Former student returns after 230 years
CAPTION: The Fergusson maquette with (l-r) Dr Brian Lang, David Annand and Peter Robinson. CREDIT: University of St Andrews.
CAPTION: The Fergusson maquette with (l-r) Dr Brian Lang, David Annand and Peter Robinson. CREDIT: University of St Andrews.
Don Paterson, the Dundonian poet, musician and lecturer in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, has won the 2003 Whitbread Prize for Poetry with his fourth collection, Landing Light.
PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Taylor
Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Paul Muldoon, will discuss his craft and perform readings of his work during a visit to the University of St Andrews this week.
A series of poems aimed at fostering creative dialogue between poetry and science have inspired a number of events throughout the UK involving a number of internationally celebrated artists.
CAPTION: Martin Crawford, the final-year undergraduate, who organised the book.
Front Jkt: Pic of Bob Dylan coypright Bettmann/Corbis
*Caption - left-right - Professor Robert Crawford, John Burnside, Kathleen Jamie and Don Paterson - courtesy of Steve Lindridge*
StAnza 2000, Scotland's Poetry Festival, runs from 4 to 8 October 2000 in various venues around St Andrews.
A live poetry event featuring a galaxy of contemporary Scottish poets is to be held at the University of St Andrews.