Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association
::Virtual Writer in Residence::
Poetry Doubles 2007 continues apace with Carola Luther and Jean Atkin joining forces for what promises to be another excellent night. Don't miss Carola's masterclass at Georgetown Library, Dumfries - more details here. Daljit Nagra's interview, recorded during his recent Poetry Doubles visit, is now online in the Writers on Writing podcast. He talks candidly about how he got started, and the long rocky road to poetry publication. Watch the podcast for more of the region's poets coming soon, including a series of readings by Kirkpatrick Durham writer, translator and MacDiarmid scholar John Manson. New kids on the writers' block: head for the Open Stage event at the Station Hotel, where you'll hear the witty, wily Hugh McMillan compere local writers and musicians and possibly read from his own work, if he's leaned on enough. Meanwhile it's au revoir from me for the next wee while - I'm off to concentrate on my own writing commissions, but will continue working with short story writers and mentees from afar. Thanks for all your support and friendship, keep in touch with your writing news, and let me hand the virtual baton to Andrew Forster (whose first poetry collection is out from Flambard later this year).
All the best,
Jules
Virtual Writer in Residence, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association, Gracefield, 28 Edinburgh Road, DUMFRIES, DG1 1JQ 01387 253383 jules_horne@yahoo.co.uk
