Jen Hadfield opens Poetry Prizewinners mini season

Special poetry events in July! DGAA will be hosting a mini season 'Poetry Prizewinners and their Craft' this July, the first event being none other than Jen Hadfield, winner of this year's T S Eliot prize. Jen will be reading from 'Nigh-No-Place', her winning collection, at the Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre on Wednesday 1 July at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from the RBCFT, £5.50/£4.10 concession, tel 01387 264808.
Next up on Friday 17 July at 7.30pm will be Rab Wilson, winner of the McCash prize. Rab, a very popular reader of his own work, will be launching his new collection 'Life Sentence' in Bar DG at DG One in Dumfries.
And on Monday 27 July we welcome Douglas Dunn, one of Scotland's foremost living poets, who will be reading his work in RBCFT. A further treat for writers is that Douglas has agreed to run a Masterclass on Tuesday 28 July - do book early for what will be a lively and stimulating masterclass on the craft of poetry. If you're looking for advice on developing your own skills, here’s a chance to get some helpful feedback from one of the foremost practioners of the craft.

Please submit any poems you wish to have considered by Friday 17 July to davie@dgaa,net. Douglas will then make a selection from the submitted poems to provide feedback in the masterclass.