The Black Isle Trilogy
October 26, 2010
I was lucky enough to spend a few days up in the Black Isle recently. I went up to talk to school kids about poetry (and they were brilliant and lovely and engaged which was so nice!) and then got to spend a few days hanging about at the Black Isle Words Festival which was a good time because I got to see a whole bunch of poets I didn’t know who were outstanding and I even got to indulge in reading a few of my own. I think you can tell from this series of podcasts how warm and wonderful it is up there. If you get a chance – go visit. It is a beautiful place with beautiful people. Check out the podcasts if you are unconvinced.
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Storyteller and poet Margot Henderson who works in Findhorn chats to Ryan about her preoccupation with nature, traditional folk stories from the area and dialect… |
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In the second of our Black Isle trilogy, Chris Powici, editor of Northwards Now, discusses his magazine with our intrepid Ryan in Residence while they were both up in the Black Isle last month… |
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Poet, novelist and short-story writer Angus Dunn, one of the founders of the Black Isle Words Festival talks to Ryan about how his work comes from a sense of feeling at home in the Black Isle, why he eschews publishing a poetry collection and we also get to hear a few of his poems. |
