Loads of a-MAY-zing news and events this May.
BEST OF ALL, The Golden Hour England Tour is here!! Don’t forget to tell all your friends down South to come visit us along the way from 20th – 25th May. We’ll be in Sheffield, Bristol, Brighton, London and Newcastle. Keep your ears peeled for info on our secret London BBQ show!
Now, on with the May-hem!
EVENTS:
- May 9th. 7.45-9.45pm. £4/£3. GRV, Guthrie Street. Poetry at the GRV. Hosted by Rob A. Mackenzie. This month, readings from Don Paterson, Cheryl Follon, Christie Williamson, with a mini-set by Alison Flett Sutherland.
- May 19th. At Mono, Glasgow. Meursault live.
- May 21st. 7.30pm. £10.00. Fence Collective Night. King Creosote’s Kenny Anderson is back in an acoustic format. PLUS, Withered Hand, the solo work of Mr Dan Wilson (formerly of cult indie drop-outs Barrichello and Peanut). And Rozi Plain creates beautifully intimate music that captures life slowly floating by.
- May 21st. Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh. Meursault will be playing at This Is Music.
- May 23rd. 8.30-11.15pm. £4/£3. Jazz Bar, Chambers St. Is this Poetry? hosted by Jenny Lindsay. Live poetry cabaret featuring Young Dawkins, Kevin Cadwallender, Robin Cairns & poetry/music from Horsebreaker. Open mic slots available.
- May 26th. 8pm. FREE. The Roxy, Edinburgh. Roxy Readings. New and emerging writers share their work. Open mic slots available.
- BRAND NEW! Did you Glasgow folk make your way to the first ever Words per Minute? Words per Minute is Glasgow’s brand new monthly spoken word, music, film and performance night run by writer-performers Anneliese Mackintosh and Kirstin Innes. Next one is: June 6th, 4-6pm (Plus Miaoux Miaoux DJ set 6-7pm). £2. Creation Studios, 16 Trongate, Glasgow. With performers: Sophie Cooke, Craig Lamont, Adam Stafford, and more tbc.
NEWS:
- A review of new poetry collections by Kona Macphee and John Glenday appeared in The Guardian!
- Nick Holdstock has a piece in the London Review of Books Blog on being ‘Stranded in Beijing‘.
- Just found a copy of Cassandra Passarelli‘s story, ‘Where Old Cars Die’ in Litro, online.
- Here’s some more free culture from the Tales in the Mall project: KING OF BURGERS is a true story about a man whose life is saved by eating in a mall every day.
- Good to see more reviews of Meursault‘s All Creatures Will Make Merry, in The List and The Skinny. Check them out!
- And don’t forget to check out the Scottish Poetry Library’s podcasts! New aural pleasures featuring our Ryan Van Winkle (Reader in Residence at the SPL) talking to Tim Turnbull – the Clark Gable of poetry, and celebrating Edwin Morgan‘s 90th birthday at the end of April.
Have a magical MAY!