Brian Whittingham – Writing Walks in Kelvingrove

Walking, Writing Photography
Mindfulness Sessions – facilitated by Brian Whittingham
Thursday 26 August, 2021 at 10.30 a.m.
Meet at Lord Kelvin’s Statue in Kelvingrove Park.
Guided Walk exploring the social fabric of the park. Where you will join in the walk, talk, reading, writing and taking photographs. You will take paths less-travelled that will allow you to dispel self-imposed limitations.
Bring your own writing materials, dress for the weather..AND don’t forget your camera.
Brian Whittingham
Brian Whittingham is the first Tannahill Makar. A Glaswegian with a German Mother, he was born in 1950 in Charing Cross, Glasgow. He left school aged 15 to work in the shipyards on the Clyde moving on to become a draughtsman. In his writing he draws upon his cultural heritage and his experience as a steelworker in both his poetry and prose. He performed his steel-working poems as part of the BBC’s ‘Ballad of the Big Ships Live’ in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall in 2007.
Brian’s writing has taken him further afield and held a writing fellowship at the Yaddo artist colony in New York state in 1994, and in 2008 received a Robert Louis Stevenson fellowship at Chevillon Grez in France. In 2011, he was visiting professor of creative writing at Seattle University, and he now lectures in creative writing in the further education sector in Glasgow.
Brian Whittingham chats with Pat Byrne – Jim and Pat’s West End Chat Podcast
This section: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks, Walks and Tours Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Classes and Workshops, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks, Walks and Tours Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Related Pages
- Glasgow May Day 2025
- Glasgow Group’s Annual Exhibition at the New Glasgow Society
- Rachelle Atalla – Books at the Green
- CinemARC – Song of the Sea
- Carlton Jug Band Residency – Avant Garde
- West End Fest 2025 – Vinicombe Street Gala
- Peggy Seeger 90th Birthday Farewell Tour, Cottiers
- All Change at Websters
- Cottiers – Bar, Restaurant, Theatre, Glasgow West End
- Digging In Another Time: Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature
- Caravaggio at GFT
- No Home Movie at GFT
- His Girl Friday at GFT
- ARC Conversations and Identities Journal: Global Dignity and Seeing Others
- WW1 Commemorative Plaque Unveiling at Maryhill Burgh Halls
- G20 Youth – Kilt Walk
- Michael Pedersen in conversation with Nicola Sturgeon
- Arran Rock n Blues Masterclass
- Punks for Palestine Weekender
- Picnic – Glasgow for Europe at the Botanics