Say good-bye to June Gloom with a lovely list of ForPub Big Ups and some great gigs in store this month:
- Helen Mort won the London Literary Death Match for Popshot Magazine. We published her poetry chapbook, Parallax (For Justin), not long ago so be sure to pick up a copy from our ForPub store!
- Michael Pederson is going to read at the Golden Hour in September, but if you just can’t wait, read more about him and what he is working on at the Forge of the Wordsmiths website, and hear him in Glasgow at the FotW launch event on June 20th.
- Aiko Harman has new poems in the Japan issue of Edinburgh Review.
- Ryan Van Winkle interviews our friend Jed Milroy about his creative process as a singer and songwriter on the Scottish Poetry Library podcast. Give it a listen! This episode in a new walk-to-work friendly radio show format. Awesome!
On to Events!:
- 6th June. 4-7pm. Glasgow. Don’t forget about Words Per Minute, TODAY. Top performances in store by: Sophie Cooke, Adam Stafford, Iain Campbell, Rodge Glass / Adrian Searle, Alan Bissett, Emily Ballou, Miaoux Miaoux, and Craig Lamont. More info on Facebook.
- 9th June. FREE. 9pm. At Banshee Labyrinth, 29 Niddry Street, Edinburgh. The Zorras. Catch them at their last local show before they head off to London for a bit.
- 13th June. £4/3. 7.45-9.45pm. The GRV, Guthrie Street. Rob A. Mackenzie’s Poetry at the GRV this month features: David Kinloch, Marion McCready, Phillis Levin, and Special Guests Jon Stone and Kirsten Irving of Fuselit press.
- 22 June. The Street, Leith. Chachin Cachan Cachunga. The Zorras are back in town, also featuring Ste McCabe, Christiana Papazoglou & Nathan Gale, Alison Smith, Kristiane Taylor, Lily and Anna Urbanowska.
- 24-27th June. FREE! Various venues, West Port, Edinburgh. The West Port Book Festival will be on for 4 days in June. Be sure to get yourself free tickets for readings by Douglas Dunn, Chloe Morrish (whose chapbook, Snow, we just published!), Miriam Gamble and Jay Bernard, Kei Miller and Ewan Morrison, and SO MANY MORE! Tickets are free but will surely run out soon so get yours asap!
- 30th June. Free. Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Street. This month’s Roxy Readings hosted by Dave Coates will feature poems from a World Cup poetry project.
Whew! Hooray for June!