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Rising star of Scottish poetry in Hebrides 27/10/11
One of the rising stars of Scottish poetry is set to read in the islands tonight
and tomorrow -
Niall will be joined by Uist-
On Friday Karin travels with him to An Lanntair in Stornoway for a 6pm reading.
Niall has received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors as well as the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. He originally studied English Literature at Glasgow University and in 2009 he received an MLitt with distinction in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews. Niall currently lives in Glasgow. His first pamphlet will be released by Happenstance in early 2012.
Pauline Prior Pitt is one of Scotland's foremost poets. She has appeared on Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Pick of the Week, Channel 4, Central, and Carlton Television. Pauline writes about the relationships between men and women, family life, the domestic scene, gynaecology, political issues, dresses, the ageing process, and love and death. In her book 'Storm Biscuits' she writes about the landscape of North Uist, where she now lives and her one woman shows attract large audiences at festivals. Her 'North Uist Sea Poems' won the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award for pamphlet poetry in 2006.
Karin Slater is a poet and short fiction writer from the Hebrides, whose work has
appeared in a number of publications, including New Writing Scotland, Northwords
Now, Causeway and The North. Karin graduated with First Class Hons. in Creative and
Professional Writing in 2006, from the University of Glamorgan's highly-
HI~Arts' Writing Development Coordinator Peter Urpeth said: "Niall Campbell is part of a new generation of poets from Scotland's Islands whose work is both strikingly contemporary, of universal appeal, and yet which speaks from the place and community of his birth and upbringing. We are delighted to be able to bring Niall to the islands at this time, and to introduce a real rising star of Scottish literature to lovers of literature across the Hebrides."