Be inspired to photographic creativity by some of Scotland's established & up & coming poets, in the beautiful setting of Airthrey Loch.

Be one of the 1st to experience the newly created poetry path around Airthrey loch on the stunning campus of the University of Stirling.

Enjoy a unique collaboration between poets, nature and photographers on a guided walk around the loch, hearing poets recite their newly created poems with photographers encouraged to take photographs, inspired by each poem.

Lynda said “I was inspired to collaborate at last year's photography festival when at a workshop during Book Week we used photographs as prompts for poetry. The Poetry Path reverses that idea, placing original poems around the loch to inspire photographers to capture their own unique responses."

The festival launch will see poets performing their work in situ, creating a unique outdoor gallery where poetry, nature and photography come together! "

Lynda has collaborated closely with the team at Art Collection and participants are invited to submit photos and to be part of a Poetography exhibition with the University of Stirling 's Arts Collection in 2027.

Photo Credits

Swan@Joanne Healey. Campus @ supplied by the Art Collection

About Lynda

Lynda Gairns is a poet, with a particular interest in creative colloborations to make poems come to life.

She recently collaborated with photographer, Al Dawes, and his film maker son, Parker, to create a poetic film ‘Wolf Moon’, which was shown at Stirling's first Culture Night in May 2026. You can see the fim here .

Our Sponsors and Hosts

We are delighted to have had the enthusiastic sponsorship of Harvey Maps of Doune, who have worked with Lynda to create a bespoke map for her Poerty Path.

Our association with the University began when the festival was first established in 2018 and we have partnered every year since. Over the years we have worked with the Art Collection, the Macrobert Art Centre and the University Welcome Team delivering workshops, exhibitions, film screenings through the festival and events for students during freshers week.

We thank the teams at Macrobert and the Art Collection immensely for their encouragement, sponsorship and continued support as the festival has grown - helping us deliver our shared aims of inspiring creativity,developing skills, and building community.

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