Literature

Projects which aim to promote literature in all its forms.

 

 

WRITERS GROUPS

 

 

Tollcross Writers' Groups

 

Tollcross Writers Group

Farm Courtyard Workroom

Tollcross Park

254B Wellshot Road

Glasgow

G32 7AX

 

Meet every Thursday 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

 

Secretary - Marc R. Sherland

Email - tollcross@poets-writers.o.uk

Web Site - www.tollcrosspark.com

 

 

Larkfield Writers' Group

 

Facilitator - Marc R. Sherland

Larkfield Writers' Group

Larkfield Centre

39 Inglefield Street

Govanhill

Glasgow

G42 7AY

 

Meets every Monday 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

 

 

 

FREEDOM SPRING : TEN YEARS ON

 

A Celebrations and Commemoration of Ten Years of Freedom in South Africa

 

 

This anthology of poetry and prose grew out of a desire to leave behind a lasting Glasgow legacy of the 10 years of freedom in South Africa and the many years of struggle against apartheid.

 

Glasgow has led the way in the support of Nelson Mandela, being the first Council to award the Freedom of the City to Mandela in 1981 while he was still imprisoned.  Mandela himself praised Glasgow for its work against apartheid during his visit to the city in 1993.

 

This collection contains work from a broad range of Scottish and South African writers, with a preface by the distinguished South African writer Andre Brink.  Featuring voices as varied as Desmond Tutu, Tom Leonard, Janice Galloway, Beverly Naidoo and Des Dillon, this book will entertain, inspire and challenge.

 

 

Edited by Catherine McInerney

Former Glasgow City Council Literature Development Officer and Suhayl Saadi, award winning Glasgow-based novelist.

 

 

The publication of the book was funded by Glasgow City Council with assistance from the Scottish Arts Council.

 

Available from Glasgow Museums Shops and Borders Books, Glasgow at £8.95.