On Thursday 24 February, The University of Glasgow in Dumfries will play host to Andrew McNeillie, poet, Professor of Literature at the University of Essex, and editor of one of Britain’s most renowned literary magazines, Archipelago.
Andrew will give a talk on the birth and development of Archipelago magazine, founded in 2007 ‘to provide a home for the new archipelagic art, and to inspire and embody a return to the land - and seascapes - of these islands’ (Robert Macfarlane). Featuring contributors from Seamus Heaney to Les Murray, Roger Deakin to Robin Robertson, Archipelago represents an invigorating re-engagement with the environment and culture of the British Isles. A new edition of Archipelago is due to be published in February 2011. Andrew hopes to bring a haul north with him.
The event will take place in Room 127 of the Rutherford-McCowan Building on the Crichton Campus at 3pm on Thursday 24 February. Entry is free and open to all of the region’s writers and celebrants of archipelagic culture. Q and A will follow Andrew’s talk.
Further information from Dr David Borthwick, Lecturer in Literature, University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus, david.borthwick@glasgow.ac.uk; 01387 702024
