Catriona Yule
Email:
cat@creativetutoring.co.ukWebsite:
www.catrionayule.co.ukBRAW network:
noLL funded:
yesPublisher:
Koo PressBiography:
Catriona Yule is an Aberdeenshire poet, short story writer and playwright. Her first full length play, Birdhouse, was a winning entry in the WAC New Writing Competition and was staged at the Lemon Tree on 17 & 18 February 2009. She has also written two one-act plays. Two Seconds was performed in May 2008 at Woodend Barn, Banchory during the Wordfringe festival and Kitten Heels was given a rehearsed reading at Aberdeen Arts Centre in 2005. In November 2007, her first poetry collection, Shedding Skin, was launched by Koo Press at Books and Beans and she has had poems published in Poetry Scotland (website), Northwords Now, Pushing Out The Boat, Lapidus, Storm, Spinners and Spoons, Journeys, The Tide Breathes Out, Dee & Don Inspiration and by Grampian Hospital Arts Trust. Her short stories have been published in Pushing Out The Boat, The Eildon Tree, Showcase 2 and appeared on thestoryslot.wordpress.com. She is a member of Aberdeen Writers Circle and performs poetry with the Blue Salt Collective who combine poetry and image with improvised music and dance (www.bluesalt.co.uk). To date she has read her work at Shetland WordPlay Festival, Sunart Festival in Strontian, Edinburgh Fringe, Pittenweem Arts Festival, Word, New Words and Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum. Read more at www.catrionayule.co.uk. About writer's work:
I write poetry, short stories and plays. I enjoy delving into the minds of characters and discovering their flaws and what makes them tick. My previous jobs have included trainee journalist, librarian and English teacher. All of these jobs have sparked characters in my head. In particular, my experience of teaching pupils with emotional and behavioural problems has fuelled my imagination and was the catalyst for my play, Birdhouse. I also gain inspiration through tutoring secondary school pupils and in attending Aberdeen Writers Circle who meet weekly at Aberdeen Arts Centre. About writer's events and projects:
I am available for poetry and short story readings at writers’ group meetings, books festivals, social functions and in schools. Although most of my readings to date have been for an adult audience, I am also experienced in working with children in a teaching and tutoring context therefore I would be equally happy with a teenage or pre- teen audience. I am also available for poetry or short story workshops, either for adults or in schools. My short story and poetry workshops include the use of visual stimulus, such as photographs, DVD or interesting objects.
In August 2011, I gave a short story workshop at Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott entitled Using Objects and Symbolism in Short Story Writing. I am currently completing my second body of work to include poetry and short stories which I hope to launch in November 2011. I have started work on a new play and I am also collaborating with Anne Murray, an Aberdeenshire ceramicist, to produce an exhibition and book on North East Scotland fishing community folklore from the early 20th Century.
Links to other websites:
http://thestoryslot.wordpress.comLanguage:
EnglishAge groups:
9-12, Teens, Adults
