Faclan Og
Inspiring events for schools will be held at An Lanntair, Stornoway, Tarbert Community Library and Sir E Scott School from Monday 31st October – Wednesday 2nd November.
For the full Faclan Og timetable please click here.
FOR CLASS BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT MOIRA@LANNTAIR.COM
Twice Told Tales: Writing Workshop with Lily Greenall
Children in Halloween Costume, Uist 1930s. Photo: Margaret Fay Shaw
Wednesday 2nd November, 7 – 9pm, An Lanntair Community room, FREE EVENT
Folklore, fairy stories and tales of the supernatural are some of the oldest, best-loved and re-told stories. In this workshop with Lily Greenall, you will compare styles in which these have been explored and adapted by modern writers and write your own adaptation of a tale of your choice.
It will give you a fresh perspective on the imaginative content of these tales and the culture behind the symbols and figures which appear in them again and again.
You are invited to bring along samples of your own creative work or bring an example of a local or a favourite tale that you wish to share with the group or adapt yourself.
If you are interested in using folklore in your work, or are interested in learning more and are keen to develop your writing technique, this FREE EVENT is for you but booking essential.
Contact moira@lanntair.com for details
Rònaigh: North Rona
North Rona on the horizon
In association with Acair publishers, this is the kind of unique first-hand insight only the best local history can offer. An absorbing event about North Rona, the now uninhabited island 44 miles to the North East of the Butt of Lewis. It is hosted by the eminent Gaelic scholar, local historian (and much else besides) Finlay Macleod whose forefather was exiled from Ness to Rona in 1826 where he remained with his family for 5 years. Joining Finlay will be the renowned naturalist John Love whom he first met on a trip to Rona in 1971. The event will be chaired by Agnes Rennie, Director of Acair.
This event will be – at least partially – in Gaelic, but there will be simultaneus translation facilities available.
No Shame in Fear: Alex C Maclean (presented by Donald S Murray)
7pm, Islands’ Book Trust Launch
Alex C. Maclean was born on the Isle of Tiree in 1923, and lived there until the age of fourteen, when he went to sea. This is a rare first-hand account of the WW2 Atlantic convoys and the devastation of war. Stalked by German U-boats, cast adrift in a lifeboat, it also tells of the difficulties of the post-war period, in building a decent family life and coming to terms with his own history back on Tiree.
The Lost Weekend: 1945, Billy Wilder (104m)
5pm, Wednesday 2 November.
Compelling film noir based on Charles R Jackson’s 1944 novel about an alcoholic writer. Nominated for 7 Oscars it won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Writing. In 2011, it was added to the National Film Library Registry of the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Dersu Uzala: 1975, Akira Kurosawa
2pm, Wednesday 2 November
Based on the 1923 memoir by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev and shot on location in the Russian Far East the film explores the theme of a native of the forests, whose way of life will inevitably be destroyed by the advance of civilization. It is also about the respect and deep friendship between two men of profoundly different backgrounds, and the loss of strength and ability that comes with old age. It won the 1976 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.