Hamish MacDonald

"You suddenly became aware of a living literature, which was absolutely fantastic..."

In our first podcast of the year Ryan presents the first of his interviews from a recent trip to the Scottish Highlands, and he starts the ball rolling with poet, novelist and playwright Hamish MacDonald, director of creative writing centre Moniack Mhor. We also have a haunting track from Sheila K Cameron, "Last Night I Dreamed About Doris Lessing".

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First published 15 January, 2010

Hamish MacDonald

Hamish is the Centre Director of Moniack Mhor, and is himself a writer based in Inverness. Published in fiction and poetry, he has also written several plays which have toured in Scotland and abroad and has written comedy and drama for radio and television. Hamish was the first Robert Burns Writing Fellow for Dumfries and Galloway (2003-2006). He writes in English and Scots. He is a founder and joint artistic director of the multi award-winning Dogstar Theatre Company who have taken their work from the Scottish Highlands to Eastern Europe to Australia.  

About Sheila K Cameron

Sheila K Cameron is a poet and singer songwriter.

• Sheila K Cameron's website

We recommend...

	Craiturs: Snapshots of Life from Dumfries and Galloway and Beyond by Alex Berry and Elaine Palmer, edited by Hamish MacDonald Dumfries and Galloway Libraries and Arts Association (2006) New work selected by Hamish during his time on Dumfries & Galloway inspired by their rich and evocative landscape.  SPL shelfmark 3.Ber
	Old Negatives: four verse sequences by Alasdair Gray London: Jonathan Cape, 1989 A collection of four verse sequences describing 31 years of "a life" from 1952 to 1983. SPL shelfmark 3.Gra
	Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry Edited by Douglas Dunn London: Faber, 1992 In this anthology poets such as MacDiarmid, Edwin Muir, Sorley MacLean and Norman MacCaig, Andrew Young and W.S. Graham are included.

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Related links...

• Moniack Mhor
• Doris Lessing
• Portree Library, Isle of Skye

Image: Moniack © Ryan Van Winkle