The WRITE ABOUT TREES showcase event introduces the shortlisted authors of the Urban Tree Festival writing competition, and includes readings of their poetry and prose.
Run by walk · listen · create and Sampson Low Publishers the Urban Tree Festival writing competition attracted over 160 entires. The competition required writers to compose poems or prose of 250 words and under, inspired by the theme of “Secrets of the Trees”.
The shortlisted pieces are published in Canopy an illustrated chapbook anthology, sale proceeds of which go to support future Urban Tree Festivals. Copies of the book can be purchased here.
The winners and runners-up in each of the poetry and prose categories will be announced at the event.
Our compere for the event will be Dave Borthwick
Dave Borthwick is a tramper of fields and stander in the rain who lives in Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. He teaches environmental humanities at the University of Glasgow’s School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
The Festival writing competition shortlisted authors are: Galia Admoni, Julian Bishop, John Bowen, Adam Elms, Em Gray, Lizzie Gwinnell, Andrew Halsall Smith, Rayna Haralambieva, Cheryl Markosky, Arthur Sparrow, Penny Walker, and Kyra Williams.
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• The Privilege of Walking and Writing: A Journey Down the Street and Across the World
During the past many summers, I’ve explored the relationship between walking and writing. As Kathleen Rooney, our flâneuse laureate of Chicago, wrote “A walk is almost never the fastest way to get somewhere. But both walks and poems can afford a more textured and deep experience of space and time.” Source: The Privilege of Walking
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