Ron Butlin and Regi Claire with Leila © Scotsman Publ Ltd
As performance duo McSwiss, Ron and I undertake readings, creative writing workshops and teacher training. Our readings of prose and poetry usually include a Q & A, which might touch on the texts themselves, writing in general or even the thrills and spills of being two authors living and working under one roof. The format and content of our workshops and teacher training courses depend on the requirements of organisers and participants. We are flexible!
Feedback and Reviews
Lizzy’s Literary Life, Aug 2010
Thurgauer Zeitung (Switzerland), 27 Mar 2010
West Dunbartonshire Literature Festival: Booked!, May 2007
St Galler Tagblatt (Thurgau edition, Switzerland), 18 Sept 1999
‘The event was a great success – the English teachers had read several short stories with 5th-semester classes in advance, and the students found the opportunity to meet and ask questions of the two authors very stimulating. The students were particularly intrigued by Regi’s Swiss connection and the fact that she writes in a language that is not her native tongue, and Ron has an infectious humour (both in his writing and in person) that went down very well indeed.’
Martin Bott, Kantonale Maturitätsschule für Erwachsene, Zürich, Nov 2009
A few of our texts are available online, with accompanying teaching materials devised and written by Fitch O’Connell of the British Council: Regi and Ron (1) Ron (2)
2018
May 31 reading, Kantonsschule Romanshorn, Switzerland
2016
May 20 reading, ‘Edinburgh – an Imaginative Introduction’, AGM Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK (FOSSUK), Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh
2014
Nov 14 reading, The Lark and the Owl, WordPlay, Shetland
May 26 reading, Gymnasium Unterstrass, Zürich, Switzerland
2013
Oct 5 reading, Portobello Book Festival, Edinburgh
Sep 5 reading, Nairn Book & Arts Festival
Jun 10 reading, Gerichtssherrenstube, Hotel Trauben, Weinfelden, Switzerland
May 24 reading, Kantonsschule Wil, Switzerland
May 23 talk and creative writing workshop, Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
May 21 reading, Kantonsschule Rämibühl, Zürich, Switzerland
