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Surprise winner for poetry prize

Published 13 January 9 9:24 AM | charlotte

Jen Hadfield has unexpectedly won the 2008 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry with her second anthology Nigh-No-Place. The 30-year-old, who has lived in Scotland and Canada, was called "a remarkably original poet" by judges' chairman Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate. Motion said Hadfield, who lives in Shetland, was "near the beginning of what is obviously going to be a distinguished career". The Independent said her anthology, with its "smattering of Shetland dialect", has an...

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The Royal Highland Show June 2008

Published 11 June 8 5:20 PM | admin

19th to 22nd June 2008 ADDRESS: Royal Highland Show Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB BY CAR: The Royal Highland Centre is based at Ingliston on the west side of Edinburgh. The Showground is signposted on all major approaches. PARKING IS £5 PER VEHICLE, COACH PARKING IS FREE BY BUS: Edinburgh City Centre: Call Lothian Buses for local travel information on 0131 555 6363. Lothian Buses will depart from Waverley Bridge. Early bird tickets offers are now available untill 16 June Adults = £18 for any one...

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