Category: Notes from the Editors

Ask Louise

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Louise Welsh, the new writer in residence for the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art, has joined From Glasgow to Saturn! As part of her role at the university Louise has agreed to pen a monthly column for us in which she address the concerns, queries and dilemmas of you, our avid reader. Think of her as a friendly literary agony aunt.

This is a fantastic opportunity to pick the brains of one of our bestselling novelists (The Cutting Room, Tamburlaine Must Die, The Bullet Trick, Naming the Bones) about your writing conundrums.

Struggling to create realistic characters? Wondering how to create tension in your story? Need help overcoming the dreaded block? Email us at fromglasgowtosaturn@glasgow.ac.uk and put ‘ASK LOUISE’ in the subject line. Louise will sift through and answer the best of your questions every month, here in From Glasgow to Saturn.

For more information, visit http://www.louisewelsh.com

Auditions for Three Short Films

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A message from our friends at story2script2screen:

We are now holding auditions for individuals that would like to be involved in our three short films.

Auditions will be held on Tuesday the 25th of January from 2pm till 4pm. We will let you know as soon as possible as to where the auditions will be held, although we can confirm they will more than likely be held within Glasgow University. These auditions however are open to both students and non-students alike.

We kindly welcome any actor interested to sign up for a time by replying to this group with your full name, email address and the time you wish to attend from the scheduled times below (please read other replies to ensure that you do not sign up for a time already taken by another auditionee). A full sign up list/schedule will also be posted on the door on the day and you are welcome to sign up then although we urge you to sign up in advance so that you are not disappointed. Advanced sign up will end on the morning of the auditions at 10am.

We will then send out the finalised schedule.

A possible second audition may be held later, however, this is not definite so if you can make this one please attend.

Actors are asked to prepare a short (1 to 5 minute) monologue of their choice prior to the auditions.

Schedule:

2:00-2:10
2:10-2:20
2:20-2:30
2:30-2:40
2:40-2:50
2:50-3:00
3:00-3:10
3:10-3:20
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:40
3:40-3:50
3:50-4:00

We apologise for the short notice of this audition but hope that you can make it.

After the auditions have been held a short list will be produced and times/dates of filming discussed with the various directors. We will then contact you in due course to inform you of whether you have been successful or not. If you have been successful times/dates will be discuss to make sure that you are in fact available to attend filming etc.

Thank you and we greatly anticipate meeting you all.

Story 2 Script 2 Screen is a collaborative project in the Creative Writing Masters Programme at the University of Glasgow.

The project aims to take 3-4 short stories and convert them in to scripts and then into short films to be shown at a screening later in the year.

We also intend to take these film’s as part of a show exploring the creative process behind the project to both the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Glasgow Film Festival.

We now have sufficient short stories and have since converted these to scripts.

Whilst some directors have already been approached anyone interested in directing these short films should email story2script2screen@gmail.com

We are currently seeking actors for these shorts. Applications can be made via email or by simply signing up for an audition slot in the events section of this group. Initial auditions will be held on Tuesday the 25th of January 2011.

For more information please contact Zoe White and Livia Larrabee at: story2script2screen@gmail.com

Writer in Residence

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We hope that you’ll be able to join us in welcoming Louise Welsh, the new Writer in Residence for the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art. Louise is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, plays and libretti. She will be reading from her work and answering questions, as well as talking about her new role as Writer in Residence.

You can find out more about Louise from her website or her page at Contemporary Writers.

Venue: Adam Smith Building, Room T415

Tuesday 18th January, 5.30pm

All welcome.

Louise will be based in the Scottish Literature Library every Thursday during term time, when she will be available to help staff and students with their creative work. You can contact her by email to make an appointment: louise.welsh@glasgow.ac.uk


Story2Script2Screen

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Today we bring you an invitation to get involved in another project being undertaken by students from the creative writing department. It’s a very worthwhile venture called story2script2screen which aims to turn short stories into scripts and then films.

Please pass this on to anyone who might be keen to get involved.

Call for Actors

We’re looking for actors interested in getting involved with a series of short films being filmed in and around the Glasgow area at the beginning of 2011. The project is being lead by members of the Glasgow University English Department, and will be based on original stories and scripts. For further information including roles, dates and anything else that might come to mind, please email story2script2screen@gmail.com.

Call for Directors/Technical Crew

We’re looking for anyone with experience in making tv/short films to be involved in a project filming a series of short films in and around the Glasgow area in the beginning of 2011. The films will be based on scripts and stories written by students from the Glasgow University English Department, with a hope of showcasing new ideas and talent drawn from the surrounding area. For further information, please email story2script2screen@gmail.com, including any relevant previous experience where appropriate.

