Lapidus Scotland is offering a series of twenty stand-alone writing for well-being workshops on Zoom, running daily from 9-10am (UK time) from Friday 1st to Wednesday 20th May. Budding Writers is a great way to enhance and grow your daily writing practice! Facilitators include: Andy Jackson, Antje Bothin, Catherine Eunson, Christie Williamson, Elaine Konopka, Helen […]
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On Tuesday 1 April 2025 we held our AGM at Glasgow’s Woodlands Community. This was followed by presentations and readings from Lesley Morrison (in person, above left, with Andy Jackson) and Fiona Sampson (online, above right). The event was chaired by Andy Jackson. You can watch a recording of this event here. To access it […]
The Annual General Meeting of Lapidus Scotland for 2026 will take place online on Wednesday 22 April, 17.00–18.00. It will be followed at 18.30 by presentations from Geri Chavis, Valerie Gillies, Hester Parr & Rhiannon Bull. You can book here for the AGM, and here for the presentations. Both events are free, but if you wish to make […]
The third of our renga event events i.m Gerry Loose (1948-2024) takes place at Glasgow Botanic Gardens on Sunday 22nd March, from 11.00. It will be mastered by Ian Stephen, writer, artist and storyteller from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides whose Maritime: new and selected poems came out in 2016. Full details, including […]
An Online Guide to Facilitating Creative Writing Workshops for Health and Wellbeing with John Glenday Wednesday November 26th, 7.00pm to 9.30pm We’re delighted to offer online this training session with acclaimed poet John Glenday. John will run this session similarly to how he runs writing sessions, combining discussions around craft and technique with looking at […]
Gerry Loose (1948-2024) was a well respected poet with long connections to both Lapidus Scotland and Glasgow Botanic Gardens. As Poet-in-Residence at the Gardens, Gerry organised events and created poems for slates and stones. Following Gerry’s death on 30 April last year, Lapidus Scotland is organising a memorial renga followed by readings of works in […]
Lapidus Scotland’s AGM takes places this year at Glasgow’s Woodlands Community on Tuesday 1 April from 6.15-7.15pm. The formalities involve approving the accounts for 2023-24, and the (re-)election of committee members. You’ll also hear about what we did in 2023-24, and have been doing since. You can access the Annual Report and Annual Accounts for […]
A facilitator training day in bibliotherapy with Valerie Gillies & Sukhema Butler, plus guest Ted Bowman Saturday 7 September 2024, 10am – 5pm Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR Lapidus Scotland offers a full day workshop for storytellers, librarians, writers and readers who already work within community and education settings and would […]
Lapidus Scotland’s AGM takes places this year at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library on Thursday 11 April from 5.15-6.00pm. The formalities involve approving the accounts for 2022-23, and the (re-)election of committee members. You’ll also hear about what we did 2022-23, and have been doing since. You can access the Annual Report and Annual Accounts for 2022-23 […]
