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Alastair McIntosh

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Glasgow City
Languages: English
Alastair McIntosh's headshot

I am the author of books including Soil and Soul and Poacher's Pilgrimage. I write about pressing issues of our time, in particular their psychological and spiritual underpinnings and the imperative of community. (Photo credit: Andrew Firth)

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Reading; Talk; Workshop

Audience will work with

Intergenerational learning; People experiencing mental health problems; Prisoners & young offenders

Topics of work

Activism & protest; Discrimination & prejudice; Emigration & immigration; Environment & climate; Fairy tales, folklore & mythology; Health including mental health & wellbeing; Island communities; Loneliness & isolation; Politics; Poverty; Religion & beliefs; Travel writing; Violence & abuse; Wars & conflicts

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+