Creative writing teaching
Schools & Universities
Dundee University, 2010
University of the Highlands & Islands, 2011 (permanent supply as English teacher)
University of St Andrews, summer school 2011
University of Glasgow, 2011
Dundee High School, March 2009
Alness Academy, March 2007
Charleston Academy, Oct. 2006
Lossiemouth High School, March 2005 – all day writing workshops, all ages
Kingussie High School & primary, 2004
Aberdeen secondary schools – an all day seminar sponsored by Aberdeen library service, 2004.
Charleston Academy, Inverness, 2004
Haldene Primary, Balloch, April 03
Stromness Academy and Kirkwall, Orkney – writing workshops, spring 02
Alness Academy (ongoing weekly two hour session as part of study support scheme, open to all years)
Dingwall Academy (2 hour sessions, for sixth years – folio focused) 2000 – 2004
Tain Academy – poetry and journalism workshops, 01, 02.
Lochaber High School (three hour workshop for fifth and sixth years)
Kinlochbervie High School (two full days, Nov. 2000, running workshops for fourth, fifth and sixth years)
Gairloch High School (short story workshops for first years)
Inverness College, 1999 – 2000
Fortrose Academy 2000
Adult education
Moniack Mhor Writers Centre. 2010 – present
Eden Court writers group workshops 2008 – present
Strathpeffer Community Centre – 2010 & 2011
HUG tutor, fortnightly workshops, 2007 – 2009
Writing workshops for Highland Carers, June 06
Arvon tutor 2005 to present, occasionally
Woodland Community Trust, December 2005 poetry tutor
West Lothian tutor – novel writing course, spring 04
Dingwall Community Centre, April 03 – workshop in family history
WEA writing tutor – Balintore, Alness, Inverness, Dingwall and Invergordon (minimum 2 sessions a week, 1999 to 2005)
Community Education – Dingwall (16 weeks a year, 1989 to 2002)
Cromarty Book Festival (short story workshop) March 2001
Inverness College – creative writing course, 2000- 01
Various one off workshops, for local organizations like the over sixties and reading groups.
Institutions
Inverness Hospice 2013
Poetry and reminiscence sessions in two Ross-shire nursing homes – 04
Private tutoring for psychiatric patient, Alness (community disability education) 01- 03
Catalina Psychiatric Nursing Home (monthly one hour group sessions – 2000)
Inverness Hospice (weekly one hour poetry workshops – have produced a broadsheet of patient’s poetry, 98 – 00)
Isobel Rhind Centre, Invergordon (3 two hour poetry sessions with autistic adolescents, spring 02)
Duthac Centre, Tain (4 poetry and music sessions with elderly and severely autistic primary age children, spring 02)
Dingwall Academy (2 poetry music sessions with 5 autistic teens, spring 02)
Workshops in Roscommon, Ireland, July 2000, in wheelchair respite centre
Academic Writing Workshops via the RLF Bridge program
These secondary schools include Anderson High School, Portree High School, Aboyne Academy, Fortrose Academy, Dingwall Academy, Dornoch Academy and Tain Academy.