There will be a LAUNCH event for the Becoming Botanical anthology it will happen inn Glasgow, Scotland on 30 May from 18:30 – 20:30 at the Photography Studio in the SWG3 Studio Warehouse – a trendy art/music venue in the city’s Westend with a great skylight. We will have have readings, plant-inspired music + sonic-art,…
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Wednesday 20 March 7pm Cornerstone Café St John’s Junction of Lothian Road and Princes Street EH2 4BJ This event has had to be rescheduled. It will now take place on 3rd May in Blackwells Bookshop, South Bridge Edinburgh Launch of Scotia Extremis anthology Scotia Extremis: Brian Johnstone and former FWS Makar Andy Jackson host the…
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On the 5th December I will be helping local poet and novelist Charlie Gracie launch his long-awaited first novel, To Live With What You Are, Published by Red Squirrel Press, at Stirling Central Library, 3 Corn Exchange Road FK8 2HX, at 6:30 pm.There will be wine, squirrel cookies, and fig rolls, for reasons which will become clear…
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I will be at the Callander Poetry Weekend, hosted by Sally Evans and Ian King of the Callander Bookshop (Main Strret, Callander). It will be a shortened version this year, but with all the features we have come to love. 7th September Friday evening in the Bookshop opened by Ian King 8.30 pm FRIDAY 8.35…
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As part of Callander Summerfest, there will be an evening of nature themed poetry Thursday 26th July at 19:00 at Callander Hostel (formerly Bridge Hotel) 6 Bridgend FK17 8AH Callander Well-known local poets Elizabeth Rimmer (Cambuskenneth), Charlie Gracie (Thornton) and Helen McLaren (Dollar) will perform their natural history poems alongside Callander poet and publisher Sally…
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The Bath Hotel, 66 Victoria St, Sheffield. S3 7QL Tuesday June 12th 2018 7.30p.m. Elizabeth Rimmer and David Troupes plus Open Mic Hosted by Jenny Hockey A chance to immerse yourself in two different landscapes – with Scottish poet Elizabeth Rimmer who writes from the wild edges of settled lands and communities – and David Troupes…
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St Mungo’s Mirrorball Showcase 2 5 Poets in one glorious evening! CCA Clubroom Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, at 7pm Oli Hazzard’s’s first collection of poems, Between Two Windows (Carcanet, 2012), won the English Association’s Michael Murphy Memorial Prize and an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors, and was a book of the year in…
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In addition to the Glasgow readings mentioned in my recent events posts, I have advance news of some later readings: Glasgow Launch of Haggards. The Scottish Writers Centre will host this on the 8th May, at the CCA Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow alongside books from Brian Johnstone, Judith Taylor and Tim Turnbull. 7-9pm. St…
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Edinburgh Launch of Haggards. Haggards will be launched on February 10th, at the Scottish Poetry Library at 13:00. Tickets from Eventbrite here. StAnza 2018 (7th-11th March). I will be taking part in a Red Squirrel Press showcase on Friday 9th March, alongside Judith Taylor and Colin Will in the Council Chamber Townhall, from 13:00 -14:00.…
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A book doesn’t come into being without the help of a great many people, and this was more than usually the case this time. I’ve had help with my research into herbs from all kinds of people, including the musician Kate Young (see here for my post about her herb-based compositions Umbelliferae,) the story-teller Patsy…
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