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5 O'Clock Verses: David Morley & Kerry Hardie
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David Morley is a poet, critic and ecologist, and has published eleven collections of poetry. His latest, Enchantment, continues a lifelong fascination with his Romany heritage and 'takes delight in the immutable realities of folk culture: the world of nature and the ancient stories of Romany culture.' Irish poet Kerry Hardie is also a chronicler of the natural world. As one critic commented: 'poems and lives move through the unstoppable clockwork of seasons in her collections.' Presented…
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17 Mar 5pm Parliament Hall, St Andrews
5 O'Clock Verses: Lachlan Mackinnon & Hilary Menos
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Lachlan Mackinnon has published four collections of poetry, most recently Small Hours (Faber). Described as 'witty, serious with a taste for colloquial', his acknowledged influences are Robert Lowell and WH Auden. Hilary Menos, poet and organic farmer, lives in Devon. Her debut collection, Berg (Seren, 2009), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her work 'crackles with formal skill, with extraordinary, vibrant language.' Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
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15 Mar 5pm Byre Theatre, St Andrews
5 O'Clock Verses: Tony Curtis & Bernard O'Donahue
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Celebrate St Patrick's Day early with two distinguished and engaging Irish poets. Bernard O'Donoghue was born in County Cork and teaches at Wadham College, Oxford. The most recent of his six collections is Farmer's Cross (Faber 2011). Tony Curtis is winner of many awards, including the Irish National Poetry Prize. He has published seven collections, most recently Folk (Arc, 2011). Presented with the support of Culture Ireland. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
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16 Mar 5pm Parliament Hall, St Andrews
Accentuate the Negative
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'It wasn't me, I wasn't even there!' Sometimes the things we deny, the things we didn’t do, the places we didn’t visit, speak more powerfully than the affirmative. Join Jo Bell to write poems based on subtext, denials and the powerful word NO. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
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16 Mar 10.30am Meeting Room at St Andrews Library, St Andrews
Adina Hoffman: The Poetry Of Taha Muhammad Ali: Talk
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Author Hoffman talks about the work of the Palestinian poet and her biography of him, My Happiness Bears No Relation To Happiness: A Poet's Life In The Palestinian Century.
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19 Feb Feb 19, 12.30pm Kings Place, London N1
Alasdair Gray: Proper Gray Matters
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This exhibition of the work of Scottish author and artist Alasdair Gray combines his politics and poetry together with a range of drawings, screen prints and paintings.
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10 Feb–18 Mar Mon–Sat 9am–5pm; Sun 11am–5pm Linlithgow Burgh Halls, Linlithgow
Archive: Chris Jones
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The University of St Andrews Library has acquired one of the most extensive archives of a modern writer to become available in recent years – that of Douglas Dunn, one of the leading poets of his generation and the founder of Scotland's first graduate Creative Writing Programme in St Andrews. As the University celebrates its 600th anniversary, Dr Chris Jones, who is working on the archive, talks about the importance of such archives and what benefits they can offer, directly and indirectly…
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18 Mar 11.30am Parliament Hall, St Andrews
An Artistic Presentation of Spiritually Inspired Writings
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An evening of spoken poems and prayers, accompanied by eurythmy performances and musical interludes.
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26 Feb 11.40am The Christian Community, Aberdeen
Barbara Spencer, Jessica Hindy
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3 Apr Apr 3, 5.45pm–7pm Waterstones Thanet, Broadstairs
BBC Symphony Orchestra And Rufus Wainwright
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Rory MacDonald conducts John Adams's Lollapalooza, Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet Suite and Rufus Wainwright's Five Shakespeare Sonnets. With Shakespeare sonnet readings from Sian Phillips.
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4 Mar Mar 4, 7.30pm Barbican Hall at Barbican Centre, London EC2Y
Body Bags / Simonides
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Simonides was the Greek poet who wrote one of the classical world's most famous epitaphs, for the Spartan dead at Thermopylae. Here some of his epitaphs appear in translations by poet Robert Crawford alongside evocative, square format, black and white photographs by Norman McBeath.
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5 Mar–2 Apr Mon–Sun 10am–10pm Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Book Bug Sessions
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Music, rhymes and stories for children aged up to 4 and their parents.
