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Rab WilsonBlethertoun Braes from Itchy CooAndrew ForsterEdna Longleyfox puppetMaureen SangsterValerie ThorntonFriday 17th MarchJohn BurnsideTessa Ransford10.00am The StAnza Discussionfree(11.00) Public Library, Church SquarePoetry, Land & Ecology: John Burnside,Julie Johnstone, Richard Mabey & Edna LongleyThe panel considers the place of poetry in ecological thinkingThe author of eight collections, John Burnside has won the WhitbreadPoetry Award and been shortlisted for the T S Eliot and Forward Prizes.Julie Johnstone is the editor of island, a hand-bound literary magazineproviding a space for writing and artwork inspired by the natural landscape.One of Britain’s foremost contemporary writers on nature, Richard Mabeywrote and narrated the popular BBC TV series Postcards from the Country.Edna Longley is Professor Emerita at Queen’s University, Belfast. She iscurrently working on a new edition of the poetry of Edward Thomas.A wide-ranging open discussion, chaired by StAnza member Louisa Gairn,with time for questions from the floor and audience participation.10.15am Dead Poets Sessionfree(11.00) The Oak Rooms, North StreetReadings of Rainer Maria Rilke & Paul CelanGalway Kinnell & David Kinloch present two distinctive German voicesThe second session presents two poets whose work deals with transienceand adversity, reflecting the tumult and many upheavals of their times.The poets read and discuss their choices with chairman Colin Will.11.30am Reading: Pamphlet Poets £3.50/£2.00(12.30) St John’s Undercroft, South StreetTessa Ransford, Andrew Forster & Valerie ThorntonThree distinct voices all published in pamphlet form launch this seriesA poet, translator, editor and cultural activist campaigning over the last 30years, Tessa Ransford is president of Scottish Pamphlet Poetry, the founderof the Scottish Poetry Library and current president of Scottish PEN.Real art… and questing intelligence Catherine Lockerbie, The ScotsmanAwarded two SAC bursaries (1998, 2002), Andrew Forster has published apamphlet Dress Rehearsals (Flarestack) and a poetry card Locked Gardens(School of Poets), as well as appearing widely in magazines and anthologies.The visual quality of paintings and depth of perception of novels Vicki FeaverFor over 20 years, Valerie Thornton’s poems have appeared in magazinesand anthologies. Her pamphlet Catacoustics (Mariscat Press) was publishedin 2000. She co-edited the last four editions of New Writing Scotland.A sharp gaze and a warm heart Hamish Whyte1.00pm Poetry StAnd-Up £5.00/£2.50(1.45) Byre Studio Theatre, Abbey StreetPoems, Pies & Pints with Rab WilsonPoetry and banter from a great performer in vibrant ScotsTicket price includes complimentary pie and drink: collect at venue entranceSponsored by The Byre Cafe/Bar & Fisher & DonaldsonScots poet Rab Wilson entertains with some banter, some poems and a fewtall tales. His sense of humour and stage presence are every bit as big as his10ft x 4ft Muckle Buik edition of his Scots version of The Ruba’iyat of OmarKhayyam (Luath, 2004), thought to be the world’s biggest ever poetry book.An astonishing feat! Philip HobsbaumJackie GalleyChildren’s ProgrammeSaturday 18th March10.00am Workshopfree/ticketed(11.30) Crawford Centre Artist’s Studio, North St.Puppets & Poems: Maureen Sangster & Jackie GalleyCreate your own animal fables through puppets and mask makingA chance to invent your own animal fables by making puppets, masks andpoems with Maureen Sangster & Jackie Galley. Inspired by the fables ofDunfermline poet Robert Henryson, this workshop will take you on a journeyback in time, into the hearts and minds of animals. Suitable for ages 7-1112.00pm Performance£3/£1/£6:family(1.00) All Saints Hall, North Castle StreetMatt Harvey & Matthew FittA performance poet from Devon meets a Scots poet from DundeeSponsored by Madras College, St AndrewsMatt Harvey has sold shoes, delivered vegetables and served time in atravelling hot tub outfit called Spa Trek. Whimsical, affectionate and funny, hispoems chart our oldest quest: to love