Best Episodes of Scottish Writers&#x27; Podcast

Alexander Berry - Climbing to the Scottish Poetry Library

Joint Second Prize Winner in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Jules Horne.listen to storyShoesChrissie’s right shoe developed a hole. Fortunately the weather was dry.She hated the public ordeal of buy

Hugh Bryden - We Have To Do Something

Joint Second Prize Winner in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Robin Dalgliesh.listen to storyClimbing to the Scottish Poetry LibraryHer buttocks hypnotised me. They were perfectly formed, sheathed in

People's Prize Winner and Runner-Up in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Robin Dalgliesh.listen to storyWe Have To Do Something“We have to do something. Socialism is slipping through our fingers like s

Peter Blake - Plastered

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Runner-Up in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Bruce MacKenzie.listen to storyPlasteredDiners at ristoranti Da Delfina are presented with a glass of prosecco to sip while making their selection from th

Angela Everitt - Community Spirit

Runner-Up in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Robin Dalgliesh.listen to story[Untitled]It was the most beautiful t-shirt. White, light and sleek. Perfect cut. Ashley twirled in front of the mirror, lo

Jim Gardiner - Henrys boots

Runner-Up in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Jo Leavesey.listen to storyCommunity SpiritThey’d hired the community mini-bus and left the village square just as dusk was falling. The trip had been wel

Suneeta Rathore - Bark and Bite

Runner-Up in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Bruce MacKenzie.listen to storyHenrys bootsMy dad he goes Jake this is History. Arsenals last match at Highbury. Ever. An I want you to remember you wos t

Giancarlo Rinaldi - Poker Chips

Runner-Up in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Jo Leavesey.listen to storyBark and BiteThe spoilt child was having another tantrum.Her screams could be heard throughout the basement of her apartment."I

Runner-Up in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Flash Fiction Competition 2006. Read by Bruce MacKenzie.listen to storyPoker Chips The big game. Five-card draw, six players and seven days' takings on the table. An old school affair that start

Hamish MacDonald - Ode

Giancarlo Rinaldi - Brothers of the Backshop

Reading in Scots of an Ode by Hamish MacDonald to Commemorate the World Burns Federation's First Summer School, July 2003. Hamish is the first Robert Burns Writing Fellow for Dumfries & Galloway, and Joint Artistic Director of Dogstar Theatre C

Des O'Donnell - The Nun and the Sheriff

Winner in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Monologue Competition 2005. Read by Matthew Zajac/Annie Grace and produced by Hamish MacDonald for DGAA.listenfor a hi-fi version of this recording, click here.

Alison Reid - Old Wives' Tales

Winner in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Monologue Competition 2005. Read by Matthew Zajac/Annie Grace and produced by Hamish MacDonald for DGAA.listen hereOr for a hi-fi version of this recording, click here.

Winner in Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association Monologue Competition 2005. Read by Matthew Zajac/Annie Grace and produced by Hamish MacDonald for DGAA.listen (lo-fi)for a hi-fi version of this recording, click here.

Derek Ross

Mar 14th, 2006

Poetry reading in Scots and English by Derek Ross (Dumfries), Stranraer-born microbiologist at D&G Royal Infirmary. His poems and photography have also been exhibited in collaborations with Angus Macmillan, Canan's Solus (2003), Tidelines (2004

Liz Niven

Reading in Scots and English by poet and playright Liz Niven (Dumfries), former D&G Writer in Residence. Her collections include Stravaigin and Burning Whins, and her poetry is engraved in public art installations in southwest Scotland.about Li

Angus Macmillan

Reading in Gaelic and English by Angus Macmillan (Dumfries). Born in Lewis, he has worked in Dumfries as a psychologist for over twenty-five years. His collection, Life Lines, is published by Markings Press, and he has produced three exhibition

Hugh McMillan

Hugh McMillan (Penpont) teaches history at Dumfries Academy. He is a past winner of the Scottish Open Poetry Competition and several Arts Council bursaries. His four poetry collections include Aphrodite's Anorak (Peterloo, 1996) and After A Sto

Rab Wilson

Poet, translator and performer Rab Wilson (Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire), reads from his latest collection in Scots and English. Works include his Scots translation of The Ruba’iyat of Omar Khayyam and parliamentary poems commissioned for MSP Cathie

Jackie Galley

Reading poet and ecologist Jackie Galley (Caerlaverock). Her work has appeared in anthologies and as the Herald's Poem of the Day. Past winner of the Kirkpatrick Dobie Prize.listen (2 MB)about Jackie GalleyFor a hifi version of this MP3, go her

Tom Pow

Reading by poet and playwright Tom Pow (Dumfries), who heads the Creative and Cultural Studies department at Glasgow University's Crichton Campus. Recently shortlisted for a Creative Scotland Award, his collections include Landscapes and Legaci

Vivien Jones

Reading by musician and poet Vivien Jones (Powfoot). She is a recipient of a Scottish Arts Council writers’ bursary, and her fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio.listenabout Vivien JonesFor a hifi version of this MP3, go here.Poems:Churching

Douglas Lipton

Hamish MacDonald - Children's Poems

Douglas Lipton is a poet and teacher based in Dumfries. His works include The Stone Sleeping Bag (Mariscat Press), Hale-Bopp Poems, Fairy Tales, The Outside World (all from Markings Press). about Douglas LiptonlistenFor a hifi version of this M

Poetry for children in Scots from Itchy Coo Press by Hamish MacDonald, Robert Burns Writing Fellow for Dumfries & Galloway. He is Joint Artistic Director of Dogstar Theatre Company, and his novel The Gravy Star is published by 11:9.about Hamish

Mary Smith