Official Opening Reception/How did I get published?
Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie - Tuesday 6th Sept - 7pm for 7.30pm
Opening Reception followed by 'How did I get published?'
Includes glass of wine/soft drink.
Come and enjoy a glass of wine at our opening reception then take your seats in the gallery for Kaye Adams to declare the Milngavie Book & Arts Festival 2011 officially open. She will be followed by an exciting panel of new authors chaired by Leela Soma.
Author Bios:
Leela Soma: Chairing the panel is the local poet/writer Leela Soma. Her first novel ‘Twice Born’ was published in 2008. A retired Principal Teacher, she writes both poetry and prose. Her experience of finding a publisher for her second novel is highlighted in this panel event. Her second novel ‘Bombay Baby’ is due to be launched in October/ November of this year.
Pauline Wilkie was inspired by the New Writer’s Panel last year and decided to self-publish her book. She will discuss how and why she took this decision. She was already lecturing in mainstream Further and Higher Education when she became interested in complementary therapies and the ancient art of using natural crystals for healing. She has just published her first book, ‘Crystal Messages: how to access and interpret crystal information.’
Bert Mitchell: R.J. Mitchell graduated from Glasgow University in July 1989 with a master’s degree in Medieval History before joining Strathclyde Police Service later that year. After 12 years of police service, he started a new career as a sports journalist. He is currently a sportswriter with the Glasgow Evening Times. His first book Parallel Lines: The Glasgow Supremacy is a crime novel with a love triangle, making the outcome a matter of life and death. It has been published by Strategic Book Group, LLC.
Maggie Rabatski: is Hebridean by birth and upbringing but Glasgow has been her home for many years. When she retired from Social Services, Maggie joined Donny O'Rourke's inspirational Creative Writing class at Glasgow University and has since had poems published in various literary magazines and in New Writing Scotland. Her first poetry pamphlet 'Down From The Dance' was published by New Voices Press in 2010 and short-listed in the First Book section of the 'prestigious' Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards 2011. Maggie writes in both English and Gaelic.