and be loved. On the way, he tacklesissues like lonely hearts, teabags, gradients, gigabytes and curtains.Manky rhymes with Itchy Coo poet, Matthew Fitt. Meet characters from thewell-loved kids’ collections Blethertoun Braes and King o the Midden, like NaeFizz Izzie, the Dugs o Deid End Street and Mister Mank. Be ready for theBoggin Beasties and ‘a pure honkin, hingin, totally mingin Bacon Roll’.Suitable for ages 8-14 and for families. Prizes for the winners of theStAnza Children’s Poetry Competition, donated by Ottakars, will be awardedat this event. For details of how to enter the competition see page 173.30pm Workshop free/ticketed(5.00) Crawford Centre Artist’s Studio, North St.Don’t…! Valerie ThorntonYour big chance to have some mischievous fun with words & ideasHow many times in your life have you been told, “Don’t do that!” by yourmum or your dad, or your big brother or big sister? Why not join poet andchildren’s writer Valerie Thornton to push all their commands over intohumour and fantasy. For ideas, we will look at poems by the American, HalSirowicz, then write and read our own. Suitable for ages 11-14Sunday 19th March12.00pm Performance£3/£1/£6:family(1.00) Crawford Centre Studio Theatre, North St.Animal Fables: Maureen Sangster & Jackie GalleyA lively retelling, using specially created masksSponsored by Levenmouth Printers: Print & Design15th century Scots poet Robert Henryson’s fables reinterpreted for today bypoet Maureen Sangster & writer and ecologist Jackie Galley, the show takesa fresh look at environmental concerns. Suitable for ages 5-11 and families3.30pm Workshop Party free/ticketed(5.00) St Leonards New Park School, Abbey StreetSonglines: Poetry, Art & LandscapeCreate your own songlines to the sound of the didgeridoPresented in partnership with St Leonards-New Park SchoolThe Australian aborigines used ‘songlines’ to describe their journeys acrossthe desert landscape of their homeland. Using words, collage and pictures,this workshop party will help you make what poets call ‘concrete poems’and link them all up into larger word-scapes. Suitable for ages 5-9page 6 page 15
Black Cat BoneSheenagh PughMichael SchmidtAndrew MotionXose Maria Alvarez CaccamoLeontia FlynnRichard MabeyKathleen Jamiepage 14Sunday 19th March3.30pm In Conversation: Land & Ecology £7.50/£3.50(4.30) Byre Theatre Auditorium, Abbey StreetRichard Mabey & Kathleen JamieTwo writers committed to the natural world discuss common groundSponsored by T S Campbell LandscapesRichard Mabey is one of Britain’s foremost writers on nature. His latest bookNature Cure describes his recovery from depression, while his previous workincludes Food for Free, Flora Britannica (British Book Awards’ IllustratedBook of the Year) and a biography of Gilbert White, which won the WhitbreadBiography Award. He is in conversation with poet and writer Kathleen Jamie,whose book of essays Findings was described by Andrew Marr as by a ‘21 stcentury Scottish female Gilbert White’. With seven collections published,she won the 2004 Forward Prize for The Tree House.5.00pm Reading: Celtic Links £7.50/£3.50(6.00) All Saints Hall, North Castle StreetSheenagh Pugh & Leontia FlynnPoets from Wales & Ireland bring the Celtic Links theme to a closeSponsored by Aikman’s Bar & BistroSheenagh Pugh has published two novels, a study of fan fiction and ninecollections. Her latest, The Movement of Bodies, has been shortlisted forthe T S Eliot Award while her last was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize.Accused of being “populist” and “too accessible”, she hopes both are true.A very wicked poet. Roger McGoughBorn in County Down in 1974, Leontia Flynn won the Forward FirstCollection Prize for These Days (Cape, 2004), also shortlisted for theWhitbread Prize. In the same year she was selected as a ‘Next Generation’poet by The Poetry Society. A new and exciting voice, she lives in Belfast.Smart as a whip, lyrical, always on point… the real, right thing. Tom Paulin8.00pm Launch: The Poetry Archive £8.50/£4.00(10.00) Parliament Hall, South StreetAndrew Motion: Reading & Website