LATEST NEWS
Creative Writing Course starting in April 2010
I am teaching a new creative writing course in April 2010 at Madras College, St Andrews. The course runs on Thursdays, from 7pm-9.30pm, from 22 April to 1 July. You can contact Madras to book a place at 01334 659354.
The Spiritual Recluse and the Bebop Prism
My new poetry and CD pamphlet is now available to buy! Check out The Spiritual Recluse and the Bebop Prism page for more details, and read some poems and hear some music.
This poem is dedicated to Harvey Holton, a gifted poet and friend, who passed away in January. The world
is the worse, less magical and brave, for the loss of you, dear Harvey.
Love me, love me not
A blue turbulence of sea
sweeps the beach's hairline
like a long-haired girl's fretful hand.
The small boy casts stones into the waves,
dripping himself back into the water,
tear by pebble-thrown tear.
The St Monans Community Arts Festival 2009
I was proud to be Chair of this Festival in its inaugural year. A successful event took place over the weekend of 25 to 27 September. Highlights from the Festival can be found on the St Monans website www.stmonans.org.uk.
Pittenweem Arts Festival - Cafe Poetry Reading - Thursday 6 August, 7.30pm-10pm
John Brewster, Eleanor Livingstone and Gordon Meade read poetry in the relaxed surroundings of the Cocoa Tree Cafe.
Madras College Creative Writing Group's Booklet - Local Produce
The writing group at Madras College compiled and edited a 48 page booklet of stories and poems, to sell for the St Andrews charity The Cosmos Centre. The booklet was successfully launched at Waterstone's in St Andrews, on Friday 31 July 2009.
PREVIOUSLY....
APRIL 2008
I initiated and organised a poetry competition in St Monans, Fife, to raise funds for the local school nursery which had been destroyed by fire. I edited and printed three hundred copies of a booklet of the winning and commended poems, judged across three categories: under 12, 12-16 and adult. A successful reading event and poetry exhibition was held at St Monans Primary School, where the poets read their work and received prizes. Over a hundred people attended the event. Money collected from sales of the booklet and from the event are helping the nursery with its fund-raising. The project was financially supported by Fife Council, St Monans Community Council and local businesses. To date, the booklet sales have raised £650!
