Festival of New Writing
in Aberdeen and
North-East Scotland
1st–30th September 2010
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Lemon Tree Writers
presenting a reading of poetry, stories and song
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Saturday 25 September 2010
11am
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1pm
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Aberdeen Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen [Map]
Admission free
If you're interested in live literature, or curious to see — and hear —
what a writers' groups gets up to, feel free to pop along. We guarantee our diverse
bunch of wordsmiths will keep you enthralled. They are:
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Bill Robertson is a short story writer and guitar player. His work has appeared
in Fife Fringe, Chapman (coming soon!) and the Lemon Tree Writers
Journeys anthology. When not indulging his creative urges he makes a living
teaching impressionable young people. He wants to write a novel when he grows up.
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Cal Wallace manifested on Earth to become a famous novelist. However due
to cosmic interference he was downgraded to little-known short-storyist. He first
burst onto the scene a decade ago. No-one noticed. He'll burst again one day. Perhaps,
with the wind in his favour....
See
www.calwallace.co.uk
for more.
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E. E. Chandler is native to Aberdeen. Fairly new to the writing scene,
she is working on her first collection of poems and trying out short stories. She
writes to remember and reads to forget. Favourite themes include madness, unfamiliar
places and failing relationships (sometimes all together).
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Glaswegian Kathleen Creighton worked as secretary, teacher (English, piano,
traditional music), band pianist, and occasional writer. She was a freelance journalist,
has had fiction and poetry published and performed, written and directed a play,
and currently writes a weekly news page for the Deeside Piper. She is now
attempting ‘the novel’ before her brain cells die.
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Divorced mother of two Lynn Marsland works for the NHS. She has previously
had poetry and short stories published by the Sutherland Writers. Now a member of
the Lemon Tree Writers, Lynn is working on two novels. Her writing career began
at school in Liverpool when she won the junior prize for short story writing aged
ten.
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Kent-born Aberdonian Martin Walsh began writing after a long career in marine
biology. He draws his inspiration from the people, voices and wildlife encountered
down the years.
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Robert Ramsay published his first book of poetry, Driving Back, in
2009. He writes of the countryside, the land and sky, the light that shines on it,
its flora and fauna, people, and of farming, of love, West Africa, of aging. He
has been a members of Lemon Tree Writers since 2002.
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Week 4
Friday 24 September
7.30pm
Grassic Gibbon Centre, Arbuthnott
Launch of Cal Wallace's debut short story anthology
Saturday 25 September
11am
Aberdeen Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen
presenting a reading of poetry, stories and song
Week 5
Tuesday 28 September
7pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen
Featuring poets John Glenday, Paulina Vanderbilt and E. E. Chandler with musical accompaniment from Colin Edwards
Wednesday 29 September
6.30pm
Aberdeen Central Library, Aberdeen
Keith Murray launches his new chapbook
Thursday 30 September
7.30pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Dogstar Theatre presents a new comedy by Henry Adam directed by Matthew Zajac
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