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What do you get when you put all four previous North Aberdeenshire Writers in Residence in the same room, on the same evening? An excellent, rich, diverse, eclectic mix of poetry, story and song, that's what you get! George Gunn, Tom Bryan, Angus Dunn and Magi Gibson performed in the chronological order they had served writers in the area, and what a service they provided! From the development of the North-East's own literary magazines The Broken Fiddle through to the sophisticated, present Pushing Out the Boat, to the instigation of writing festivals, readings and solo publications, to the setting up and support of new writing groups, to the individual support and opportunities they gave to the many writers under their wing. The list goes on and on!

Apart from reminding us of their achievements, the evening was also a wonderful opportunity to hear what they had personally taken away from the area during their residency (a new partner, in one case!), what they had written during that time, what had inspired these writings and pieces they were working on at present. Add a glass of wine and a song performed beautifully by Stuart B. Campbell and all in all it was a sublime evening. Thank you to Haworth Hodgkinson for coming up with the idea and Huntly Writers for hosting it.

Morag Skene

Promoted by	Huntly Writers
Supported by	Duff House, Banff Scottish Book Trust Gordon Forum for the Arts Aberdeenshire Council