Issue 18 Online Now!

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We are thrilled to announce publication of the 18th issue of From Glasgow to Saturn. We have put together what we feel is a rather delicious collection of short fiction and poetry by present and past students, including Kathrine Sowerby, Vivien Jones, Philip Murnin, Mairi McCloud, Elizabeth Reeder, Amy Rafferty, Lynsey Calderwood, Ellen Glasgow, Michelle Waering, Paul Joseph Abbott and JoAnne Ruby McKay.

You can read prose and poetry online, or download your free copy.

Many thanks to those of you who submitted work. The standards of writing were once again highly impressive, so if your piece did not find a home in this issue, please do try us again in the future. Work has begun already on Issue 19, which we hope to have ready some time in January.

Until then, enjoy the magazine, and we’ll see you in 2011!

Alan Gillespie | Nick Boreham | Sheila Millar

Editors

fromglasgowtosaturn@glasgow.ac.uk

Update

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As the dust settles and submissions begin to tumble in for Issue 18 (due to be released on November 29th), we’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who has contributed to, downloaded and supported this fledgling magazine. The number of visits to the website over the weekend was staggering, and we’re grateful to those who have helped to promote and spread the word.

We’d love to now receive some feedback from our readers and subscribers, so that our next issue can be even better than the last. Your comments, suggestions, criticisms and nitpicks will be gratefully taken on board, as of course will any glowing recommendations and/or tributes of soaring lyrical praise. Feel free to get in touch via the comments below or at our email address, fromglasgowtosaturn@glasgow.ac.uk.
And don’t forget to send your poetry, prose and (especially) essays on the craft of writing to the same address. We’re reading submissions on a rolling basis and need quality writing for the next batch of delicious Glasgowy goodness.

We also have a shiny new twitter account, so please do come along and say hello @glasgow2saturn.

All the best,

Alan, Nick and Sheila

Issue 17 Online Now

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The editors are pleased to announce publication of the 17th issue of From Glasgow to Saturn. We have put together what we feel is an excellent collection of short fiction and poetry by present and past staff and students, including Alan Bissett, Rodge Glass, Anneliese Mackintosh, Raymond Soltysek, Duncan Muir, Julie Martis, Mukul Dahal, Paul Abbott, Amy Anderson, Miles Beard and Patrick Holloway.

You can read online, or download your free copy, here.

Many thanks to those of you who submitted work. The standards of writing were suitably impressive, so if your piece did not find a home in this issue, please do try again in the future. Work has begun already on Issue 18, which we hope to have ready in the first week of December. We’re open to submissions and read on an ongoing basis.

Happy reading!

Alan Gillespie | Nick Boreham | Sheila Millar

Submissions Deadline

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With the first issue of the new From Glasgow to Saturn due to be published around November 5th, we would like to advise anyone wishing to submit work to have done so before October 25th. Any pieces received after this date may be carried over to the next issue.

The submissions we have received so far include several high quality pieces from a variety of students, staff and alumni. See our submission guidelines for more details of how to get your own work published.

We need your prose fiction, poetry and essays in order to showcase the talent contained within the University of Glasgow.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Alan Gillespie | Nick Boreham | Sheila Millar

Editors

fromglasgowtosaturn@glasgow.ac.uk

Welcome

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From Glasgow to Saturn is looking forward to receiving submissions of prose fiction, poetry and essays from staff, alumni, and of course current students of the University of Glasgow. You don’t even have to be on the university’s Creative Writing program to get involved. Let’s see what tomorrow’s doctors and lawyers have to contribute, our philosophers and our sociologists.

This is your publication. If you have anything to add to the website, or want to get involved, please get in touch. From Glasgow to Saturn should be a varied, fascinating and eclectic publication for all involved with the university, so please submit your best work, read the issues and spread the word.

From Glasgow to Saturn is named after the collection of poems by Edwin Morgan, who sadly passed away earlier this year. As a tribute to his legacy at the university, we’ve included a page dedicated to his life and work.

Alan Gillespie | Nick Boreham | Sheila Millar

Editors

fromglasgowtosaturn@glasgow.ac.uk

15th Anniversary Celebration of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Program

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Next month the Creative Writing program, which produces this magazine, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. There are readings and events planned throughout the month. Let’s just hope From Glasgow to Saturn has a new issue available by then!

For more information, see the University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing Program.