Valerie Gillies
Public Events
January 2008
Treasured Places commission for RCAHMS
A new poem to celebrate the nation’s favourite archive image from the RCAHMS collections.
Till 19th January
Close Closer Closest
Installation with Anna S King in Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts exhibition at the City Art Centre.
31st January
Speaker at the Edinburgh Burns Club
Exhibition of contemporary writers of Scotland and the Indian subcontinent, at the Writers' Museum, Lady Stair's Close, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile, Edinburgh.
February onwards
A new series of writing workshops for Maggie’s Centre, Edinburgh.
March
The Wych Elm Project
A commission with Savourna Stevenson, composer, for Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh.
Till 28th March
Mists & Monsoons: Contemporary Writers of Scotland and the Indian Sub-continent
Exhibition at The Writers’ Museum, Lady Stair’s Close, Royal Mile, Edinburgh.
April
Collaborative work in Orkney
Work in progress with Rebecca Marr, photographer and Carol Dunbar, artist printmaker.
9th May to 29th June
Exhibition with Marr and Dunbar at Inchmore Gallery, Inverness-shire.
May
Word- University of Aberdeen Writers’ Festival
Summer (date to be announced)
Launch of The Spring Teller book of poems.
Work in progress with Rebecca Marr, photographer and Carol Dunbar, artist printmaker.
Autumn (date to be announced)
Words in the World
Residential event for Lapidus in the Falkland Estate.