DELVE in to the North Isles presents An Afternoon of Words and Music - The Lemon Tree

Join for a cosy afternoon of words and music, with Christie Williamson in conversation with Jen Stout. A fascinating insight into two of Shetland’s most beloved wordsmiths, their lives in Shetland and where life has since taken them.

Expect a warm and charming afternoon, filled with stories and poetry, and also music from Brian Cromarty (Saltfishforty, The Chair) and Shetland born, Orkney based Jenny Keldie (Haverin). Chris Stout and Catriona McKay will also be playing music in response to some poetry from Christie.

Traditional Shetland bannocks will also available between 12pm and 1pm.

Doors 12pm

14+

2 events 10% off 3 events 15% off 4 events or more 20% off (excludes workshops)

Jen Stout is an award-winning journalist and author from Scotland. Her first book Night Train to Odesa – an account of covering the war in Ukraine as an independent reporter – was published in 2024 and was a BBC radio Book of the Week; it won the Saltire Society First Book award and the Highland Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje prize. Most recently she’s written for Prospect magazine about the role of symbolic architecture in wartime Kharkiv, and demining in southern Ukraine.

Jen grew up in Shetland and has lived in Leipzig and Moscow; she was previously a BBC radio and TV journalist, and a local newspaper reporter. She lives in Edinburgh.

https://www.jenstout.net/

Christie Williamson is a Shaetlan poet, essayist and translator based in Glasgow where he helps run Tell it Slant Books. His debut pamphlet ‘Arc o Möns’ won the Calum MacDonald Memorial Award. Two full length collections of his work have been published by Luath Press – ‘Oo an Feddirs’ 2015 and ‘Doors tae Newye’ 2020. He has performed at StAnza, Aye Write and the Edinburgh International Book Festival as well as at Celtic Connections and international festivals in Aruba and Nicaragua. His work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Breton, Estonian, Portuguese and Papiamento. He comes fae Yell.

Christie Williamson – Poet – Scottish Poetry Library