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June 2019
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 »Marjorie Lotfi Gill: Refuge
Readings from Refuge, poems about her childhood in revolutionary Iran and from other works.
Find out more »CultFusion #6
CultFusion welcomes Gerda Stevenson, renowned Scottish actress, writer, director, singer and songwriter, recently acclaimed for her collection Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland; Marjorie Lotfi Gill, a seasoned poet who last year published a short collection entitled ‘Refuge’, including compelling poems about her childhood experience of the Iranian Revolution; the admired young Canadian Patrick James Errington, author of ‘Glean’, and the dauntless hanger-on Rex Sweeny. There’s music too, and a warm, appreciative audience that’s well worth being part…
Find out more »School of Poets
The popular writers group.
Find out more »Leith vs the World
Leith Festival with Edinburgh Literary Salon presents Leith vs the World. A literary tug of words with poetry and spoken word.
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 »Aftermath. Women Picking Up The Pieces – WW1
Picking Up The Pieces as part of the Harpies, Fechters and Quines Festival in partnership with the SPL & Edinburgh Libraries.
Find out more »Book launch: The Mother Country by Helen Moore
How does a poet cope with being disinherited by her mother? She writes The Mother Country… Under English law a parent still has the right to disinherit their offspring, and this collection is a poet’s response to being written out of her mother’s will. Exploring dispossession in a range of forms – from colonial legacies in Scotland and Australia to contemporary impacts of industrial civilisation on human health, planetary systems and our children’s future – The Mother Country is simultaneously…
Find out more »Writers of Colour Group
Join other creatives of colour in Scotland for a two hour writers' group at the Scottish Poetry Library. This group will serve as a relaxed space to connect with other writers and share your personal experiences. In addition to writing prompts and informal reading materials, there will be dedicated time to workshop your creative writing projects. One of the leading aims of this group is to encourage an environment where writers can explore and develop their craft through peer feedback.…
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