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An immersive week of poetry, where you will be guided towards connecting to your voice and exploring the stories you want to tell, while keeping in mind the questions that drive so many of us to the page.

Join Jennifer Morag Henderson for this reader event at Waterstones, Inverness, where she will be talking about Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots, longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2022.

Are you interested in trying out spoken word poetry? Join Scotland’s 2013 National Champion of Slam Poetry, Carly Brown, at our next Young Writers Café and get your voice heard!

This course is designed for writers wanting or willing to begin afresh. You might have a project in hand and want to give it new impetus and life, or you might be prepared to start again from scratch.

Join award-winning poet Caroline Bird online for a month as part of a group of 12 participating writers exploring Poetry and Dreams. 

Highland Book Prize Longlisted poet, Lydia Harris, will be leading a poetry workshop at Orkney Library, exploring how to write poetry from objects private devotion.  Hosted in the Orkney Room of the reference library, you will draw on books and objects as a venerable and rich source of ideas.

Join Tony Davidson beside the fire at Kilmorack Gallery for this online event, as he discusses his book, Confessions of a Highland Art Dealer (Woodwose Books), longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2022.

Take some time to recharge and focus on your own writing, in the beautiful springtime scenery here at Moniack Mhor.

Join us for the new monthly open writing space offering time and space to work on your project.

Do you have a killer idea for a crime novel but don't know where to start? Join Johana Gustawsson and Lilja Sigurðardóttir for an inspiring week where you will get the know-how to start your crime novel.

Are you thinking about sources of inspiration for your writing? Crime Writer Doug Johnstone will help you own your story and shape it through editing techniques.