as part of the Scottish Parliament poetry project, Holyrood Poetry Link 2005. Labour appears on the SPL website here.

MSP Elaine Murray has meanwhile commissioned a Holyrood poem, The Canny Moment, from Dumfries-based poet Douglas Lipton. His own site is here.

Vivien Jones has been awarded a New Writers' bursary by the Scottish Arts Council - another success for the multitalented Powfooter, who's also appeared in the Scotsman-Orange fiction anthology.