Sunday 10 May 2009
7.30pm – 9.30pm

Laura Hird is the award-winning author of the collections, Nail and Other Stories (Canongate, 1997) and Hope and Other Urban Tales (Canongate, 2006) and novel, Born Free (Canongate 2007) which was nominated for the Whitbread and Orange Prizes. Her short stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies internationally and her work translated into a number of European languages. A book based around her mother's letters, Dear Laura was published by Canongate in March 2007. Laura runs and edits her own loosely arts-related website www.laurahird.com on which she seeks out and publishes new poetry, short stories, reviews and interviews.

Esther Woolfson's book Corvus: A Life With Birds was published in August 2008 to widespread acclaim. A writer of both fiction and non-fiction, Esther has won prizes for short stories and for nature writing. Her work has appeared in many anthologies, newspapers and journals. Her well-reviewed novel Piano Angel was also published in 2008. Corvus is being translated into several languages, including Polish and Portuguese, and will be published in the United States in April. The British paperback is to be published in June 2009.

Esther lives in Aberdeen, sharing her home with a number of birds, including a rook and a crow.

Promoted by

Woodend Barn, Banchory
Wordfringe

Supported by

Scottish Book Trust
Kincardine and Deeside Arts Forum
Aberdeenshire Council