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Look Who's Coming to Wordplay 2011 Wordplay is Shetland Art's annual book festival. www.shetlandarts.org
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LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011 3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
for more details contact: Donald Anderson at Shetland Arts t: 01595 743843
Simon Armitage CBE
celebrated poet, novelist and winner of an Ivor Novello award.
> www.simonarmitage.com
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Ron Butlin
Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate, award winning novelist and acclaimed librettist.
> www.ronbutlin.co.uk
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
Alex Cluness
returning to Shetland, a fine poet with work published in “These Islands We Sing”.
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Carol Dunbar
education officer at the pier arts centre, Stromness, up to deliver book-making workshops.
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
Margaret Elphinstone
one of the finest writers in the country returns to Shetland for her first appearance at Wordplay. > www.margaretelphinstone.co.uk
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Viv French
top children’s author who appeared in the first Wordplay returns for the tenth festival. > www.vivianfrench.com
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
Magi Gibson
Stirling’s first makar for several hundred years: a celebrated poet. > www.magigibson.co.uk
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Maggi Gibson
Seriously Sassy author for kids aged 8-13, born in a castle, making her first appearance at Wordplay. > www.seriouslysassy.co.uk
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
John Glenday
Ted Hughes Poetry Award short-listed poet making his first appearance at the festival.
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Andrew Greig
poet, songwriter, novelist: a fine writer with strong island connections. > www.andrew-greig.weebly.com
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
Roger Hutchinson
award winning journalist and author of “Callum’s Road”.
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Sally Kindberg
cartoonist and travel writer, comes to Wordplay for the first time. > www.sallykindberg.co.uk
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
Liz Lochhead
Scotland’s makar: poet of note, celebrated playwright and a great performer.
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Kevin MacNeil
Hebridean man of letters, returns to Shetland with “These Islands We Sing”, which he edited for Polygon. > www.kevinmacneil.com
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
Ian MacPherson
comic novelist, author of “The Auto Biography of Ireland’s Greatest Living Genius”. > www.ianmacpherson.net
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Jonathan Meades
has written and performed in sixty television shows: first appearance at Wordplay.> www.jonathanmeades.com
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
James Naughtie
journalist, broadcaster, voice of mornings on BBC Radio Four’s Today.
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Alistair Peebles
former chair of the Orkney Arts Forum, poet, small press publisher.> www.braeprojects.com
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
David Wheatley
Dublin born award-winning poet who is making his first appearance at Wordplay.
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
Laura Drever & Lesley Harrison
artist and poet, who collaborated on “Ecstatics - A Language of Birds” (Brae Editions - The publisher acknowledges financial support from Creative Scotland).
> www.lauradrever.com
LOOK WHO’S
COMING TO
WORDPLAY
2011
3 - 4 SEPTEMBER 2011Shetland’s tenth annual book festival
www.shetlandarts.org
for more details contact: Donald Anderson at Shetland Arts t: 01595 743843