wordfringe
2009
1st–31st May 2009
Week 2
Saturday 9 May
11am
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Lemon Tree Writers host a workshop by the award-winning author Laura Hird
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Saturday 9 May
3pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
CD launch of pop, sonic art, and spoken word, with Miriama Young and Catherine Bowman
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Saturday 9 May
5pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Lemon Tree Writers launch their new anthology
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Saturday 9 May
8pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
An evening of piano music and poetry with Susanne Olbrich and Margot Henderson
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Sunday 10 May
11am
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Creative explorations with poetry and music
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Sunday 10 May
5pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Readings by members of Deeside Writers
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Sunday 10 May
7.30pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory
Readings and chat with two of Scotland's best known authors
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Week 3
Monday 11 May
7pm
Cellar 35, Aberdeen
Robert Ramsay launches his poetry collection, and Olivia McMahon reads from her new novel
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Tuesday 12 May
6.30pm
Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
New poetry in English, Greek and Nepali with film, painting, digital art
and improvised music
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Wednesday 13 May
10am
Woodend Barn, Banchory
with Sheila Reid
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Friday 15 May
Saturday 16 May
Sunday 17 May
University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen Writers' Festival
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Speak Volumes
CD launch of pop, sonic art, and spoken word, with Miriama Young and Catherine Bowman
Woodend Barn, Banchory [Map]
Admission free
No booking required
This concert marks the CD release of Scotland-based composer and singer-songwriter
Miriama Young. The concert will feature performances and sound-text realizations
with visiting poet Catherine Bowman (USA).
Miriama's music breaks down traditional boundaries that typically separate genre
and discipline — her work moves freely between art music and pop music, spoken
word, and sonic art.
During the Woodend Barn Weekend, an installation by Miriama Young will be located
in the Lang Byre at Woodend Barn. See Exhibitions
and Installations for further details.
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Miriama Young writes music and prose, her work moving freely between media
and genre. She collaborates across disciplines with works for radio, spoken poetry
projects, pop music, and interactive electro-acoustic music for dance. Miriama grew
up in Wellington, New Zealand, and studied music at Victoria University of Wellington.
She completed her Ph.D. in Music Composition from Princeton University in 2007,
and is currently based in Aberdeen as a Lecturer in Music at the University of Aberdeen.
See www.miriamayoung.com
for more.
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Catherine Bowman was born in El Paso, Texas. She is the author of the poetry
collections The Plath Cabinet, Notarikon, Rock Farm and 1-800-HOT-RIBS,
winner of the Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize and the Kate Frost Tufts Prize. She is
the editor of Word of Mouth: Poems Featured on NPR's All Things Considered.
Her poems have been published in many literary journals and magazines, and have
been selected for six editions of Best American Poetry anthology. She is
the Ruth Lilly Professor of Poetry at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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