Who are we? Chris Powici

Chris Powici

Chris Powici's poetry focuses on human and natural environments. 'My poetry,' he writes, 'engages with the experience of environment and place with a special emphasis on wildlife. Put simply, I like to write about, among other things, woods, herons, deer, rivers, fields, hares and hills. I am also keen to register how the "natural" and "human" worlds overlap one another.' Powici is the editor of literary magazineNorthwords Now. Chris's latest collection Somehow This Earth was published by Diehard Books in 2009. He lives in Dunblane, and teaches English and Creative Writing for The Open University, the University of Stirling, and in the local community.

Who are we? Mandy Haggith

Mandy Haggith

Mandy is a writer based in Assynt, in the north-west highlands of Scotland. Her work is varied in style and format, including poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her writing is mostly concerned with nature and the arts. She is currently running a project called A-B-Tree, celebrating the link between trees and writing. She blogs as cybercrofter.

 She has had two collections of poetry published (letting light in and Castings), a novel The Last Bear, which won the Robin Jenkins Literary Award in 2009, a non-fiction book (Paper Trails) about where all the paper we use comes from, and she writes regularly in newspapers and magazines. 

Before she became a full time writer Mandy studied piano, physics, maths and artificial intelligence.  She is an active member of her community and is still a global campaigner  for the protection of the worlds forests.

http://mandyhaggith.worldforests.org/index.asp

Resources for students and teachers

To help students and teachers prepare for our exploration of nature and poetry, we prepared a resource document with images, poetry, information and biographies of the wonderful writers who have worked with us over the two terms.  There are two pdfs here.  One is called a resource pack and it contains poetry, art and project information.
The other pdf publishes a new selection of traditional stories brought together by Professor David Muro.  We hope you enjoy!

http://www.lllp.org.uk/Pages/JourneyintoaLiteraryLandscape.aspx

Who are we? John Brewster ....

John Brewster 

is a poet and writer and he is one of our
Journey to the Literary Landscape mentors...

You can find out more about his work on...
http://www.writingvoices.com

Extraordinary world wind map....

astonishing live wind map – see it now while it lasts: http://earth.nullschool.net/#2013/12/24/1200Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=352.41,48.63,767

Live world wind map....amazing visuals

What schools are involved?

Good Morning ,

This is a little post to tell you a bit about the wonderful school students exploding onto the landscape here at the foot of the Lomond Hills....

Wed. 5th October 

Last term we had a great group from Falkland House School kick off the project. They were poets but they didn't know it!

We have poems to share with you from our adventure in the bitter wind and the cosy yurt...more on that later....

Wed. 6th November 

Glenrothes High

An art class that knows how to play...they caught on to the idea that everything is 'ALIVE!'

Wed 13th November 

Woodmill School arrived with teachers that love to play(!) and a great group of artists from across junior to senior school years....we worked with plaster, clay and our found treasure from the land...

Thur 21st November 

Kirkland school brought a wonderfully energetic group of English students. This group liked fire (!) and they win the prize for the most creative use of two white lines on the astroturf.....

Mon 25th November 

Dunfermline High School
Another english class working with the cold and with rythmn and rhyme....

Wed 27 November 

This Bell Baxter group explored further and faster than anyone else...it was a beautiful day and we were tempted to jump in the waterfall when we reached the top of Maspie Den.

January term the adventure continues with ......

Mon 10th Feb Balwearie High School (S2)

Tue 18th Feb Kirkland (NAture Connections Group) (S1)

Fri 21st feb Auchmuty High School (S2)

Wed 4th March Kinross High School (S2)

Fri 14th March Auchmuty High School (S3)


Thurs, 29th May, Woodmill High School (S1&S2)

	We look forward to welcoming you all !

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