Join Uist Writers Group and poet Katharine Macfarlane for a special rescheduled Book Week Scotland workshop where we will make our own Pockets and fill them with reflections and reminders of joy. The session will blend gratitude journaling, poetry and reflective writing, offering an afternoon of uplifting conversation, creativity, and connection.
Our afternoon workshop from 3pm-5.30pm will be followed by a community meal and chat around 5.30pm. Please bring a plate of food that fills you with joy!
Katharine Macfarlane is an award-winning Scottish performance poet and educator whose lyrical poetry is rooted in the history, landscape and folklore of Scotland. With a passion for creating connections, celebrating communities and championing underrepresented voices her work explores themes such as identity, tradition, environment, relationships, parenthood, violence and journeys.
Katharine will also be leading an evening of spoken word later in the day, at 7pm in Taigh Chearsabhagh. For more information please see the poetry evening page: The Best is Yet to Come, Tha an nì as fheàrr ri thighinn.
These events were originally planned as part of Book Week Scotland 2024, championing Hope in all its forms.
Image credit: Katharine Macfarlane.