July 2009
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Saturday 4 July 2009
Workshops from 12 noon
Reading at 3pm
Broch Community Centre, Fraserburgh
Admission free
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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!
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Friday 17 July 2009
Time TBC
Left Bank, Tarland
Admission TBC
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Arts from Shetland
Poetry with Christine de Luca, and an exhibition of new work by Kristi Cumming.
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Sunday 19 July 2009
2pm
Stuartfield Village Hall
Admission free
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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.
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Sunday 19 July 2009
3pm
Dorevay, South Deeside Road, Birse
Admission £7.50
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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.
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Monday 20 July 2009
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Monday 3 August 2009
Banchory Library
Finzean Community Hall
Admission varies
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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.
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Wednesday 22 July 2009
7pm
Waterstone's, Union Bridge, Aberdeen
Admission £3
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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.
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Wednesday 29 July 2009
7pm
Waterstone's, Union Bridge, Aberdeen
Admission £3
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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.
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Wednesday 29 July 2009
Thursday 30 July 2009
Friday 31 July 2009
7pm
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Admission £5
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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.
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Thursday 30 July 2009
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission free
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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.
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August 2009
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Friday 7 August 2009
2pm
Banchory Library
Admission free
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Skin and Scales
Another stop on the Koo Press Poetry Roadshow. The featured poets are Keith Murray,
Catriona Yule and Haworth Hodgkinson.
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Thursday 27 August 2009
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission free
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Dead Good Poets
Dead Good Poets host their regular poetry night with guests and open mic opportunities.
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Saturday 29 August 2009
12 noon
HMT Education Studio, Aberdeen
Admission £3
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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.
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September 2009
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Thursday 24 September 2009
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission free
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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.
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October 2009
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Tuesday 13 October 2009
7pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre
Admission £5/free
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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.
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Tuesday 20 October 2009
Time TBC
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Admission £5
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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.
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Tuesday 27 October 2009
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Time TBC
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Admission £5
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Towards the Inevitability of Catastrophe
WAC Theatre presents a new play written and directed by Colin Garrow and performed
by Suzy Enoch.
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Thursday 29 October 2009
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission free
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Dead Good Poets
Dead Good Poets host their regular poetry night with guests and open mic opportunities.
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November 2009
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Thursday 26 November 2009
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission free
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Dead Good Poets
Dead Good Poets host their regular poetry night with guests and open mic opportunities.
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December 2009
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Tuesday 29 December 2009
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission free
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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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