Looking forward to the eventual, covid-19-safe IRL launch of Almarks: An Anthology of Radical Poetry from Shetland, edited by Jim Mainland and Mark Ryan Smith, published by Culture Matters and reviewed by Neil Young here (Under 'Islands in the thick of it'). One day!
Mairi McFadyen on Shoormal
Mairi McFadyen's reflections on the commons, the 'creative economy' and our recent Shoormal conference (among many other things!) in Bella Caledonia: 'The Creative Economy? Towards a Culture of Possibility'.
Elizabeth Parker + Strokestown Pastimes Comp
This was lovely, especially as a chance to direct people towards Elizabeth Parker's Sampler, a personal obsession and the best thing in the V&A.
‘The Place of Shetland Knitting’ in Textile: Cloth and Culture
My article 'The Place of Shetland Knitting' is now available in the journal Textile: Cloth and Culture. Abstract Shetland has become synonymous with certain kinds of knit textiles, which have influenced the development of its landscape, economy, and relationship to other places. Three distinct elements are important when considering Shetland knitting in relation to place: … Continue reading ‘The Place of Shetland Knitting’ in Textile: Cloth and Culture
Glasgow Review of Books
Poem: Leisure Waters
Shoormal Conference
Shoormal Conference call for submissions flyer New coasts and shorelines: shifting sands in the creative economy Mareel, Shetland, Wed 18 to Sat 21 Sep 2019 The Centre for Rural Creativity at Shetland College UHI and Shetland Arts Development Agency are inviting creative practitioners, researchers, professionals and arts organisations to join us in exploring, creating and … Continue reading Shoormal Conference
Review of Amy Twigger Holroyd’s ‘Folk Fashion’
In Textile: Cloth and Culture https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14759756.2018.1505824
The Tangerine
https://twitter.com/thetangerinemag/status/1071410748046405632 Issue 7 of brilliant Belfast magazine The Tangerine is impending already! Thanks to Caitlin Newby for taking my two poems. I'm sad to miss the launch (8pm Friday 14/12/18) - it'll be a good night at the Sunflower.
Review of Ocejo, Richard E.2017. Masters of craft: old jobs in the new urban economy. Princeton, NJ/Woodstock: Princeton University Press. 344 pp. Hb.: £19.60. ISBN: 9780691165493.
Review in Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1469-8676.12557
Magma 72: The Climate Change Issue
Quite amazed to have a tiny poem in this. It's a varied and beautiful issue, with lots to chew on. Shetland is well represented, with Christine De Luca's 'Stotterin inta Anthropocene' and Jen Hadfield's response to James Goodman's poetry, including her 'Sample Basket Red List 2318'. Jen Hadfield suggests that 'Extinctions occur... when we can't … Continue reading Magma 72: The Climate Change Issue
