Cat Anderson

I Give My Word: Open Book Pamphlet Launch at Wigtown Book Festival

Marjorie and Claire were in Wigtown for the Book Festival at the end of September and along with the brilliant Hannah Lavery launched our latest Community Project book I Give My Word. Readers from across Scotland shared some of the work they created during this year’s Open Book Community Project in an online celebration of

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Looking for a Lead Reader

Open Book is looking for a Lead Reader to support its creative programme at the Glasgow Women’s Library. Because the sessions happen in person at GWL, applicants living in the Glasgow area will be preferred over other applicants.   .       About Open Book Since March 2013 Open Book (www.openbookreading.com) has run shared reading

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New Writing Sought

Open Book is seeking writing and supporting material for their Unbound programme.     Up to 12 awards of £175 each will be made for: 1) a new, previously unpublished piece of fiction or memoir of approximately 1000 words, 2) three linked writing prompts, 3) three linked discussion questions, 4) a link to two publicly-available

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Hear Part 2 of the Open Book takeover of the Wigtown Book Festival podcast

Open Book takes over the Wigtown Book Festival podcast as Claire and Marjorie discuss an extract from Luis Sagasti’s book ‘A Musical Offering’ and poetry by Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize winner Alycia Pirmohamed. Marjorie also chaired a discussion with Luis Sagasti at the Wigtown Book Festival on 3th October. You can watch it on catch-up

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