Save the date! /// Maiden Mother Mage returns for one final, homecoming performance: Sat 3rd Oct 7pm, St Mary's Kirk in Haddington, East Lothian. Mhairi Watt as 'Maiden/Thaney' joins Taylor Dyson (Mother), Heather Cochrane (Mage) and Alex South (music).
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I'll be reading & talking about Maiden Mother Mage as part of this event:
Untold Stories: Womenβs Conversations ~ 28 March at 7pm at The Webster Memorial Theatre, Arbroath. Great panel lineup! Free, with booking:
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I'm reading *this* Friday - 6th Feb - at Blether, hosted by @elfiepicket.bsky.social
New time & venue for this one: 6pm at the Steps Theatre, Central Library, Wellgate, Dundee.
I'll be reading some Long Field Loop, and some new ones, fresh out the oven...
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Episode 0 is now live, alongside the first three full conversations.
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The Glasgow Cathedral performance of Maiden Mother Mage is on sale now (Glasgow Cathedral Festival): Thurs 18 Sept, 7pm.
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The book of Maiden Mother Mage is available now, from Matecznik Press. The full text, with artwork by Frances Law.
Includes endnotes and other treats for the magpies among us, as documentation of the performances and project as a whole.
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Performances of Maiden Mother Mage at Culross Abbey this week ahead (17-19 July) are nearly sold out! If you haven't booked yet, tickets are available for the closing show - Saturday 19th, 7pm - which includes a final toast to Thaney with our MMM herbal tea...
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Part 2 of my interview with @krishughes.bsky.social - on Thaney & my new work Maiden Mother Mage. Performances in Culross (Fife) in July, Glasgow in September.
Thanks again to Kris, and do check out her classes & courses on Celtic myth & poetry.
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Maiden Mother Mage /// Performances at Culross Abbey (Fife) are on sale now, Β£7 / Β£10 / Β£15 (Eventbrite): www.eventbrite.com/e/maiden-mot...
Both performances on Saturday 19th July (2pm & 7pm) will be interpreted into BSL by @lisalibsl.bsky.social
Part 1 of this fantastic chat with @krishughes.bsky.social - about all things Thaney; Maiden Mother Mage, landscape and language, poetry and Celtic myth.
I strongly recommend Kris' own work in this area - links in the video. And look out for Part 2 coming soon...
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Lovely big feature on Thaney & Maiden Mother Mage in the new summer issue of Historic Scotland's members' magazine. Great news for overlooked female historical figures! And for the performances... Culross in July (booking now), Glasgow in September. See you there!
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For your summer diary... βοΈ SONNETS FOR THE MUSE // Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Edinburgh, 26 July.
With @amandayatesgarcia.bsky.social & me β‘ Ritual-crafting with the sonnet as our vessel of choice. Sigils, candle-dressing & carving. Plus hanging out with the absolute dreamboat that is AYG! π
Delighted that my poem 'Pain perdu' has been Commended in the @magmapoetry.bsky.social Competition, Judge's Prize. Thanks to Magma & judge Amy Acre. All poems in the forthcoming Summer edition. β‘
At the start of the year, while she thankfully avoided direct damage, Amanda was impacted by the LA fires so we had promotions for this event on pause for a while - as a result we've extended the Early Bird offer to 1st May. π
A lovely thing - @foolishfishbooks.bsky.social recently featured SONNETS FOR THE MUSE, the workshop I'm giving with @amandayatesgarcia.bsky.social, in one of his videos. Thanks Denis! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu0s...
SONNETS info & booking (Edinburgh 26 July): www.rebeccajoysharp.com/sonnets-for-...
Booking is now open for MAIDEN MOTHER MAGE at Culross Abbey, Fife: 17-19 July. A poetic reimagining of Thaney (St Teneu / Enoch) - princess, outcast, legend... www.rebeccajoysharp.com/maiden-mothe...
Heaven is a group project.
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MAIDEN MOTHER MAGE π thanks to funding from Creative Scotland, performances of my new work will take place at Culross Abbey (Fife) in July & Glasgow Cathedral in September. Re-telling Tenew/Thaney, with @amsouth.bsky.social (score) & Frances Law (artwork). www.rebeccajoysharp.com/maiden-mothe...
"[representing + responding] to the emotional demands of the climate crisis, across diverse cultural, geographic, and political contexts?" & "How can the arts further academic thinking, and scholars in turn support creative practitioners, towards imagining more sustainable energy futures together?"
"The arts have offered a unique opportunity to respond to times of crisis, helping people process complex emotional experiences, and establish ways to imagine and act together."
ENERGY IN MOTION, 8-10 June conference with @energy-ethics.bsky.social (St Andrews) - where I was AiR, through which I wrote Long Field Loop. Exploring emotional entanglements of climate crisis. *Paid* contribution across the arts, deadline 13 Feb.
β‘οΈ energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/energy-in-mo...
Ritual, poetry and invocation for the times we're in - a collaborative workshop with myself & Amanda Yates Garcia, the Oracle of LA.
Sat 26th July in Edinburgh.
*Early Bird booking until 20th March*
www.rebeccajoysharp.com/sonnets-for-...
Now full! Enquire for waitlist or later Blocks... info@rebeccajoysharp.com
We need new + better loops... β°
A new 2-day LOOPSHOP, 5-6 April at Comrie Art Hut. Walking, mapping + poetry exploring various expressions of time, energy + ecology; cycles, patterns, overlaps; disruption + repair.
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With support from @energy-ethics.bsky.social β°
A few spaces to join us in January β¨οΈ www.offtherailsarthouse.com/event/off-th...
Should rivers have rights? Pleased to see Who Owns the Clyde? expanding their citizens' investigation π @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @judebarber.bsky.social
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
The Bridge sculpture
The Bridge sculpture
The Bridge sculpture
The Bridge sculpture
Photos from a recce for a wee shoot I'm hoping to do soon as part of a poetry film project with @rebeccasharp.bsky.social and @amsouth.bsky.social
The sculpture is The Bridge by the late Ron Martin. Original title "Bridging the Gap Between..." Thanks to Botanic Gardens Dundee for allowing access.
Off the Rails Writing Group returns! Ladybank, Fife. Blocks of 5 fortnightly sessions, in-person. Starts 20 Jan. See π *Three spaces* open for this Block.
"...it's taking my writing to exciting new places."
"I am finally finding my writing voice..."
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