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Double launch night on March 24th in Avant Garde, Glasgow 7PM Carol McKay & Karen Macfarlane Guest readers: Allan Gaw, Andy Jackson and Finola Scott. Music: Linda Jaxson Trio.
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My new collection has a cover! I’m especially delighted because the image of the River Tay is taken from an artwork by a dear late friend, Ian Ledward. Ian was an artist and poet based in Fife and is much missed. His multimedia image is used with the kind permission of Ian’s wife Pat, another…
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A gentle afternoon exploring the joy of accepting imperfections with a group of carers.
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Bioregioning Tayside is an ambitious programme of action aimed at reconnecting people to the ecological systems we live in. As well as practical projects, an Imaginarium has been created – “imagination grounded in place—a fusion of creativity, ecology, and community visioning for a specific landscape.” I was delighted to have a poem commissioned by the project’s…
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Stanzalone Poetry and Spoken Word open mic has been steadily building a brilliantly eclectic following since it started last year. The group of volunteers behind it are doing an amazing job of building and supporting community arts in the Auchterarder area – not just poetry, but drama and visual arts too. It was a huge…
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I’m delighted to be invited to fill the headline spot at the excellent Stanzalone open mic this month. It’s always a warm evening of eclectic readings and performances.
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In August, I had the pleasure to provide two creative writing workshops for Perth Carers group, on behalf of Lapidus Scotland. We took Perth poet William Soutar’s work as inspiration and this fantastic bunch of folk produced some wonderful, thoughtful poetry. Here’s a link to the Friends of William Soutar’s website for background on the…
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I spent Saturday in a yurt at the Solas Festival, dispensing poems and blether on behalf of Lapidus Scotland. I loved it when people arrived saying that poetry wasn’t really their thing then spent ten minutes browsing the poems (on postcards, all donated by Lapidus members) before going away clutching one like it was an…
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Scotland’s Trending Voices was a pretty special event that I was chuffed to be part of. Poetry, art, music, and a wonderful audience that gamely trooped round the gallery with us. You can see highlights here in the Festival’s show-reel: https://youtu.be/UF_O09YFv_A
Karen Macfarlane 