Internationally-renowned Poet visits an talla solais
an talla solais is to host a major poetry event: Les Murray will read in Ullapool, a reading which in fact constitutes his very first visit to the Highlands.
The reading is on Wednesday 11 June at 7pm. an talla solais will be supported in this exciting venture by Ullapool Book Festival and the Macphail Centre, both of whom recognise the importance of a visit by a poet of his standing. 'He is, quite simply, the one by whom language lives' Joseph Brodsky said of Les Murray. And from Derek Walcott: 'There is no poetry in the English language so rooted in its sacredness, so broad-leafed in its pleasures, and yet so intimate and conversational.'
New venue for an talla solais
Les Murray, born in 1938, grew up on a dairy farm in a Bunyah on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Since 1971 he has made literature his full-time career. Carcanet publish many of his books; he is a prolific writer. In 1996 he received the
T. S. Eliot Prize and in 1999 he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
an talla solais will be organising workshop activity and a special exhibition associated with this poetry reading. Further details will be published on this website, in the Ullapool News and through Highland-wide media outlets. See Events Calendar.
Lindsay Blair
Annual General Meeting
We will be holding our AGM on Tuesday 8th April at 7.30 pm in an talla solais. The meeting is open to the general public. Everyone with an interest in our work to date, and in how we hope to develop, is very warmly welcomed.
Call For Gallery Sitters
Our gallery space is less constrained than in the old library. Now we need no longer give over the whole sapce to show work and several events can take place at once. We can put on large exhibitions or use samller areas and mount smaller shows.
Whichever we do, we require gallery sitters. Our biggest expenditure in our years in the old library was on paid sitters, when our voluntary sitters were unavailable If you think you would like to help us by being on our list to gallery-sit occasionally, then we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Barbara on 612501 or Ailsa on 612288 and give us your details. Thank you.
