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Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Date	Location
Live show that is just the tip of a multimedia iceberg involving an album, a collection of writing and a film. Created as a Vital Spark cross-platform commission by actor and director Cora Bissett, playwright David Greig and experimental music collective Swimmer One (and their home, Biphonic Records). Featuring writing and music from a whole host of Scotland-based talent, the project is a compilation of stories happening around the country between midnight and 4am. View full details
26 Jun–29 Jun Tue–Fri 8pm	The Arches, Glasgow

Taigh Ceilidh Ghlaschu
Date	Location
An informal Gaelic night of songs, stories, music, comedy, poetry and craic. Please note: 'The 'Taigh Ceilidh' seeks to offer a traditional Scottish Gaelic environment in Glasgow and therefore the language is used throughout this event.' View full details
5 Apr–27 Sep Thu 7.30pm	Argyll Hotel, Glasgow

Ash Dickinson: Slinky Espadrilles
Date	Location
Multiple slam champion and performance poet reads from his debut collection. View full details
2 Jun 8pm	The Canon's Gait, Edinburgh

Burns an' a' That! Festival
Date	Location
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, all linked to Burns. View full details
30 May–3 Jun Times vary	Various Venues, Ayrshire

Guid Crack Club
Date	Location
Regular storytelling club involving song and music aplenty. View full details
29 Jun 7.30pm Host Noel Cochrane and his daughter Marie Louise Cochrane lead a night of tales for journeying.	Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

Inverness Local Mod
Date	Location
Traditional song, poetry and storytelling competitions. View full details
15 Jun Times vary	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Mearns Connections Festival
Date	Location
A civilised celebration of Grassic Gibbon, Eardley and Burns, with a performances, concerts and dinners with entertainment. View full details
3 Aug–5 Aug Times vary	The Grassic Gibbon Centre, Laurencekirk

St Monans Community Arts Festival
Date	Location
Community-led festival exploring the arts with relation to the cultural background of the village St Monans. Children and families are welcome to take part in theatre productions and workshops, while private houses are opened up as venues for art exhibitions. There are choral, jazz, chamber and folk music events, a ceilidh and a strong emphasis on promoting the creative endeavours of those within the community – local poet Gordon Meade has been a guest in years past. View full details
7 Sep–9 Sep Times vary	St Monans, Anstruther

Word Play
Date	Location
Open mic night with acoustic music, poetry and prose, hosted by The Word Factory. View full details
2 Jun 8.30pm 4 Jul 8.30pm	Tron Theatre, Glasgow
6 Jun 8pm The Word Factory becomes the Word Farm to raise money for Oxfam farms in Africa, with a barn sale, country…	Tron Theatre, Glasgow

2012 Dreams
Date	Location
Works in various media exploring the themes of courage, determination, equality and inspiration embodied in the Paralympic Games, by children from the borough of Richmond. View full details
14 Jun–30 Sep From Jun 14, Tue–Sat 1pm–5.30pm, Sun 2pm–5.30pm, ends Sep 30	The Stables Gallery, Twickenham

Diamond Jubilee Poetry Night
Date	Location
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3 Jun Jun 3, 7.30pm, booking essential	Rugby Theatre, Rugby

Faclan: The Hebridean Book Festival
Date	Location
This book fest on Britain's Western cusp is lucky enough to call An Lanntair (Gaelic for 'the lantern') arts centre in Stornoway home. Now in its eighth year, it has moved to the cusp of winter, and this year dwells on ideas of belief, exploring the stories, legends, premonitions, beliefs shared and traded round the hearths of generations of Gaels. View full details
1 Nov–3 Nov Times vary	Western Isles, Western Isles

In Your Own Time
Date	Location
Poets from Newcastle's Northern Poetry workshop, including Dundee's own WN Herbert, read from their new anthology. There's a free glass of wine on offer too. View full details
9 Jun 1.30pm	Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh

Laughing at the Clock: Aonghas MacNeacail
Date	Location
Reading to celebrate Aonghas MacNeacail's 70th birthday and the launch of his new poetry collection. View full details
6 Jun 6.30pm	Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh

Pressure Valve
Date	Location
Weekly open mic session for poetry, music and spoken word. View full details
20 May–24 Jun Sun 8pm	The Pear Tree House, Edinburgh

Reading the Leaves
Date	Location
Join guest writers for an evening of poetry and creative writing. View full details
26 Jun 8pm	Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, Glasgow

You Can Write!
Date	Location
Join poet Julian Colton and learners from Community Learning and Development in writing poetry and challenging your perceptions of the writing process. View full details
16 Jun 2pm	Melrose Parish Church, Melrose

The Aeneid: A Journey: Magdalen College School Theatre Academy
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6 Jul–8 Jul Jul 6, 7.30pm, Jul 7, 4pm, Jul 8, 6.30pm	The Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

Alice Oswald
Date	Location
Reading by Festival poet Alice Oswald, winner of the 2009 Hawthornden Prize. Part of St Magnus Festival. View full details
23 Jun 11am	Stromness Parish Church, Stromness
25 Jun 11am	King Street Hall, Kirkwall

Andrew Greig & Tom Pow: The Coast and the Villages
Date	Location
Novelist and poet Andrew Greig is in conversation with author Tom Pow. Part of East Neuk Festival. View full details
28 Jun 5.30pm	Smugglers Inn Hotel, Anstruther

Anna Beecher: Scratch
Date	Location
Work in progress on a piece about the myths and mysteries of death, which makes use of visual theatre and poetry. View full details
7 Jun–9 Jun Jun 7–9, 7pm	Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11

Arran and Beyond
Date	Location
Words from the redoubtable Jackie Kay and local poets, and music from local musicians, plus the McLellan Poetry Competition Awards. Part of McLellan Arts Festival. View full details
31 Aug 8pm	Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

As Others See Us
Date	Location
Quernstance present an exploration of Scotland during Burns' time through music and songs of the 18th century and readings from letters and journals. Part of Burns an' a' That. View full details
30 May 7.30pm	Council Chambers, Ayr

Book Launch: Colin Poole and Tawona Sithole
Date	Location
Two Glasgow-based poets launch their new collections, Verse Versus the Bourgoisie and In Living Spirit, with a night of spoken word and music. View full details
31 May 6.30pm	CCA, Glasgow

Budding Burns Stars
Date	Location
The chance to create and star in a film about Robert Burns and his pals. Ages 6+. View full details
2 Jun–3 Jun Sat & Sun 2–4pm	Be Enchanted, Ayr

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