Holy Wells Scotland

Illustrated talk and writing workshop with Phil Cope

Illustrated talk
Tuesday 15 September 2015 • 7.30pm
Christ Church, Provost Street, HUNTLY AB54 8BB
Admission £5

Writing workshop
Wednesday 16 September 2015 • 7.30pm
OAP Hall, Church Street, HUNTLY AB54 8AR
Admission £5

Phil Cope is a photographer, writer, teacher, and exhibition and book designer. His major volumes on wellsprings (all published by Seren / Poetry Wales Press) include Holy Wells Wales (2008); Holy Wells Cornwall (2010); Borderlands, new photographs and old tales of sacred springs, holy wells and spas of the Wales–England borders (2013); and his current volume and the subject of this exhibition and lecture tour, Holy Wells Scotland (April 2015).

In October 2008, the National Library of Wales purchased Phil's collection of holy well photographs for the nation. He has delivered many illustrated talks on well culture throughout Britain, and was invited to conduct a major holy wells lecture and exhibition tour of the US in August and September 2014.

He will be giving a talk, illustrated by his marvellous photograpy, at Christ Church Huntly on Tuesday 15 September at 7.30pm. The following day he will lead a writing workshop with refreshments from 7.30–9.30pm in the OAP Hall in Church Street, Huntly. This workshop will be open to all who are interested in creative writing. Phil will share the wealth of poems about wells and encourage discussion of the inspiration provided by them for new works. Light will be a theme – light emanating from wells, light on waters, wells in dark inaccessible places.