McLellan Arts Festival

Join us for an entertaining and fun-packed evening of music and poetry from Arran musicians and poets and a host of poets from further afield.

Featuring:

• Music and poetry by Arran’s own Tim Pomeroy

• Guitar music from the talented Arran musician Steve Agnew

Poetry from local poets:

• Cicely Gill

• Nix Moretta

• Stephen Sparshott

• Eildhr How (Helen Carraigmhor)

• Isla Blair
   

And a host of gorgeous readings from our fantastic visiting poets:

• Lydia McMillan

• Jasmine McMillan

• our second prize-winner in this years’ Scots poetry competition Finola Scott

• our Scots poetry judge Hugh McMillan

• and the talented poet Simon Lamb (who will also be presenting the prizes at the Childrens’ Poetry Competition on Saturday in Brodick)

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Simon Lamb is a poet, performer and storyteller on a passionate mission to entertain, ignite and inspire audiences of all ages. Simon is writer-in-residence at the Robert Burns birthplace and will be reading from his dazzling debut poetry collection "A Passing on of Shells", featuring fifty luminous poems, each written in exactly fifty words and illustrated by the much-loved former Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell.