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