Lydia Robb

Home address:
8 Yewbank Avenue, Broughty Ferry, DD5 2SG, Scotland
Telephone:
01382 690906


Author type:
Poet, Writer
BRAW network:
no
LL funded:
yes
Biography:
I have been writing as long as I can remember but only started taking my work seriously when my family left home. I’m privileged to live in a cottage in the Angus countryside - a source of inspiration for much of my writing. I write poetry and short stories in both Scots and English. I enjoy both writing and reading. For exercise I love walking and swimming. I attend art classes and manage to sell some of my paintings.
About writer's work:
Recipient of a number of literary prizes, including 1st in the Scottish International Open Poetry U.K. section. Twice winner of the Hugh MacDiarmid Trophy and winner of the McLennan Silver Tassie in the Scots Language Competitions.
Shortlisted for the Scotsman/Orange Prize 2004. One of six winners awarded £500 prize
One of the winning poets chosen in ‘The National Museum of Scotland’ 1998 & ‘99
One of the community Drama writers for ‘Grundstane’, an outdoor performance for Angus Council’s Millenium project at The Signal Tower, Arbroath.
One of the playwrights involved in Kirriemuir Kist - yearly outdoor theatre performance from 2003 to 2007
McCash Prize, Glasgow University in 2002 and 2003. Several times runner up.
1st prizewinner in the B.B.C. World Wildlife magazine poetry competition 2002
2002 Winner of Scottish Book Trust Poetry Competition with the poem ‘Sixth Birthday’
Featured “poet of the Month” on the Scottish Arts Council Website March 2006
About writer's events and projects:
I have worked for the last four summers with Broughty Ferry Environmental Trust running poetry workshops for adults and children. This has given me experience in working with autistic children and mentally disabled adults amongst others. I run writing workshops for all ages. I’ve been invited to be Creative Writing Tutor at Angus’s “Heartie Thrang” - an over-fifties Day on alternate years in 01, 03, 05, and 07.
Language:
Scots, English
Age groups:
0-4, 5-8, 9-12, Teens, Adults
Local authorities available to visit:
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles), North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, Shetland, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian

Books written

Last Tango with Magritte
Written by: Lydia Robb

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