Pat Sutherland has attended many Lapidus Scotland groups over the years, and her work featured in our anthology Seven Journeys. Playspace Publications has just published a collection of poems by Pat, Everything Goes Out Dancing. Of her work, Stephen Beattie writes: ‘Every aspiring poet has the desire to become the best they can be, and […]
We invited readers and contributors to the book Living Our Dying to send us topics not included in the book, and places where readers could find out more. The list is never ending! But from those responses we have produced a new book, What’s Missing? from the book Living Our Dying Topics covered in What’s […]
Steps Spark our Words is a new publication from Lapidus Scotland, launched at the reading after our AGM 2023 held in Glasgow on 15 March. During the ongoing Covid pandemic, Lapidus Scotland hosted a series of outdoor events in parks and green spaces throughout Glasgow, including Linn Park, Gartnavel Hospital grounds, Glasgow Green, and the […]
Ahoy from Cap’n Bev here to cheer our 100th session of Water Story as we move into our seventh year. Larry Butler (Sukhema) cast us off in 2016 and our exploration of story, as reflected in water, has happened mostly on the Forth & Clyde Canal (thanks to Navvies’ Barge) and the bonny loch (thanks […]
Lapidus Scotland published a set of fourteen poetry postcards earlier this year. We launched them at the AGM in June, and since then they have been making their way out into the world, but we still have copies left. If you would like some, let us know how many and and where we should send […]
After Sukhema’s Walking Writing Talking events in and around the River Kelvin earlier this year, he leads one last event in an autumnal Kelvingrove Park on 15 October at 10.30am. In summer 2021 the poet Brian Whittingham led a series of Lapidus Scotland Walking and Writing events in Kelvingrove Park. We were saddened to hear […]
Based in Wigtown in south-west Scotland, Renita Boyle combines skills in storytelling, poetry, life writing and community arts to facilitate wellbeing events and workshops. Since 2019, Renita has upcycled 100 used teabags into miniature pieces of nature-themed art. Examples of these can be seen at her Instagram page. Along the way she has been writing […]
6 morning walks by Glasgow’s River Kelvin with Sukhema (aka Larry Butler) What I take with me, what I leave behind, are of less importance than what I discover along the way. from In Praise of Walking by Thomas A. Clark Friday 5th August 10:30am to 12:30 Dawsholm Park Saturday 13th August 10:30am to 12:30 […]
8 weekly workshops for people living in the Glasgow area, partly based on the book Living Our Dying Thursdays 15 September to 3 November, 13.30-15.30, Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens “I love this book – it will not only help you die a good death, it will strengthen you to live a good life.” Richard […]
Our latest series of Walking & Writing events starts on Tuesday 28 June, with events taking place weekly (except 12 July) till 9 August. The walks are led by poet Christie Williamson, originally from Shetland and long resident in Glasgow. Last summer Christie led walks for Lapidus Scotland in the grounds of Gartnavel Hospital. For […]
