A Loon and Three Quines

Jim C. Wilson's poetry has been widely published for nearly 25 years. His two collections are Cellos in Hell and The Loutra Hotel. He has twice won the Scottish International Poetry Competition, and has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow since 2001. He has run Poetry in Practice workshops at Edinburgh University since 1994.

Photo by Ian Young.

Paulina Vanderbilt returns to wordfringe as a poet. After last year's event she travelled to Shetland in September with fellow Lemon Tree Writers to perform some of her poetry and had a blast. Last year might have been a taster, now she's ravished for more!

Catriona Yule's poems have been published in Spinners and Spoons, Lapidus, Markings and most recently Northwords Now. She tutors English in Aberdeenshire and is currently working on her first poetry collection and trying to design a website.

Catriona also writes plays and fiction, and performs with the Blue Salt Collective — see them at Woodend Barn on 16th May.

Photo by Sally McIntosh

Margaret Preston was educated at Aberdeen University. Postgraduate studies took her to Trinity College London, and also private lessons with William Bennett, Lenore Smith and Rachel Brown. Concerts given during this period were in the Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room.

Margaret plays with a number of groups including Apollo's Banquet, Aberdeen Sinfonietta, The Yggdrasil Quartet and with Joseph Long, Alina Bzhezhinska, and Anne Chaurand. Recitals have taken her to London, Canada, Norway, Belgium and Russia as well as throughout Scotland. Radio broadcasts have included BBC Radio Scotland, and Classic FM. Television appearances include University of Aberdeen educational documentaries and early music programmes. A Scottish Music CD for flute and piano with Joseph Long received good reviews from the British Flute Society Journal Pan. Margaret is currently involved in further recording projects with composer Stuart Mitchell who has topped the Classic FM charts.

Promoted by

Dead Good Poets

Supported by

Aberdeen Central Library
Aberdeen City Council
Books and Beans
Live Literature Scotland (Scottish Book Trust)
and an anonymous donor