“Essaying across Hemispheres—Bringing North and South together... Dundee to Otago and Back Again”, was an invitation to respond creatively to the themes brought up by the visit of New Zealand writer, Lynley Edmeades, to the University of Dundee. Exploring “palimpsest thinking”, as though laying one hemisphere on top of another... we used poems by Edmeades, “Faute de Mieux” and “Shore” from Jim Stewart’s This, to imagine liminal spaces, to explore a somewhere with a sense of in-betweeness… a “here” and a “there”.

A gathering of written riches to dip into.

What holds the pieces together?

Each, in its way, travels the landscape of creative essaying: boundaries crossed, imaginations stretched, pieces presented with polish and flair. Words and thoughts travel together mapping ideas, memories, desires, reflections, observations.

Placed here with care these writings form a treasure trove inviting exploration.