Ali Whitelock poet & writer chats to Pat

Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Cha - Episode 74

In this episode Pat chats to Scottish poet/writer Ali Whitelock.

Her first book ‘poking seaweed with a stick and running away from the smell’ was launched at Sydney Writers Festival in 2008.

The book received critical acclaim in Australia and the UK.

Ali is now living in Australia where she ia a full time writer. Recently she's been back in Scotland performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh Book Festival. In September she'll be heading over to Ireland with shows in Limerick, Belfast, Dublin & Cork.(Details at aliwhitelock.com)

You can catch Ali at Waterstones Byres Road on Thursday 29 August, when she'll be performing with Magi Gibson and Jenny Lindsay.

Links

• Ali Whitelock
• Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End

Twitter: @glasgowswestend

Music by Jim Byrne