in pictures
Below is a selection of pictures from the words 2008 exhibition, which took place in the Moir Room at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow from 9-13 September 2008
words 2008 took place at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow from 9-13 Sept 2008
words 2008 combined a variety of elements, including film, an art installation, writers-in-residence and workshops
In the blink of an eye, an art installation, was created specially for words 2008 by public artist Nicola Atkinson
For the installation, Nicola made drawings inspired by stories in the new short story collection Let's Pretend
The drawings were displayed on the floor in the entranceway to the exhibition
Let's Pretend contains 37 stories about (in)fidelity from writers currently on the Creative Writing MLitt at Glasgow University
Former BBC producer Susan Kemp created a half-hour documentary film for words 2008
The film featured writers from the Creative Writing MLitt at Glasgow University talking about their writing and reading from their work
Nearly 100 people attended the free daily prose and poetry workshops that took place during words 2008
Paper and pens were provided, but some workshop leaders preferred to use other media
Writers-in-residence composed on-site during the exhibition...
...and were available for consultation
One writer-in-residence slot was filled by a trio of writers who created their own installation
Visitors browsed through unpublished work by new writers on the Glasgow Creative Writing MLitt in the reading rooms...
...and wrote their own material in the writing room, where there was a noticeboard to display the work
An evening panel discussion on the craft of writing featured Tom Leonard, Anne Donovan, Cynithia Rogerson, Alan Riach, Kei Miller and Michael Schmidt
The panel discussion was preceded by a whisky tasting hosted by Isle of Jura distillery, the only whisky distillery on the Hebridean island of Jura
writers-in-residence and workshop participants read new work at readings that took place each day at 4pm
