Scottish Book Trust connect writers with readers

[Kintyre Forum News]

Scottish Book Trust and Argyll and Bute Council connect writers with readers in Campbeltown

Argyll and Bute Council will be holding an event with Paraig MacNeil, a Highland tradition bearer who tells stories in both English and Gaelic, at Campbeltown Library on Monday 25th November at 7pm.

Paraig MacNeil will tells the epic tales of the Fianna, clan legends, histories and genealogies, wonder and supernatural tales, comic tales, riddles, place name stories and stories of emigration, Jacobites and the Wars of Independence. His storytelling is interwoven with Gaelic song and poetry (with translations where required), of which he is a passionate exponent.

The event is jointly funded by Argyll and Bute Council and Creative Scotland’s Live Literature programme, which is managed by Scottish Book Trust. The scheme exists to bring Scottish fiction writers, playwrights, poets, storytellers and their work to every corner of Scottish society including schools, libraries, writers groups, additional support needs organisations, community groups and literary organisations. The scheme subsidises* up to 1200 writer events around the country each year, reaching an average annual audience of over 50,000 people.

Julie Amphlett, Live Literature Project Co-ordinator, said:

“By subsidising events featuring writers, illustrators, and storytellers throughout Scotland, the Live Literature Scheme encourages organisations of all kinds to include authors in their programmes. The scheme also widens the audience for contemporary writers and storytelling by increasing the amount of literary activity and by providing financial support in such a way that groups pay the same per session whether they are based in Orkney or Edinburgh.”