Launchwith Edwin Morgan (video link) & Valerie GilliesThree Laureates together launch this world-beating poetry web siteTicket price includes a complimentary glass of wine.Sponsored by Luvian’s Bottle Shop & St Andrews Bay HotelDirector of The Poetry Archive, Poet Laureate Andrew Motion introducesthe project playing samples of the poets reading on the website. He is joinedby Scotland’s Laureate Edwin Morgan on screen and Edinburgh MakarValerie Gillies to talk about the value of listening to poetry read aloud.The evening begins with a reading by Andrew Motion. Appointed Laureatein 1999, he has published many collections, several biographies of, amongothers, Keats and Larkin, as well as a novel. His work has received theArvon/Observer, the John Llewelyn Rhys and the Dylan Thomas Prizes.A plain and unsentimental eloquence. Independent on Sunday10.30pm Festival Finalefree(12.00) Byre Theatre Café/Bar, Abbey StreetPerformance: Black Cat BoneStAnza returns to its hub venue to close with some good-time songsBack by popular demand, Black Cat Bone recreate the sounds of Americanjuke joints of the 30’s and 40’s and take StAnza 2006 out with a twang.Miguel Anxo Fernan-VelloA centre for innovation andexcellence in the world of poetryThe CourierFriday 17th March2.15pm Reading: Translated Poets £4.50/£2.50(3.15) Crawford Centre Studio Theatre, North St.Galicia, Spain: Xosé Maria Alvarez Caccamo& Miguel Anxo Fernán-VelloTwo eminent Galician poets in their native tongue and in translationSponsored by the Spanish Consulate & St Andrews University Spanish DepartmentA poet and literary critic, Xosé María Álvarez Cáccamo was born in Vigo,Galicia, in 1950. The author of 14 collections, his Ancoradoiro, Obra poética(1983-2003), was published in 2003. A bilingual selection of his poetry inSpanish & Galician entitled Habitación del mar, Antología appeared in 2004.Love as vital energy, the animated life of beings Xavier Rodríguez BaixerasPoet, playwright and publisher Miguel Anxo Fernán-Vello has receivedmany awards, including the National Prize of the Crítica Española in 1985and 2005 and Best Author of 2005 from the Association of Writers in Galician.He represented Spain at the World Poetry Festival in Venezuela in 2005.A dialogue...fashioned from human trembling, dread, constraint. Anna Corb2.30pm Workshop: Close Reading £3.00(4.30) Public Library, Church SquarePractical session with Owen SheersOpen to a maximum of 16 participants submitting poems in advanceAfter the instinct, the sudden writing, there’s the drafting, so often wherethe real ‘craft’ of poetry occurs. Through shared close reading, OwenSheers will touch upon concepts of form, editing, structure and voice whilealso bringing several participants’ poems closer to their final versions.For details on how to submit poems for the workshop see page 16.3.30pm The StAnza Lecture £4.50/£2.50(4.30) Parliament Hall, South StreetWhat, How Well, Why?: Michael SchmidtA leading poetry publisher wonders why criticism has got a bad nameSponsored by St Andrews Bay HotelIn some quarters criticism is portrayed as inimical to creativity, distorted byvested interests, an instrument of repression. Yet a culture which consistsentirely of marketing language and universal good will can itself be seen asinimical to creativity. Michael Schmidt argues that criticism helps to defineand clear a space for the genuinely creative and innovative, while helpingreaders and writers maintain contact with the wider world of poetry in time.A poet, novelist, literary historian and translator, Michael Schmidt is thefounder of Carcanet Press and Professor of Poetry at Glasgow University.3.45pm Dead Poets Session free(4.30) The Oak Rooms, North StreetReadings of William Carlos Williams & Hart CraneJo Shapcott & Thomas Lux read two remarkable American poetsThe sessions continue with the work of two modernist poets whose writingexercised a particular influence on the development of 20 th century poetry.The poets read and discuss their choices with chairman Colin Will.page 7
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