Tom Pow has had a fantastic year, winning the Poetry category in the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards 2009, in partnership with the Scottish Arts Council, for Dear Alice, and recieving a Creative Scotland Award for his Dying Villages project. His new collection of selected poems, In The Becoming, was launched in June.
Liz Niven is also an award-winning poet with an impressive track record. She'll be reading from Stravaigin and Burning Whins, and, like Tom, she is a gifted teacher who has long been respected for her contribution to the region's healthy writing culture.
This really will be a not-to-be-missed event - and do please take note, it's being held at The Duncan Room, Easterbrook Hall, Crichton Campus, on Monday 23 November at 7pm. Tickets from DGAA on 01387 253383 or from The Midsteeple.
Look out for the next blog which will contain tantalisingly wonderful lines from Liz and Tom's poetry, aimed at helping you to decide to turn out on a dark night!
