wordfringe 
                        2009
                    
                    
                        1st–31st May 2009
                    
                 
                
    
   Week 2 
  
  
  
    
      
        Saturday 9 May 
        11am 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        Lemon Tree Writers host a workshop by the award-winning author Laura Hird
       
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        Saturday 9 May 
        3pm 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        CD launch of pop, sonic art, and spoken word, with Miriama Young and Catherine Bowman
       
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        Saturday 9 May 
        5pm 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        Lemon Tree Writers launch their new anthology
       
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        Saturday 9 May 
        8pm 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        An evening of piano music and poetry with Susanne Olbrich and Margot Henderson
       
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        Sunday 10 May 
        11am 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        Creative explorations with poetry and music
       
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        Sunday 10 May 
        5pm 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        Readings by members of Deeside Writers
       
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        Sunday 10 May 
        7.30pm 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        Readings and chat with two of Scotland's best known authors
       
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   Week 3 
  
  
  
    
      
        Monday 11 May 
        7pm 
        Cellar 35, Aberdeen
      
      
      
        Robert Ramsay launches his poetry collection, and Olivia McMahon reads from her new novel
       
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        Tuesday 12 May 
        6.30pm 
        Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
      
      
      
        New poetry in English, Greek and Nepali with film, painting, digital art
        and improvised music
       
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        Wednesday 13 May 
        10am 
        Woodend Barn, Banchory
      
      
      
        with Sheila Reid
       
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        Friday 15 May 
        Saturday 16 May 
        Sunday 17 May 
        University of Aberdeen
      
      
      
        University of Aberdeen Writers' Festival
       
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    Fiction Workshop
                
                
                    
    Lemon Tree Writers host a workshop by the award-winning author Laura Hird
                
                
                    
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    Saturday 9 May 2009
                                 
                                
    11am – 1pm
                            
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    Woodend Barn, Banchory [Map]
                
                
                    
    Admission free
     
    No booking required
                
                
                 
                
    
        Fiction workshop with Laura Hird based on creating characters, backstory and developing
        plot through those characters. Ideal for new writers as well as those with work
        in progress.
     
    
        
            
                
                     
                
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                    Laura Hird is the award-winning author of the collections, Nail and Other
                        Stories (Canongate, 1997) and Hope and Other Urban Tales (Canongate,
                    2006) and novel, Born Free (Canongate 2007) which was nominated for the Whitbread
                    and Orange Prizes. Her short stories have been published in numerous magazines and
                    anthologies internationally and her work translated into a number of European languages.
                    A book based around her mother's letters, Dear Laura was published by Canongate
                    in March 2007. Laura runs and edits her own loosely arts-related website www.laurahird.com on which she seeks out and publishes new
                    poetry, short stories, reviews and interviews.
                 
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