BUCKET OF FROGS

The Achiltibuie Stone is is included in the anthology Bucket of Frogs :New Writing Scotland 26 . Published by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies. Available at most bookshops and on Amazon.

The Achiltibuie Stone: two crofts split by a dry stone dyke; two familes split by a runestone.

ONE MINUTE FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL

Zombie Lick showing at One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau, Switzerland , 22 to 24th August.

CCA, Glasgow, Wednesday 28th May.Paris, France: February 15-16-17: as part of "Economie 0", at Ménagerie de Verre

RANFURLY REVIEW

Two of my short stories are published in issue 3 of the e-magazine The Ranfurly Review. The Book of Skin was inspired by a trip to Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh. Rubber Up Ducky was inspired by my condom dispensor videosculpture Kitschen.

STORM HAGS AT TRAVERSE THEATRE

Storm Hags & Other Stories exhibition at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 26th May - 5th July. For more info visit www.stormhags.co.uk

FILMLIVE! RUSHES FESTIVAL & RE-LAUNCH

Biles at FILMLIVE! RUSHES FESTIVAL & RE-LAUNCH
Tues 13th May 6.30pm
macrobert arts centre
Stirling University

BOWER BIRD OUTRAGEOUS

Bower Bird at the Visual Arts Scotland exhibition 2008, gets a mention in The Scotsman

NEWS ARCHIVE

TAFFA TASSEOMANCER

Taffa (Tasseomancing And Future Forecasting Avatar) is a digital tea lady. Let her read your future in your tea leaves. Funded through the Pocketshorts scheme Taffa Tasseomancer was launched this June at EIFF 2008.

GAMERZ

GAMERZ has a general release at Cineworld cinemas in Scotland from February 22, 2008. It's a wonderful gentle comedy based on the antics of a group of Role Playing Gamers. I worked as a Rotoscoper on the animation sequences.

RHINESTONE HEARTS

Kitsch horror Rhinestone Hearts was shortlisted for the Metro/List short film competition. The script didn't win but all shortlisted writers went on Adrian Mead's excellent scriptwriters course.

 

A GLASTONBURY TALE

photo by Lynne Newton

Chapter 4 for BBC Somerset's short story competition was broadcast on BBC Somerset.

THE SUTHERLAND KING

My dark tale of shortbread "The Sutherland King" is published in the anthology "Read by Dawn" by Bloody Books Available on Amazon and at Waterstones.

BBC 7

Episode 9 accepted for BBC 7 's Chain Gang competition. Robert Shearman (writer of recent "Dalek" episode for Doctor Who) wrote the initial episode.