During the autumn of 2016, Mac Dunlop was writer in residence for 6 weeks at Trelissick House, as part of the ÔA Place to WriteÓ project. The aim of the overall project was to encourage visitors to find inspiration and their own creativity in the house, gardens and history of the place.
A Place to Write was managed by Kernow Education Arts Partnership through its flagship project The Story Republic. Solarium comprises some of the poetry and anecdotes Mac collected and wrote during that time.