EVENTS:
May 22nd: Launch of Markings 30
April 16th: John reads at the Imperial War Musuem, London
March 6th 2010: John appears at Glasgow Book Festival with Chrys salt to promote the Adrian Mitchell anthology
February 23rd: Speaker at How to Get Published organised by Cultural Enterprise Office, Scotland @ Dumfries, Mid-Steeple
November 22nd: Launch of Markings 29 at The Bakehouse
November:John Hudson is Writer in Residence in Shetland
October 24th: Launch Adrian: Scotland Celebrates Adrian Mitchell @ SPL
June 29th & 30th 2009: Markings and The Bakehouse bring Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to Dumfries
May 23rd: Launch of Markings 28 at The Bakehouse, Scotland
March 2 - 29: Writer's residency in Cognac, France inc readings, launch of new bilingual collection, The Love Garden, and installation.
November 19: John Hudson on the panel in "What do the arts do for Europe?"
At the Alliance Française and the Goethe Institute, Glasgow, with Linda Fabiani (Minister for European Affairs and Culture), Geoffrey Brown (director of EUCLID),chaired by Muriel Gray
November 8: Launch of Markings 27, edited by John Hudson with Tessa Ransford and Hugh McMillan.
John Hudson is an experienced events organiser, notably in the field of literary events. He has previously organised literary festivals including the launch of Wigtown as Scotland's Book Town in 1998. He is currently Director of Literature at The Bakehouse poetry performance space where he organises upwards of twelve poetry readings per year.
John is also editor of Markings magazine, one of Britain's foremost literary publications, and he can offer classes, courses or workshops on the art of magazine editing and production, including topics such as how to select material, how to plan the contents of a magazine, layout, magazine management, distribution and funding.
As a reader John has performed at many of the major theatres and festivals in Britain, France and the US. He is a founder member of the Solway Poets performance group and is considered to be a charismatic, engaging and entertaining performer. In 2003 he co-wrote an Arts Council lottery funded poem Collateral Damage which he has toured in Scotland and London.
John has also won awards and undertaken residencies as a writer and poet. In 1992 he undertook a travel bursary to Greece, in 1999 he was awarded an Arts Council bursary to write poetry, in 2007 - 2009 he undertook residencies in France, China, Shetland and Ireland.
John Hudson can offer any of the above activities, services or programs, either separately or as a combination of elements. He is happy to discuss your requirements and build the best possible program for your organisation or establishment.
Contact John Hudson on: j.hudson@btinternet.com
+44131 208 3534
+447801 801 204