When Andrew Forster’s first collection, Fear of Thunder, was shortlisted for theForward First Collection Prize in 2007 he was working in Dumfries and Galloway as our Literature Development Officer.  Andy has since moved to Cumbria to work for the Wordsworth Trust, but we've persuaded him back across the border to take part in Dumfries and Galloway’s prestigious Poetry Doubles series.  With which he's wholly familiar, because it was his idea...

 

Andy will share a stage on Monday 20 September with Katy Ewing.  They will perform at the Brigend Theatre, Dumfries at 7pm.  Tickets are available from dgArts www.dgarts.co.uk

 

Andrew’s second collection, Territory, which was published earlier this year by Flambard, focuses on his time in the former mining village of Leadhills in Upper Nithsdale.  His poems explore what it means to make a home in a particular place, and the relationship with the environment that this implies.

Katy Ewing is in her third year of the Liberal Arts Humanities degree at Glasgow University in Dumfries. She lives with her young family in the Stewartry area of Dumfries and Galloway.  Katy's work is precise, vivid and illuminating.  

This will really be an evening of poetry to savour.  Hope to see you there!