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| Brian Johnstone |
Make your way to the Gordon Memorial Hall, Whitepark Road, down by Carlingford Loch in Castle Douglas on Monday evening to enjoy a stellar line-up of ex-StAnza Festival Director Brian Johnstone, alongside prize-winning local poets Fiona Russell and Em Strang.
Brian Johnstone’s poems are ‘full of stilled moments and nicely shaped incidents’ (Scotland on Sunday). His most recent collection is The Book of Belongings (Arc, 2009). He is a co-founder of the StAnza Poetry Festival and was its Festival Director from 2000-2010.
Em Strang is studying an MPhil in eco poetry at Glasgow University’s Dumfries campus. Winner of the 2010 Kirkpatrick Dobie Prize For Poetry, she has published poems in Markings, Poetry Scotland and Swamp. Brian Johnstone’s poems are ‘full of stilled moments and nicely shaped incidents’ (Scotland on Sunday). His most recent collection is The Book of Belongings (Arc, 2009). He is a co-founder of the StAnza Poetry Festival and was its Festival Director from 2000-2010.
Fiona Russell lives on the family hill sheep farm with her two rescue lurchers. She is currently studying for a PhD. Her MLitt folio, Where Clouds Come To Die, won a Sir Patrick Geddes Award in March 2010. Fiona’s training in agriculture and illustration help her make use of observational skills for her writing.
The event starts at 7pm, when we welcome you in and ply you with pleasant drinks. Tickets are £7/£5, available from dgArts at The Midsteeple, Dumfries, 01387 253383 or on the door. Look forward to seeing you there!
