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wordfringe 2008

Wordfringe: artwork by Shade Wizard

1–29 May 2008

Week 2

Monday 5 May
7.30pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory

Everything but the Truth

New drama from Wordfringe Festival Players


Tuesday 6 May
6.30pm
Aberdeen Central Library

Granite and Gravel

Spring Tides Poetry Group with Sheena Blackhall


Tuesday 6 May
8.30pm
Snafu

Comedy Capers Showcase I

A night of live stand-up comedy featuring a handpicked mix of the North-East's finest comedians


Wednesday 7 May
7pm
Duff House, Banff

HomeWords

Music, poetry and stories from George Gunn, Tom Bryan, Angus Dunn and Magi Gibson


Friday 9 May
Saturday 10 May
Sunday 11 May
University of Aberdeen

Word 08

wordfringe takes a break for the University of Aberdeen Writers' Festival


Week 3

Monday 12 May
7.30pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre

Shetland Night

An evening of words and music from Shetland


Tuesday 13 May
6.30pm
Aberdeen Central Library

All Said and Dunne

The welcome return of Alison Dunne


Tuesday 13 May
8.30pm
Enigma

Poetic Off Licence

2 Alis & a G stretch poetic licence to its limits by reading short stories too! Cripes!


Wednesday 14 May
10.30am
Aberdeen Arts Centre

Exploring Narrative Voices

A workshop with Alison Flett


Wednesday 14 May
7pm
Tarts & Crafts, Balmedie

New York Dialogues and Island Blethers

Readings from new works by Alison Flett and Martin Walsh


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Granite and Gravel

Spring Tides Poetry Group with Sheena Blackhall

Tuesday 6 May 2008
6.30pm – 8pm

Aberdeen Central Library [Venue 7]

Admission Free


Spring Tides Poetry Group launch their first anthology entitled Granite and Gravel. The publication features a number of local poets including Keith Murray, David Henry and Grant Fraser among others, alongside some fine contributions from guest poet Sheena Blackhall. Exhibiting the broad sweep of their work from the Doric to the decadent, Spring Tides hope you will join them in this first step into the world of publication.

Sheena Blackhall

Sheena Blackhall is a poet, short story writer, folksinger and book illustrator who writes mainly in Scots. She has published many books and from 1998-2003 was Creative Writing Fellow in Scots at Aberdeen University's Elphinstone Institute. She has won the Hugh MacDiarmid trophy for Scots and the Robert McLellan Cup for short story writing.


Promoted by

Spring Tides Poetry Group

Supported by

Aberdeen Library & Information Services

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