I'm not great at advertising my own stuff, but tho she's got a lot going on of her own atm (🙃😅), the formidable Jenny Lindsay kindly offered to host this launch reading at Edinburgh's Saltire Society. More information in this five-post (tweet?) thread. Embro folk, come along!

Come and be a part of StAnza 🤗 We’re “the country’s leading poetry festival” according to The Times And we want submissions from you poets, musicians and artists. Be part of our diverse, energy-rich offer in St Andrews in March 2025 info 👇 stanzapoetry.org/take-part/arti…

Coffee-House Poetry : Troubadour Poetry Prize coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes

I'm talking with Niall Campbell this Thursday & reading from this book (Niall will also read from his new book); pix here from Irvine harbourside (there's Arran!) The book also has 50-odd colour plates—written about in an afterword. 240pp. Tix here: bit.ly/3Mhjei8

We’re back. Get it in the diaries: StAnza 14-16 March 2025 “I can promise we’re going to bring you poets, poetry and experiences that bring the big feels. We’re going for goosebumps, spine tingles, gut punches. Over the weekend, we aim to light up all your senses.” RVW

This Saturday 21st Sept! 2 wonderful poets, Alice Willitts & Clare Whistler, perform ‘Something Light Written’ under Glasgow’s Suffrage Oak 2:30 pm. A celebration of iconic trees followed by Q&A. Kelvin Way, G11 6PB UofG CreativeWriting StMungo's Mirrorball Pat Byrne - Glasgow West End OffPageVispo

Congratulations to The Kavya Prize Shortlist 2024! The winner will be announced on 10th Oct The Last to Drown - Dr Lorraine Wilson New Skin for the Old Ceremony - Arun Sood Tapping at Glass - tim tim cheng 🐸 (she/they) Belonging - Dr. Amanda Thomson at least this I know - Andrés N. Ordorica

I'm reading a poem as part of this brilliant book - come along and hear some of Hunter's many voices...

📚 READERS GUIDE TO FORWARD PRIZES FOR POETRY A handy new reading guide to accompany the Forward Prizes has been designed to turbo-charge your book groups and deepen the experience for solo readers. The guide is in two sections, starting with different ways of approaching a

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist! Our judges have chosen ten books full of "poems to make you well up, to inspire you to write, and most of all to invite you to read." Learn all about them at our website now: tseliot.com/prize/category…

Over 160 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2024. Best of luck & pls share! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog/w…

We are very much looking forward to this event! Book your free ticket now! And please RT!

I have organised a special literary charity evening in Glasgow on 19th November featuring some of Scotland’s leading writers for a 24/7 help line that offers a free health counselling support for the farming community across Scotland. cca-glasgow.com/programme/keep…

Strange one but a pal (BiggerBoat🔶) who works at Citizens Advice Scotland is looking for a Scottish performance poet to work on their Christmas media campaign around fuel/heating costs. Is this you?? Please share/reply/DM. CAS do great work and it would be a fun project

The #BAMBReadersAwards are one of a kind. They're the only book awards curated by bookshops and chosen by readers. Ahead of #BookshopDay on 12 October, we’re delighted to reveal this year’s shortlist. Vote for your favourite books: nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards… National Book Tokens

FINAL CALL to have your say about spoken word in Scotland! If you're a poet, events organiser, and/or audience member, please take a moment to fill out the surveys linked in the thread below for your chance at a £50 book voucher. Surveys close at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! 🧵

If anyone would like a copy of this new book (my 1st in prose) please just DM me for details. Originally written as an account to leave for a young person dear to me for when she was much older, it took on a life of its own & became, too, an explanation to, & of, my younger self.

Remember, remember Friday 8th of November. Looking forward to our next event with ⁦Niall Campbell⁩ headlining, and ⁦Cáit O'Neill McCullagh⁩ ⁦Ellen McAteer 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈⁩ and Peter Clive supporting it promises to be a great night stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/rem…

Exciting News! 🤩 We’re thrilled to announce that Push the Boat Out will be going ahead from 22-24 Nov! We've been working hard behind the scenes and we can’t wait to share our line-up with you. We’ll be launching the updated programme and new venue details this Thu 17 Oct.

In the coming year we have headliners including Niall Campbell, Ella Frears and Oksana Maksymchuk. Join Mirrorball for £25 (concs available ) to see a wide variety of excellent poetry in person in Glasgow or online - see blogsite for details …