Tomorrow sees the first of a series of events around Scotland to launch Into the Forest, and give forest-lovers and poetry-lovers the chance to revel in great writing about trees. If you're looking for Christmas gifts, look no further! You can buy it by PayPal on my website and for each copy bought there I will sign it, post it free and give a £5 donation to Trees for Life, so you will be making a significant contribution to the restoration of Scotland's woods with each purchase.
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The series of launch events begins on Friday 22 November (9.30-12.00) with a fun morning at the community tree nursery at Little Assynt. Local children and anyone else who comes will be planting all the species in the Gaelic tree alphabet. As well as poems and cakes, there will be music with Henry Fosbrooke' woodland orchestra, with an instrument made from each tree in the alphabet.
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On Monday 25 November, I will be running another children's event at Wick Library, with the winners of the Poetree Competition, which has been run by the library service.
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On Tuesday 26 November, at 6.00 pm, I will sign the book in Waterstones in Inverness.
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On Wednesday 27 November, at 6.30 pm, there will be a launch event in Nairn bookshop.
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On Thursday 28 November, at 1pm, I will be talking at the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens about mytime there this summer as poet in residence. At 6.30pm there will be a launch party at the Edinburgh Botanics with readings from Gerry Loose, Sue Butler and Jean Atkin, poets in residence at the other Scottish Botanical gardens around Scotland this summer.
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On Saturday 30 November, at 7pm, we will read from the anthology at the Woodland Weekend at Glencanisp Lodge, near Lochinver.
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On Sunday 8 December, at 7pm, there will be a slide-show and poetry reading at the Findhorn Foundation, hosted by Trees for Life, with readings from a range of Highland poets including John Glenday.
I am giving the royalties from Into the Forest, plus donations, to Trees
for
Life. Alan Watson
Featherstone, Trees for Life’s Executive Director, has said, 'We’re
delighted to be involved with this inspiring project. The poems in
this book reveal the long-standing cultural importance of trees in
Scotland and around the world. The royalties will help us to
restore
the native forests of the Highlands, ensuring that trees continue
to
play that role in the future.'
You can get your copy here, or even better, come along to one of the launch events. If you think I could do an event in your area, please get in touch.
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