Men with Pens

Over the spring, award-winning poet, author and playwright Ross MacKay led a series of creative writing workshops for men living with mental health conditions. Working with groups at the AK Bell Library (Perth) and Granton Library (Edinburgh) the men were paired anonymously and exchanged letters over four months. This celebratory event brings together the participants for the first time to meet each other and share the writing that developed over the project.

Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Non-fiction

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