March 2010
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Sunday 14 March 2010
2pm
Stewart's Hall, Huntly
Admission £5/£3
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Playwriting Workshop with George Gunn
Huntly Writers host a playwrighting workshop with George Gunn, well known to writers
in the North-East from his time as writer-in-residence to Banff and Buchan District.
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17–21 March 2010
Various venues, St Andrews
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StAnza
The St Andrews poetry festival this year focusses on the theme of Myth and Legend
and is a flagship event in Fife's Year of Culture 2010.
Catch Aberdeen's own mythical legendary Eddie Gibbons at the Poetry Cabaret on the Sunday afternoon.
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Wednesday 17 March 2010
7.30pm
Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen
Admission £5
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Sanctuary
An evening of words and music with Kenneth Steven (poet), Moira Docherty (soprano)
and James Reith (piano).
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Friday 19 March 2010
Time TBC
Ellon Library
Admission TBC
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Sheena Blackhall
Sheena Blackhall, Makar of North-East Scotland, will be visiting Ellon Library.
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Saturday 20 March 2010
11am
Meldrum Library
Admission free
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Donald Paterson - Author Visit
Donald Paterson, author of "Homecomings", will be visiting Meldrum Library.
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Monday 22 March 2010
7.30pm
Acorn Centre, Inverurie
Admission £6
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Wildscape
Popular poet Kenneth Steven makes a return visit to Inverurie, with local musicial
Daniel Thorpe, recently named BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2010.
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Tuesday 23 March 2010
Time TBC
Burnett Arms, Banchory
Admission TBC
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Event TBC
Details to follow.
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Wednesday 24 March 2010
7.30pm
Westhill Library
Admission £2.50
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Harry the Polis - Author Visit
Harry the Polis will give a talk at Westhill Library. Places are limited.
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Thursday 25 March 2010
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission £2
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Local Colour
Poetry Aberdeen and Calder Wood Press present the launch of Judith Taylor's new
collection "Local Colour". A regular on the Aberdeen poetry scene since 2004, Judith
brings her characteristic warmth with an edge to bear on the ghost stories she has
always loved, but doesn't believe a word of.
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Sunday 28 March 2010
2pm
Stewart's Hall, Huntly
Admission £5/£3
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Poetry Workshop with John Glenday
Huntly Writers host a poetry workshop with John Glenday, whose new collection "Grain"
was published last year.
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Monday 29 March 2010
7pm
The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen
Admission free
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The Golden Hour
The return of Ryan Van Winkle's literary cabaret, which has played to sold-out audiences
in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It is poetry
and prose, original eclectic songs and visual amazement. It is physical and mental.
It is a reading. It is a gig. It is a party.
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April 2010
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Wednesday 14 April 2010
7.45pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Admission £2
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Poetry Evening
All welcome to join in this friendly poetry evening to read your own poetry or simply
to listen to others.
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Saturday 17 April 2010
Sunday 18 April 2010
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
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WACfest Weekend
A weekend of performances, readings and workshops with WAC Theatre.
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Friday 23 April 2010
8pm
Links Hotel, Montrose
Admission £5/£4
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Brilliant Poetry
Brilliant Poetry presents Don Paterson, Helena Nelson and singer/songwriter Andy
Shanks. Hosted by Rachel Fox.
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Thursday 29 April 2010
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission £2
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Poetry Aberdeen
Poetry Aberdeen presents a monthly session with guest poets and open mic opportunities.
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May 2010
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14–16 May 2010
University of Aberdeen
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Word 10
A weekend of readings, debates, music, art exhibitions and film screenings with
internationally acclaimed authors, musicians, poets and artists for all ages.
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Wednesday 19 May 2010
7.45pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Admission £2
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Poetry Evening
All welcome to join in this friendly poetry evening to read your own poetry or simply
to listen to others.
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Thursday 27 May 2010
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission £2
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Poetry Aberdeen
Poetry Aberdeen presents a monthly session with guest poets and open mic opportunities.
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June 2010
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Saturday 5 June 2010
7.30pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Admission £10/£2
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A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
Hugh MacDiarmid's poem, with its infamously thrawn narrator, is set to music of
huge imagination and vibrancy by Glasgow composer Bill Sweeney. Perfomed by Scotland's
finest contemporary music ensemble, Red Note, this is a night of humour, inebriation,
beauty, politically-charged comment, wild musical and literary invention.
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Thursday 24 June 2010
6.30pm
Books and Beans, Aberdeen
Admission £2
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Poetry Aberdeen
Poetry Aberdeen presents a monthly session with guest poets and open mic opportunities.
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