**This workshop is now fully booked. Please email taigh@taigh-chearsabhagh.org to add your name to a waiting list, should further spaces become available.**
We are delighted to offer a wonderful opportunity to work with poet and professor Meg Bateman, at a writing workshop in Taigh Chearsabhagh on Friday 28th February, 10.30am-12.30pm.
Meg is happy to assist participants who would like to write in Gaelic as well as in English. All are welcome but spaces are limited so please book your free ticket below, as soon as possible.
Meg Bateman was born in Edinburgh. She is a Professor of Gaelic Language and Culture, lecturing at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI in Skye, where she teaches literature and philosophy through the medium of Gaelic. She learned Gaelic herself, in South Uist and at the University of Aberdeen, where she taught for many years.
Meg’s poetry is included in numerous anthologies such as the ‘Penguin Book of Scottish Verse’ and the ‘Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland since 1945’. She has also translated and co-edited anthologies of Gaelic medieval, 17th century and religious verse. Her collections, ‘Aotromachd / Lightness’ and ‘Soirbheas / Fair Wind’, both published by Polygon, were shortlisted for the Scottish Book of the Year award in 1997 and 2007. Her latest collection, Transparencies was published by Polygon in 2013.
Meg will also be reading at our poetry evening on Thursday 27th February at 7.30pm. No need to book, just come along and enjoyed a relaxed evening of poetry in Gaelic and English.
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