Scotland’s National Poet Visits Dollar Academy

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Liz Lochhead Author visits Dollar AcademyScottish Poet and Dramatist Liz Lochhead visited Dollar Academy on Monday 5th March to meet with FIV pupils, who are currently in their examination year taking Standard Grade English.

The Scots Makar spent an hour speaking to 140 pupils. She read a selection of poems and scenes from a couple of plays.

Liz Lochhead then explored the dialect and narration in these pieces of work and discussed her inspiration and process for writing.

The session finished with a question and answer session, during which pupils quizzed the writer about various aspects of her work.

Commenting after her visit, Liz Lochhead said: “It was a pleasure visiting Dollar Academy and I was particularly impressed with the range of questions put to me. These pupils were very keen to be involved.”

This visit was organised as part of Dollar Academy’s visiting author programme, a series of events designed to bring popular and inspirational authors to the school.

Mrs Eilidh McDonald, Librarian at Dollar Academy, said: “We were delighted to have Liz Lochhead visit us today and it was a great privilege for us to have her read some of her most famous work . The pupils are familiar with her work as part of their Standard Grade course work, so her visit was of particular relevance to this year group. We thank her for her time spent with us this morning.”

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