wordfringe 2007
1–31 May
Week 3
Tuesday 15 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library
Lost in Music
Rachel Fox (poet) with Andy Fellows (concertina)
Tuesday 15 May
8.30pm
Snafu
Comedy Capers Comedy Showcase
with the best of the region's rising comedy stars
Wednesday 16 May
12.45pm
RGU, Garthdee
In wards, out wards
Poems and stories from nursing and beyond, with Colin Macduff, Eddie Gibbons
& Gerard Rochford
Wednesday 16 May
8pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Blue Salt Collective
Poetry with visuals, music and dance from Knotbrook Taylor, Catriona Yule,
Haworth Hodgkinson, John Glenday & Mhairi Allan
Thursday 17 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans
Tongue & Cheek
Launch of Liana Hemmett's chapbook On the Edge, plus
2 Alis & a G (Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie
Gibbons)
Friday 18 May
7pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Young Poets
Aberdeen Writers' Circle Schools Poetry Competition Prizegiving
Please note change of start time
Saturday 19 May
11am
The Lemon Tree
Ways with Words
Janet Paisley presents a workshop on the use of dialogue
Saturday 19 May
2pm
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
2 Alis & a G
Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie Gibbons
Saturday 19 May
7.30pm
Kilau
Paisley Pattern
Fiction, poetry and live music woven by playwright and poet Janet Paisley with
members of the Lemon Tree Writers
Sunday 20 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)
Week 4
Monday 21 May
7.30pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Confessions and Rants
Wordfringe Festival Players in new drama from Wendy Ivers, Matthew Jupe,
Pauline de Koning, Cal Wallace & Haworth Hodgkinson
Tuesday 22 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library
Michael Molden and Friends
Michael Molden, with poets from Ellon and Glasgow
Tuesday 22 May
8.30pm
Enigma
Anything Prose: A Likely Story
Josh Artmeier, a vet pushed to the edge of sanity, with Helen Elizabeth Ramsey
and her refreshingly diverse group of writers
Wednesday 23 May
7pm
Gordon Highlanders Museum
War and Peace: A Terrible Beauty
A meditation on war and peace, with Sheena Blackhall, Ian Watt, Paulina
Vanderbilt, Morag Skene & Douglas Kynoch
Thursday 24 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans
A Loon and Three Quines
Poets Jim C. Wilson, Paulina Vanderbilt & Catriona Yule, with Margaret
Preston (flute)
Friday 25 May
7pm
Better Read Books, Ellon
Laughter, Love, Lochnagar
Koo Press presents Maureen Ross, Brian Lawrie & Douglas Kynoch
Saturday 26 May
1pm — 3pm
Better Read Books, Ellon
Book Signing
Knotbrook Taylor & Haworth Hodgkinson
Sunday 27 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)
Full wordfringe Calendar
Tongue & Cheek
Alison Dunne, Alison Flett, Eddie Gibbons & Liana Hemmett
(chaperoned by Gerard Rochford)
Thursday 17 May 2007
6.30pm
Books and Beans [Venue 2]
Admission Free
2 Alis & a G
Born of a heartfelt desire to show off in public and get paid for it, two Alisons form the core of the recklessly misnamed 2 Alis & a G poetry conglomeration. Alas for Alison Dunne and Alison Flett, another Alison could not be found in time for their forthcoming 3 Alis Binge Around Britain tour. Another poet was needed, and was needed pronto. By a series of unfortunate incidents, they hooked up with a non-performance poet who underperformed under the name of Scally G. The rest, as they say, is Eddie.
Read more on the 2 Alis & a G blog.
On the EdgeAt this event, 2 Alis & a G are joined by Liana Hemmett for the launch of her chapbook On the Edge, published by Koo Press. |
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Photographer and poet Liana Hemmett has been writing poetry since the late 90's. She refuses to admit why she started. Her poems have been published in anthologies and magazines and she was a regional winner of the Ottakars Poetry competition in 2003. She lives in rural Lincolnshire with her kids, her cat and a grudge against mankind. |
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Alison Dunne presently awaits the sale of her novel Eco Pops. Her work has been published and broadcast on Radio 4 and she has read her work at many venues including the Bloomsbury Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe. Her chapbook April's Fish from Koo Press was launched at last year's wordfringe. Read Alison Dunne's poems and more on her blog. |
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Alison Flett was born and bred in Edinburgh but has been living in Orkney for the past eight years. She is rubbish at writing biographies and usually just makes a pathetic list of her paltry literary achievements. Here they are: she won the Belmont Prize for children's poetry in 2002 and was shortlisted for the 2004 Scotsman/Orange short story award. Her collection of poetry Whit Lassyz Ur Inty (Argyll Press, 2005) was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award. Her story Here He Comes won the Hi-Arts short story competition 2007. So what? |
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Eddie Gibbons is a founder member of the Lemon Tree Writers. He has three poetry books published by Thirsty Books, Edinburgh, and two publications by Koo Press, Aberdeen. His latest (Thirsty) book of football poems Game On! appeared in May 2006. He is currently Aberdeen City Council's Scouser in Residence. |
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Dead Good Poets
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Aberdeen Central Library
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