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The Pleasures and Power of Reading, with Peter Mackay - 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival

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As Push The Boat Out poetry festival draws closer (20-23 Nov) make your plans! There's way too many superb poets & events to select highlights here, however (if pushed) dont miss this event featuring Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay...

pushtheboatout.org/events/the-p...

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Tapsalteerie Books Presents...

📖 Stewart Sanderson
📖 Taylor Strickland

Date: Fri 14 Nov, 6.30pm
Venure: Fruitmarket Gallery

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FRIDAY NIGHT REMEDY

Fri 5th Sept
Outer Spaces, Glasgow

Poetry Open Mic at the Scottish Poetry Library Hosted by the School of Poets, a series of open mic afternoons which are free for artists and audiences alike!

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Open Mic at the Scottish Poetry Library!
1pm, 18th, 19th, 20th August
FREE!

All the deets:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-ope...

Poetry Competition Event YOUNG RELIGIOUS POETS COMPETITION FINAL   with poets Robert Crawford &  Christine De Luca and Olivia Thrower (fiddle) ​ Wednesday 13th August 1.15pm Canongate Kirk, The Royal Mile ​EH8 8BN

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Competition judges Robert Crawford and Christine De Luca will present readings from the shortlist of 5 poets for the YOUNG RELIGIOUS POETS COMPETITION FINAL

Date: Wed 13th Aug
Venue: Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh

www.edinburghsacredartsfestival.org/poetry-compe...

Poetry, Music & Performance Music, Poetry and Performance showcases the very best of the poetry and spoken word sphere at the Festival’s Spiegletent, which will return for the second year…

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The countdown to the start of Edinburgh International Book Festival is on. Running from 9-24 Aug there's plenty of poetry for everyone: whether readings from the page, performance, or with music. EIBF have helpfully listed them all here:

www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

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LOUD POETS FRINGE 2025

Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Dates: 1st, 8th, 14th, 21st Aug
Time: 8.30-9.45pm

Tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:61...

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STANZALONE OPEN MIC

Auchterarder Picture House
Wed 30 July, 7pm

Fringe As Scotland's Makar (national poet), Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay) crafts verse that resonates with the landscapes and languages of his native Lewis. Blend...

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In Conversation with Scotland's Makar... Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay).

Fri 1st Aug, 12.15pm
The Stand, Edinburgh

www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2587/...

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There's always a plethora of #ScottishPoetryEvents in August. Happy to promote any and all of them on the SPL feed ... so long as events feature a collection of poets. (Think that's the official term for 3 or more poets although some would say "a gaggle" or "a gossip" are equally applicable).

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THE AFRO-SCOTTISH POETRY EVENT 2025

Date: Fri 25 July, 7-9pm
The House Arts Collective, Glasgow

💥 Cat Cochrane
💥 Michael Ogah
💥 Peilin Shi
💥 Ross McFarlane
💥 Aditya Narayan
💥 Chisom Okoronkwo (host)

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MARGINALIA

Tonight! Wed 9th July.
7pm Doors. 8pm Start
The Stand, Glasgow

💥 Iona Lee
💥 Alan Bissett
💥 Christopher Macarthur-Boyd
💥 Carrie Marshall

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Theatre 118 Present:

🎤 Saturday Night Remedy

Date: Sat 28 June, 7.30pm
Venue: Outer Spaces, Glasgow

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🎤 Stanzalone Presents

Date: Wed 25 June, 7pm
Venue: Auchterarder Picturehouse

Featuring Biff Smith (current slam poetry world cup champion)

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MIRRORBALL - CLYDEBUILT 16 SHOWCASE

Venue: CCA Clubroom, Glasgow
Date: Thurs 5th June, 7pm (Tonight)

💥 John Glenday
💥 Nasim Rebecca Asl
💥 Kim Crowder
💥 Cat MacLeod
💥 Mattea Gerentz

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ROCK THE BOAT

Venue: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh
Date: Thur 5 June, 7-9pm

More details/or to book a reading slot:

pushtheboatout.org/rock-the-boat/

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Words & Music
Open Mic

Venue: Milk, Glasgow
Date: Mon 2 June, 7pm (Tonight!)

