wordfringe 2008
1–29 May 2008
Week 4
Thursday 22 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans
Poems of Quality
Anne Ryland and Rhoda Michael, with Haworth Hodgkinson, Olivia McMahon
& Judith Taylor
Thursday 22 May
8.30pm
St Katherine's Club, Shoe Lane
AB24: Poems from a Postcode
Portal Creative Writers launch an exciting anthology, introducing
the extraordinary writer Catherine Elmslie
Friday 23 May
7pm
Midmar Church, Midmar
Poetry and Music of All the Faiths
A meditation upon belief, doubt and disbelief
Saturday 24 May
10am
Archaeolink, Oyne
Storytelling for Beginners
A workshop with Grampian Association of Storytellers
Saturday 24 May
7pm
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh
Hooked by Emerald Froth
An evening of poetry, images, music and dance from the Blue Salt Collective
Week 5
Monday 26 May
7pm
Musa
Demented Eloquence & Wordcraft Slam
Sharp and comic performance poetry from Ash Dickinson, Milton Balgoni, and Rapunzel
Wizard, plus a poetry slam contest
Tuesday 27 May
6.30pm
Aberdeen Central Library
Banchory Young Writers
Venture into Poetry
Wednesday 28 May
10am
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Slow Road Home
Poet Sheila Templeton reads and chats about her work
Wednesday 28 May
7pm
Gordon Highlanders Museum
Family Snaps
A celebration of the family in poetry, music and song with projected photos
Thursday 29 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans
A Celebration of Childhood
Launching a new anthology of poems, drawings and recipes in aid of CHILDREN 1ST(RSSPCC)
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Hooked by Emerald Froth
An evening of poetry, images, music and dance from the Blue Salt Collective
Saturday 24 May 2008
7pm – 9pm
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh [Venue 18]
Admission Free
The Blue Salt Collective invites
you to experience poetry as you've probably never experienced it before, as the
poets read from their own work, accompanied by projected images, live music and
dance. The North-East based Collective was launched at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006,
and has also appeared at festivals from Shetland to Ardnamurchan, as well as on
a memorable night in Pennan Village Hall.
The sea in all its aspects, factual and fantastical, has been a source of inspiration
for all three poets of the Blue Salt Collective, so it seems natural that they should
bring their unique show to the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses as part of wordfringe
2008.
The Blue Salt Collective comprises poets Knotbrook Taylor and Catriona
Yule, and poet/musician Haworth Hodgkinson, working with their regular
collaborator, dancer Mhairi Allan.
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Based in Angus, Knotbrook Taylor is a poet and sometime photographer; his
first collection Beatitudes is now available from Blue Salt Publishing. He
believes that without a creative element to his life the world becomes a humdrum
place. His defines his poetry as a search for beauty and meaning. His work features
Scottish places reinvented under his outsider's existential gaze.
See www.knotbrook.co.uk for more.
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Catriona Yule is an Aberdeen poet, short stort writer and playwright. Her
first poetry collection Shedding Skin was published in November 2007 by Koo
Press. She has recently completed Storylines, a course run by the Open College
of the Arts, and is about to start another course with OCA to develop narrative
techniques and build her short story portfolio.
She has also started to research a non-fiction project for teenagers and hopes to
start work on a second poetry collection this year.
See www.catrionayule.co.uk for more.
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Haworth Hodgkinson takes on the dual roles of poet and musician in the Blue
Salt Collective, occasionally performing both simultaneously.
As a poet, he has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, and
in 2007 his small collection A Weakness for Mermaids was published by Koo
Press.
As a musician he has composed, performed and improvised for many theatrical projects,
and has recently been playing with Susanne Olbrich's Strange Little Orchestra
in Forres and Findhorn.
See www.haworthhodgkinson.co.uk
for more.
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Mhairi Allan is an Aberdeen based performer, dance tutor and choreographer
with a background in contemporary dance. She has worked with many diverse groups
of dancers of various ages and abilities in both a community and professional context.
Recent work has been as performer in Sweet Love with Janis Claxton Dance
at the CCA in Glasgow.
Previous collaborations with the Blue Salt Collective have inspired and stimulated
her love of poetry and music and continue to fuel her passion for choreographic
ideas.
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