Issue 7
Published by Pushing Out the Boat, 2008
Issue 7 of Pushing Out the Boat, North East Scotland's own prestigious
magazine of new writing and visual art was launched on 1 May 2008. The
event at Aberdeen Arts Centre, which began the
Wordfringe 2008 festival, featured readings by many of
the contributors along with displays of artwork.
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With an impressive cohort of both new and experienced writers and artists from all
walks of life, the work anthologized in Issue 7 brings together such disparate themes
as the horrors of war, the subtleties of the seasons, and the shadowy boundaries
between love and sex. Pieces that throb with contemporaneous angst are woven expertly
with those sweetly nostalgic, creating a happy amalgam of work that will find an
audience with even the most discriminating of readers. Present throughout is a strong
voice, be it English, Doric, or Scots, which connect each selection with captivating
characters and haunting lyricism.
Christie VanLaningham
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Cover:
Darren Marsh
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Contributors
Beate Allerton
Jonathan Anderson
Auld Yin
Callum Beith
Norman Bissett
Ruth Channing
Mercedes Clarasó
Mary Crenshaw
Mark Edwards
David Elder
Eleanor Fordyce
Sheena Graham-George
George Hardie
John Hargreaves
Penny Hemans
Haworth Hodgkinson
Ruth Howell
David Hutchison
Vivien Jones
Elaine Kay
Hannah Kunzlik
Douglas Kynoch
Alexander Lang
Neil Leadbeater
Irene Leake
Mary Leith
Rob A. Mackenzie
Darren Marsh
Barbara Mathie
Russell Milne
Ian Morrison
Donald S. Murray
Keith Murray
David Pettigrew
Jane Pettigrew
Steven Porter
Sheila Reid
Maureen V. Ross
Wendy de Rusett
Neil Russell
Kenneth Shand
James Sinclair
Linda Smith
Judith Taylor
Sarah Ellen Taylor
Knotbrook Taylor
Maggie Wallis
Martin Walsh
Catriona Yule
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