2013
May
20 creative writing workshop Words on Canvas, National
Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
April
20 creative
writing workshop, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
February
18 creative writing workshop Words on Canvas, National
Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
2012
December
15 creative
writing workshop, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
November
17 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
October
20 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
September
22 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
July
14 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
June
16 creative
writing workshop, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
May
19 creative
writing workshop, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
April
21 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
March
20 taking part in Worldwide Reading Day for Liu Xiaobo,
Word Power Books, Edinburgh
March
17 creative writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland,
Edinburgh
February
26 reading,
Alasdair Gray's Fleck, Margins Book and Music Festival,
Oran Mor, Glasgow
February
18 creative writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland,
Edinburgh
January
14 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
2011
December
10 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
November
15 reading
for Scottish PEN, International Day of the Imprisoned Writer,
outside Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
November
12 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
October
26 reading
and interview/discussion with Lizzie Siddal ('Lizzie's Literary
Life'), Words 2011 North Lanarkshire Festival of Books and Writing,
Wishaw Library (McSwiss)
October
15 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
September
17 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
August
29 reading,
Alasdair Gray's Fleck, Edinburgh International Book Festival
August
27 reading,
Amnesty International Imprisoned Writers Series, Edinburgh International
Book Festival
August
23 reading,
Amnesty International Imprisoned Writers Series, Edinburgh International
Book Festival
July
17 reading,
Château de Lavigny, Switzerland
July
1 - 25 resident
at Château de Lavigny International Writers' Residence (Ledig-Rowohlt
Foundation), Switzerland
June
25 creative writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland,
Edinburgh
June
5 reading,
Solothurner Literaturtage, Landhaus, Solothurn, Switzerland
June
4 reading,
Solothurner Literaturtage, Klosterplatz, Solothurn, Switzerland
May
21 creative writing workshop, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
May
15 reading,
WORD Festival, Aberdeen
May
14 reading, Amnesty International Imprisoned
Writers Series, WORD Festival, Aberdeen
May
'Fighting
It' podcast and text, www.maggiescentres.org
April
18 adjudicating
short story competition for Edinburgh Writers' Club
April
16 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
April
podcast,
Northwords Now, Issue 17
March
19 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
February
19 creative writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland,
Edinburgh
January
15 creative
writing workshop, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
2010
December
11 creative
writing workshop, 'Aspects of Love', National Gallery of Scotland,
Edinburgh
November
27 reading, 50th Anniversary of Swiss Club Edinburgh,
Caledonian Hilton Hotel (McSwiss)
November
15 interview,
'Die Magier von Edinburg,' Neue Zürcher
Zeitung, read
October
16 creative
writing workshop inspired by Impressionist Gardens exhibition,
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
September
20 creative
writing workshop Words on Canvas I, National Gallery of Scotland,
Edinburgh
September
18 creative
writing workshop inspired by Danish Masters of Light exhibition,
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
August
24 introducing
Alex Capus, Word Book Fringe, Word Power Books, Edinburgh
August
16 reading,
Amnesty International Imprisoned Writers Series, Edinburgh
International Book Festival
August
15 reading,
Edinburgh International Book Festival (McSwiss)
August
14 reading,
Word Book Fringe, Word Power Books, Edinburgh
August
14-30 exhibition,
head drawing by Joyce Gunn Cairns, Edinburgh World Heritage Trust
June
21 creative
writing workshop Words on Canvas I, National Gallery of Scotland,
Edinburgh
June
14 reading,
'Strangers in a Strange Land: Outsiders of the Landlocked Island,'
Leith Festival, Rocksalt Café, Edinburgh
May
8 reading,
Ullapool Book Festival (McSwiss)
April
26 creative
writing workshop Words on Canvas I, National Gallery of
Scotland, Edinburgh
April
15 creative
writing workshop Words on Canvas II, National Gallery of
Scotland, Edinburgh
April
longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize (for FIGHTING IT) read
more
March
30 reading,
Kantonsschule Romanshorn,
Switzerland (McSwiss)
March
26 reading,
Kantonsschule Wiedikon, Zurich, Switzerland (McSwiss)
March
24 reading,
Kantonsbibliothek Frauenfeld, Switzerland (McSwiss)
March
23 reading,
Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen, Gossau Campus, Switzerland
(Mc Swiss)
March
11 reading
and workshop, Dunbar Writers
March
4 creative
writing workshop Words on Canvas II, National Gallery of
Scotland, Edinburgh
January
25 creative
writing workshop Words on Canvas I, National Gallery of
Scotland, Edinburgh
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