Catriona McPherson on Crime Prize Shortlist

Catriona McPherson's society sleuth Dandy Gilver is making crime waves: After the Armistice Ball, the first novel by the New Galloway writer, has been shortlisted for the industry-acclaimed Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. It's billed as the only literary prize of its kind to be decided by the public and is online here as part of this year's Harrogate Festival. Cast your vote on the site or in any branch of Waterstone's.

Wigtown Poetry Competition Winners 2007

Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 Wigtown Poetry Competition, judged by Jackie Kay and Rody Gorman (Gaelic judge). Look out for the judges' reports being posted on the competition website shortly.

Ist Prize
My Darling, My Cliché - Kathryn Simmonds

2nd Prize
Pride - Judy Brown

3rd Prize
Odysseus and the Sou’Wester - Jen Hadfield

Gaelic Prize
An fhior bheinn - Aonghas MacNeacail


Commended Poems
Pigeon’s Egg - Isla Duncan
Lead, Kindly Light - Jennifer Copley
Tabernacles - Atar Hadari
Aftermath of Love - Chloe Morrish
Parasites - Christie Williamson
Night Train from Parma - Anna Wigley
The Dead - David Winston Lee
The Hardest Lines - Ronald Kerr
In a Small and Private Room - Anne Stewart
Agoraphobic in Love - Kathryn Simmonds

Tom Pow & Hugh McMillan at the Bakehouse

Saturday June 2nd 7.00pm for 7.30pm
The Bakehouse presents...

KNOCKOUT! Readings from new publications by Tom Pow and Hugh McMillan

Tom Pow's new work TRANSFUSION, a poem in praise of two twentieth century icons -Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela - takes us on a dramatic journey across the landscapes of Africa. It is a frieze against which heroic acts take place, ones which have become part of our own biographies.Performed by Tom Pow and Tony Bonning. And Hugh McMillan reads from STRANGE BAMBOO, his sparkling new collection of ten years of poetry.

Tickets £6.50 (includes a glass of wine)To book phone the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival Box Office 01387 260447 or The Bakehouse 01557 814196