DOROTHY ALEXANDER

Telling Tales

21 Jan – 31 March 2010 in the Pelican Gallery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh – 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA

Preview: Wednesday 20 Jan, 12.30 – 1.30pm in the Pelican Gallery (located on the ground floor south corridor, off the main mall)

Highlights of recent Artlink Functionsuite activity on Medicine for the Elderly Wards at the RIE, including cartoons and drawings by Malcy Duff, creative writing from Dorothy Alexander and poetry by James Peers, written while he was a patient on the wards.

[Functionsuite is the arts programme run by Artlink across NHS Lothian hospitals, working with healthcare staff, patients and artists. If you would like to find out more or get involved please contact us on 0131 229 3555 / info@functionsuite.com]

OLIVER EADE.

Oliver's  book was launched  Wednesday 28^th October 6 – 8pm  Corn Exchange, Market Square, Melrose                  

Launch: Moon Rabbit By Oliver Eade

The Moon Rabbit is an engaging, beautifully

Illustrated Yin Yang fantasy set in the Scottish

                                                                                                                    Borders and Mythological China.

Details: www.moon-rabbit.org.uk

His play 'The Gap' was shortlisted for the Rowan Tree Playwrighting Competition.

Oliver won first prize in a national short story competition for an anthology 'Love is in the Air.'  It was published by Cormorant Publishing Valentines day 2009.

He has been awarded the Wilfred Hopkins prize for Creative Writing by the Society of Medical Writers for the second year. (2008/2009.)

His children's novel ' Moon Rabbit' won the Writers & Artists Yearbook 2007 competition 100 winners.

PETER HINCHCLIFFE

Peter edited a new anthology of verse which was launched in October 2009.  

SPECTRES ON A LANDSCAPE
An Anthology of Berwickshire Verse
Editor: Peter Hinchcliffe

In support of the Society of Autism, Christchurch, Duns.

BWF writers represented in the anthology--  Vee Freir;  Peter Hinchcliffe; Bridget Kursheed; Arthur Parson.

TOM MURRAY

Tom is currently Writer in Residence to Clackmannansnhire.

Tom's webpage is www.tommurray.org

 WINTER WORDS FESTIVAL

Tom will be running a three day workshop culminating in a reading at next years prestigious Winter Words Festival held at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.  The festival runs from 29th January 2010 to 7th February 2010.   Other writers appearing include Alasdair Gray, Don Patterson, Julie Donaldson, Christopher Brookmyre and Mairi Hedderwick. 

More details can be found at:  www.pitlochry.org.uk/page187.php

PENTLAND WRITERS' GROUP

To celebrate their 10th year the group are running three short story competitions in 2010.  Tom will be judging one of the competitions.  The judges for the other two competitions are Sean Black and Carl MacDougal.  Further information can be found at:  www.west-linton.org.uk/content/pentlands-writers-group

PLAY

Tom is working on a play 'Tangents' with Clax Youth Theatre as part of his Clackmannanshire residency.  The play to be performed in March 2010.

NORTHERN WRITES CREATIVE WRITING CONFERENCE

Tom ran workshops on playwriting at the Northern Writes Conference in September 2009 .  The event for 6th Year pupils from all over Aberdeen district was an all day event and was be held the Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen.

Other writers included:  Des Dillon; Susie Maguire; Jules Horne; Beatrice Colin and Tom Bryan.

Also read his own work at the event.

PLAY READING:  'SINS OF THE FATHER' 

MARGARET SKEA

Margaret's  story 'Dust Blowing'  was a winner of the Winchester Conference Short Story Competition 2009. It will be published in the anthology 'Best of 2009.'

Margaret has a story in the anthology ' Days Like This. published January 2009.

EILEEN THORNTON.

Eileen has had three stories published recently in The Lady magazine.

The Magic Garden published 17th March 2009

A Splash of Colour published 7th April 2009.

The Chance of a Lifetime published 9th June 2009.

Eileen's novel PUBLISHED 27TH MAY 2008.           See her webpage www.eileenthornton.co.uk for details.

                                                                                                                    The Trojan Project  (A Thriller)

                                                                                                                           By Eileen Thornton 

                                                                                                                   Austin & Macauley Publishers Ltd    www.austinmacauley.com 

A strange light appears in the night sky above the Cheviots.

A mist descends, shrouding the hills and valleys.

Is it a natural phenomenon or something more sinister?

In a remote farmhouse, Sarah worries about Pete, her missing husband.

When she and her two young children go in search of him, she makes a terrifying discovery.

She reports the incident to Andy, a disbelieving, young policeman. However, he is forced to think again when the military suddenly appear at the police station asking for Sarah by name.

How do they know she’s there?

Why do they want her so desperately?

Only Andy’s cunning allows them time to escape.

So begins a nightmare journey to her parent's home in London.

But as the net grows ever wider, how long will they stay out of the clutches of the Military?

Meanwhile, what of Pete…?