Posts Tagged ‘poet’
Tickets are now available for StAnza poetry event
Would-be attendees for Scotland’s international poetry festival are being urged to pay what they can, for its digital edition in 2021. Tickets are now available for StAnza’s first hybrid, digital event. The festival, which was forced to move online in response to Covid restrictions, has created an innovative programme combining traditional StAnza favourites with new…
Read MoreCelebrating the capital in words and pictures
Edinburgh means different things to many people. In this book, the product of a collaboration between photographer Allan Wright and poet Gerda Stevenson, the interaction of their dual perspectives on the capital makes for a different take on the traditional Edinburgh coffee table book. Eighty-seven photographs are accompanied by 22 new poems, some in Scots,…
Read MoreUpturn in interest for Burns Night searches online
Interest in Burns Night has grown internationally over the past four years. Ahead of Burns Night this Saturday trusted data provider SEMrush has released new research illustrating that global interest in the national celebration is soaring. SEMrush analysed Google Search volumes from January 2016 and January 2019 Global Google searches for Burns Night and its…
Read MoreWhen Burns became the talk of the capital
Robert Burns arrived unknown in Edinburgh in 1786, but within days the ‘Ploughman Poet’ was the talk of the town. This colourful guide to Burns’ associations with the city chronicles the places he visited and people he met. With easy-to-follow routes through Edinburgh arranged by the people and places who influenced the Bard, this is…
Read MoreA collection of a Gaelic family’s works of poetry
The Glendale Bairds is an epic collection which brings to life the celebrated works and biography of Gaelic poet Niall Macleòid, as well as the unsung poetry of Macleòid’s brother, Iain Dubh, and their father, Dòmhnall Nan Òran. Together, the Macleòids tackle a plethora of themes, from the bare rudiments of human existence – love,…
Read MoreMagical tales from ancient Scots mythology
The Old Grey Magician is a compilation of short stories featuring Fionn and his crowd of men (the Fianna) and his poet son, Ossian. The Old Grey Magician is a mystical figure who frequently appears throughout Celtic mythology, often taking on different forms and shapeshifting. This book is one of the first collections featuring a…
Read MoreCelebrating Caithness in the eyes of a poet
Described as a poet’s journey to the far north of Scotland, The Province of the Cat explores the wilderness of Caithness through the eyes of poet and playwright George Gunn. Looking at its landscape, people, culture and history, as well as the myths, folklore and fusion of Norse and Gaelic cultures, Gunn describes the truly…
Read MoreThere’s more to Selkirk than you may have thought
Anyone who lives outwith Scotland’s smaller towns and villages could perhaps have the impression that life is very quiet there. They may live under the view that every day is pretty much the same – but that’s a total misconception. The life of Selkirk, and its wonderfully diverse population, feature in a new four-disc DVD…
Read MoreThe tragic story of a World War I Scots soldier
Two siblings made a fascinating discovery when they opened a chest in their mother’s loft, which they found to be full of an Edinburgh soldier’s writings from World War One. The chest, which had lain unopened for 100 years, contained diaries, letters and poetry from the late Hamish Mann’s time in the trenches. Robert and…
Read MoreStAnza poetry festival will enchant all
Young poetry fans are in for a treat with enchanted rhyme and nonsense verse at this year’s StAnza Festival. StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is serving up a treat to young poetry fans with this year’s dedicated children’s programme. StAnza has always featured events for younger audiences from readings by children’s authors to staged performances…
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