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June 2019
Loud Poets Presents: Shane Koyczan (Edinburgh)
Canadian spoken word poet.
Find out more »Midweek Poems Open Book
Midweek Poems with Open Book is a weekly shared reading group, free and open to the public.
Find out more »Loud Poets Present Shane Koyczan (Glasgow)
Shane Koyczan is a Canadian spoken word poet, past U.S. Slam Champion and winner of the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics. He is also the man behind the viral sensation (with over 20 million views to date) 'To This Day'. His TED talk “To This Day… For the Bullied and the Beautiful” has accumulated over 6 million views and was selected by Sir Ken Robinson as one of the top ten talks on education. Koyczan has also published numerous books; his…
Find out more »Launch: Janette Ayachi’s Hand Over Mouth Music
The launch of Janette Ayachi's debut collection, 'Hand Over Mouth Music'.
Find out more »Children’s Creative Writing Group
This is a group for children age 12 and under who meet every other Saturday at the Scottish Poetry Library for creative writing workshops run by poet Rachel Plummer. A small, friendly group that welcomes writers of all abilities, covering a variety of topics, from stories to scripts, poems to podcasts, sci-fi to historical. Each workshop involves warm up exercises, involved activities, and an open ended optional “homework” activity to take away. The group doesn’t worry about spelling or grammar,…
Find out more »Teen Creative Writing Group
This is a group for teen writers that meets every other Saturday at the Scottish Poetry Library for a series of creative writing workshops run by poet Rachel Plummer. A small, friendly group that welcomes writers of all abilities, covering a variety of topics, from stories to scripts, poems to podcasts, sci-fi to historical, even video game writing. Each workshop involves some warm up exercises, some more involved activities, and an open ended optional “homework” activity to take away. The…
Find out more »Launch: Aspects of Edinburgh by Stewart Conn
With Stewart Conn and John Knight.
Find out more »Midweek Poems Open Book
Midweek Poems with Open Book is a weekly shared reading group, free and open to the public.
Find out more »Alan Spence: A Makar’s Year
Alan Spence reflects on his first year as Edinburgh Makar.
Find out more »Black Agnes Press launches Deliberate Sunlight by Jean Taylor
Poetry from Jean, Ruth Gilchrist, Jo Gibson and Emma Møller.
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