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July 2009

Fraserburgh in Poetry

As part of a day of events celebrating forty years of the Broch Community Centre, Aberdeenshire poet Haworth Hodgkinson will be exploring Fraserburgh in poetry. Bring along your own poems or ideas that you might like to develop, contribute to a community poem, or just come along to listen!

Arts from Shetland

Poetry with Christine de Luca, and an exhibition of new work by Kristi Cumming.

Surf, Sand and the Lay of the Land

The Koo Press Poetry Roadshow presents three poets from its extensive chapbook catalogue. The featured poets are Keith Murray, Catriona Yule and Haworth Hodgkinson.

Music and Words

Author Mary Munro reads from her own works, with Andy Linklater (violin and viola) and Bill Linklater (cello).

Part of the Aboyne and Deeside Festival.

Homecoming Events

Yeadon's of Banchory and Banchory Library present a diverse line-up of Scottish authors to celebrate Scottish writing in its many forms. Writers featured include Stanley Robertson, Jess Smith, Sheila Stewart, Denise Mina, Shona MacLean, Craig Russell, Eleanor Thom and Esther Woolfson.

The Lovers

An evening with celebrated crime writer John Connolly, who will be talking about and signing copies of his new book The Lovers, the latest installment from Charlie Parker.

Falling and Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins

Waterstone's welcomes singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins and his partner Grace Maxwell who will be discussing their remarkably moving story.

Our Scotland

Set in a TV studio, this new piece written for Homecoming Scotland explores Scotland and Scottishness, with a variety of engaging and quirky characters, Burns songs and original music.

Devised by Aberdeenshire Youth Theatre and presented as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.

The Last Lauch

Margaret Grant is this month's guest of Dead Good Poets. She will be reading from her third collection The Last Lauch, which was one of the best sellers at this year's Wordfringe bookstall.

Expect to be entertained with tales of the absurdities of modern life — from call centres to cabbages — but expect also to go away with some deeper emotions stirred.

August 2009

Skin and Scales

Another stop on the Koo Press Poetry Roadshow. The featured poets are Keith Murray, Catriona Yule and Haworth Hodgkinson.

Dead Good Poets

Dead Good Poets host their regular poetry night with guests and open mic opportunities.

Adapting for the stage with Peter Arnott

Local playwrights and budding dramatists are invited to attend a 1hr long master-class on adapting for the stage with Peter Arnott, who has adapted Neil Gunn's novel The Silver Darlings for Aberdeen Performing Arts, opening at His Majesty's Theatre on the 28th of August.

September 2009

Fa dis she think she is?

Dead Good Poets present the launch of Mary Johnston's new collection of Doric poems. She will be joined in a reading by Colin Will, her publisher, together with our Makar Sheena Blackhall and Douglas Kynoch, poet and author of A Doric Dictionary and other works pertaining to the Doric.

October 2009

Putting it Right: poetry, songs and music of struggle and healing

Poets, singers and musicians will explore the sadness, resilience, tragedies and courage of the human spirit facing, as we all do, the diversities of mental health.

Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. In collaboration with Aberdeen City Council and Dead Good Poets.

No Phones on Planet Pluto

WAC Theatre presents a new play written and directed by Colin Garrow and Suzy Wambergue.

Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.

Towards the Inevitability of Catastrophe

WAC Theatre presents a new play written and directed by Colin Garrow and performed by Suzy Enoch.

Dead Good Poets

Dead Good Poets host their regular poetry night with guests and open mic opportunities.

November 2009

Dead Good Poets

Dead Good Poets host their regular poetry night with guests and open mic opportunities.

December 2009

Dead Good Poets

Dead Good Poets host the Christmas edition of their regular poetry night with guests and open mic opportunities.


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