May 2009 Archives

As you may know I now volunteer one day a week at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston, Lancashire. I was really excited to hear about their new summer exhibition which is all about fairy tales.
Enchanted Worlds: Art of Fairy Stories and Mermaid Tales runs from the 13th June - 5th September 2009 with a big family fun day planned for the first Saturday at 12 noon.
Enchanted Worlds will include painting, sculpture, photography, film, animation, puppetry, print and illustration from some of the world's most revered artists of the genre.

Hello again. Haven't really got anything particular to talk about this week so I thought I'd upload my photo of me meeting the lorikeet at Rainbow Landings, Edinburgh Zoo.

The bird is such a beautiful colour you can see why they called the exhibit rainbow landings!
I had an email last week from someone I know via volunteering who said their granddaughter loved reading and animals so they'd had a look at my website (www.drmidas.co.uk) and really enjoyed it which was really nice to hear. Its nice to know I'm not the only one who loves books and animals!

The Alan Titchmarsh Show are looking for 'The People's Author' - a writer who has a "strong, real life inspirational" story to tell.
The winner will receive a publishing deal with Orion including a £20,000 advance.

BBC Countryfile Magazine are running a competition to celebrate the centenray anniversary of the birth of Sir Peter Scott, who founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT).
The competition is to write about one of your experiences of great British wildlife in no more than 100 words!