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16 Feb 11.15am
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22 Mar 11.15am
19 Apr 11.15am
10 May 11.15am
24 May 11.15am 		Paisley Museum & Art Gallery, Paisley
Border Crossing: Alan Buckley & Catherine Hales
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The second in our series sees a transcontinental pairing of up and coming talents. Merseysider Alan Buckley lives in Oxford and his debut pamphlet Shiver was the Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice for summer 2009. He is working on his first collection. Poet and translator Catherine Hales lives in Berlin, has published three books and her poetry featured in a recent anthology of women poets published by Shearsman. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
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15 Mar 2.15pm Town Hall, St Andrews
Border Crossing: Joe Dunthorne & Nikola Madzirov
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Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea, the subject of his first novel, Submarine (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin, 2008), which was made into an acclaimed film in 2011. His poetry pamphlet is published by Faber & Faber (Faber New Poets 5, 2010). He is paired with a poet from the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Madzirov, who has won major prizes at home and is enjoying increasing international recognition: his poetry has been translated into 30 languages. Presented in association with the…
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18 Mar 1pm Council Chamber at Town Hall, St Andrews
Border Crossing: Simon Barraclough & Gill Andrews
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Brought up in Huddersfield, Simon Barraclough moved south to London and his first collection Los Alamos Mon Amour (Salt) was praised for its cinematic fluency and its poems about the 'restless modernity' of city life. In his new collection, Neptune Blue, he has set his sights skyward. Former London lawyer Gill Andrews is from Lancashire and currently lives in Edinburgh. Her first pamphlet, The Thief, has been published by HappenStance Press. She was shortlisted for the Picador prize in 2010…
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18 Mar 11.30am The Undercroft, St Andrews
Border Crossings: Andy Jackson & Pippa Little
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Andy Jackson, author of The Assassination Museum is from Manchester but has lived in Scotland for 20 years. His latest tv and film inspired poetry project, Split Screen is being premiered at this year's StAnza. He reads with Pippa Little, who was brought up in St Andrews and now lives in Northumberland. A previous collection was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice and her poems in Overwintering will be published by Oxford Poets in 2012. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry…
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17 Mar 2.15pm The Undercroft, St Andrews
Border Crossings: Gerry Cambridge & Tusiata Avia
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In the first of the festival's Border Crossing readings, Caledonia meets Oceania. Gerry Cambridge, poet and editor of The Dark Horse magazine, was born in Lancashire but has made Scotland his home. Tusiata Avia, a much travelled poet, performer and children’s book writer, is of Samoan descent and lives in New Zealand. Presented with the support of the Live Literature Fund administered by the Scottish Book Trust. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
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15 Mar 11.30am Town Hall, St Andrews
Border Crossings: Isobel Dixon & Ghayath Almadhoun
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This final reading in our Border Crossings series brings together two prize-winning poets from very different backgrounds. Isobel Dixon was born in South Africa and now lives and works in England. She reads with Ghayath Almadhoun who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria and in 2008 emigrated to Sweden, where he is now resident. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
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18 Mar 2.15pm The Undercroft, St Andrews
Border Crossings: Jane McKie & John Siddique
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The winner of the Edwin Morgan competition in 2011, Jane McKie lives in Edinburgh and combines teaching with running her own publishing press. She reads with poet and film-maker John Siddique, author of Poems from a Northern Soul and recently Full Blood (Salt), an exploration of beauty, sensuality and mortality. Presented with the support of the Live Literature Fund administered by the Scottish Book Trust. Part of StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival.
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16 Mar 2.15pm Town Hall, St Andrews
Border Crossings: Rachael Boast, Tadeusz Dabrowski & Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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Rachael Boast was brought up in Suffolk and divides her time between Bristol and Scotland. An alumna of St Andrews, she recently won the Forward Prize for her first collection, Sidereal. She reads with a writer who is making literary waves in his native Poland and beyond: the poet, essayist and critic Tadeusz Dąbrowski, who has published six volumes of poetry, and whose work has been translated into 20 languages. He reads with his translator, Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Presented with the support of…
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17 Mar 11.30am The Undercroft, St Andrews
Border Crossings: Rody Gorman & Boel Schenlaer
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Rody Gorman was born in Dublin and now lives on the Isle of Skye. He has published over a dozen poetry collections in English, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. He is an active and prolific translator, and his own work has been translated into a variety of languages. Reading with him is the poet and playwright Boel Schenlaer from Sweden. She is editor of the poetry magazine Post Scriptum and was the founder of the Södermalms Poesifestival. Presented with the support of the Live Literature Fund…
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16 Mar 11.30am Town Hall, St Andrews
Burns an' a' That
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One of Scotland's prized festivals, celebrating the life and times of our Robert Burns. Literary events, music, talks and films are joined by more unusual events – such as wine tasting – all linked to Burns.
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30 May–3 Jun Times vary Various Venues, Ayrshire
Café Voices
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A relaxed session of oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song.
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15 Feb 7pm
Songs, stories and music in this special session entitled 'Cupid's Arrow' in honour of you-know-what-day… 		Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Carol Ann Duffy & John Sampson
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A collaborative performance by poet Duffy and musician Sampson.
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24 Feb Feb 24, 8pm Artrix, Bromsgrove
Children's Poetry Competition
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Check out the rising poetic talent from our local schools and young people as discovered in the winning poems from StAnza's annual Children's Poetry Competition on display in The Byre foyer throughout the festival. Part of StAnza.
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14 Mar–18 Mar Wed–Sun 10am–10pm Byre Theatre, St Andrews

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