Stanza News: Scotland

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Dundee, Perth & St Andrews
Contact: Andy Jackson (a.z.jackson AT dundee.ac.uk or 01382 55 01 88) 

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Highlands & Islands 
Contact: Mandy Haggith (hag AT worldforests.org or 01571 844 020)

Glencanisp Lodge, in Assynt, North West Scotland. We are now taking bookings, so reserve soon to ensure a place. www.assyntfoundation.org/

6 retreat weeks are available.

To reserve a place on a retreat please send a deposit of £200, cheque made out to 'Top Left Corner'. Deposits are non-refundable in case of cancellation by you, but if we cancel, we will repay in full. Full payment is due 8 weeks before the retreat begins. For more information please don't hesitate to get in touch. Mandy Haggith: hag at worldforests.org, (0)1571 844020.

26 June – 3 July 2010
Midsummer in Assynt gives long, long days and the flowers, birds and other wildlife are at the peak of their season.

11 – 18 September 2010
Out on the moors the heather is in full flower, while the woods are bursting with fruit and the sea is at its warmest.

30 October – 6 November 2010
Late autumn in Assynt is sheer magic. Low-angled light sets the moors ablaze. Stags roar for the rut and flocks of migrant birds steal the last of the berries. Bring your camera, paints or wools as well as your pen. The next week is also available, giving you the option of a fortnight’s retreat.

6 – 13 November 2010
This week we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norman MacCaig, who wrote so much of his best poetry in and about Assynt. There will be lots of opportunities to visit some of the places he stayed and wrote about, to share and appreciate his poems and to meet local people who knew him.

8-15 January 2011
After the season of over-indulgence, it’s the perfect time to quieten down and keep your new year’s resolutions to be creative: whether that’s writing, painting or craftwork. There will be a log fire burning at all times and both writing and textile crafts experts on hand to give encouragement.

26 March – 2 April 2011
Spring comes quietly in Assynt, but its song is beautiful. It’s the time of primroses and violets, thrushes, warblers and the wingbeats of geese skeins heading north.

This is the fourth year Glencanisp Lodge has hosted writing retreats. Over this time, the retreats have provided space, tranquility and stimulation for more than 40 published and aspiring poets, short story writers and novelists including Margaret Elphinstone, Rodge Glass, Jason Donald, Paula Jennings and Colin Will. Looking forward to welcoming you to Glencanisp in the future.