Hosted by Gayle Smith and Jen Hughes

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LOUD POETS OPEN MIC

Venue: The Canon's Gait
Date: Mon 9 June, 7pm
FREE

Sign up for Open Mic here:
forms.gle/4L5piaPc6CBC...

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Fri 30th May, 7pm
Locavore, Victoria Rd
Glasgow Southside

Hosted by Carla Woodburn & Christie Williamson
Open Mic. BYOB. Raffle. Cake.
Free.

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There seems to be a very welcome increase in poetry events around Scotland. We'll list as many of them as we hear about: under #ScottishPoetryEvents

Main focus will be regular poetry nights, open mics, slams, festival events, group readings. Let us know if you're organising or taking part.

Three of a Kind - DG Arts Festival We are excited to be bringing the first performance of Three of a Kind in its new incarnation to The Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival! Three of a Kind was created over two decades ago alongside Tes...

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THREE OF A KIND

30th May, 7.30pm
Dumfries

💥 Chrys Salt
💥 Pauline Prior Pitt
💥 Gerda Stevenson

dgartsfestival.org.uk/events/arts-...

Tickets - Hidden Door Hidden Door is a unique Edinburgh arts festival taking place in unusual, forgotten urban spaces. Hidden Door 2025 runs from Wednesday 11th to Sunday 15th June.  For our 2025 festival, we are taking ov...

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Hidden Doors Festival runs in Edinburgh from 11-15 June. Each day has a poetry double bill, featuring:

Aileen Lees + Imogen Stirling
Charles Lang + Hugh McMillan
JD Henshaw + Julia Sorensen
Sarah Forbes Stewart + Theresa Muñoz
Josh Cake (solo)

hiddendoorarts.org/tickets/

New Poetry in Irish: Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Simon Ó Faoláin An evening of readings and discussions in Irish & English from poets Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Simon Ó Faoláin. Chaired by Niall O'Gallagher

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NEW POETRY IN IRISH

Thurs 29 May, 7.30pm
@ Univ of Edin
Free.

An evening of readings and discussions in Irish & English from poets Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Simon Ó Faoláin. Chaired by Niall O'Gallagher

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-poetry...

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POETRY & PINTS present TORIA WOOFF

Venue: Scottish Poetry Library
Date: Wed 21 May

Singer, songwriter, painter and poet Toria Wooff tours her debut album. "Potent Gothic-Folk - Clash magazine.

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Wed 30 April
Stanzalone
Auchertarder

Free open mic event.

Freedom to Roam: Poems on Place - Paisley Book Festival Saturday 26th April, 1-2pm

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Our 3rd pick of the Paisley Book Festival is Freedom To Roam: Poems On Place. Sat 26th April, 1-2pm, part of their Poetry Corner series:

💥 Theresa Muñoz
💥 Laura T Fyfe
💥 Mohammed Salihu

paisleybookfestival.com/programme/fr...

Coming of Age: Poems on Growing Up - Paisley Book Festival 25th April at 1-2pm

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Another pick of the poetry at Paisley Book Festival focuses on Coming Of Age: Poems On Growing Up. Fri 25 April 1-2pm, part of their Poetry Corner series:

💥 Charles Lang
💥 Andrés N. Ordorica @andresordorica.com
💥 Lorna Callery-Sithole

paisleybookfestival.com/programme/co...

The Small Hours: Poems on Parenting - Paisley Book Festival Sunday 27th April, 1-2pm

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Paisley Book Festival kicks off on Friday. POEMS ON PARENTING is our pick of the poetry events, Sun 27th at 1pm, featuring:

💥 Nuala Watt
💥 Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social
💥 Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social

paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...