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wordfringe 2007
1–31 May

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Week 4

Monday 21 May
7.30pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre

Confessions and Rants
Wordfringe Festival Players in new drama from Wendy Ivers, Matthew Jupe, Pauline de Koning, Cal Wallace & Haworth Hodgkinson


Tuesday 22 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library

Michael Molden and Friends
Michael Molden, with poets from Ellon and Glasgow


Tuesday 22 May
8.30pm
Enigma

Anything Prose: A Likely Story
Josh Artmeier, a vet pushed to the edge of sanity, with Helen Elizabeth Ramsey and her refreshingly diverse group of writers


Wednesday 23 May
7pm
Gordon Highlanders Museum

War and Peace: A Terrible Beauty
A meditation on war and peace, with Sheena Blackhall, Ian Watt, Paulina Vanderbilt, Morag Skene & Douglas Kynoch


Thursday 24 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans

A Loon and Three Quines
Poets Jim C. Wilson, Paulina Vanderbilt & Catriona Yule, with Margaret Preston (flute)


Friday 25 May
7pm
Better Read Books, Ellon

Laughter, Love, Lochnagar
Koo Press presents Maureen Ross, Brian Lawrie & Douglas Kynoch


Saturday 26 May
1pm — 3pm
Better Read Books, Ellon

Book Signing
Knotbrook Taylor & Haworth Hodgkinson


Sunday 27 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)

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Week 5

Monday 28 May
7pm
Musa

Elemental
Strong words and sweet music, with Morag Skene, Gráinne Smith, Judith Taylor, James Hughes & Charlie Styles


Tuesday 29 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library

The Thinking Man's Axl Rose
Performance poet Ash Dickinson


Tuesday 29 May
8.30pm
Enigma

Three Animal Tales
Martin Walsh's tales of a flying frog, a stroppy goose, and the pelican and the pigeon, with music by Haworth Hodgkinson


Wednesday 30 May
8pm
Duff House, Banff

Deveron Words: Catch the Moment
From the Cabrach to Banff Brig: Writers of the Deveron with Angus Dunn, Hilda Meers & Huntly Writers


Thursday 31 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans

There's a Poem in my Soup
A feast to celebrate the launch of a new book of poetry and recipes in aid of CHILDREN 1ST (RSSPCC)


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War and Peace: A Terrible Beauty

Wednesday 23 May 2007
7pm

Gordon Highlanders Museum, Viewfield Road [Venue 11]
Tel. 01224 311200

Admission Free


War and Peace

A meditation on war and peace in poetry, song, music and images, from 1914 to the present day, including readings from The Diary of Anne Frank

War and Peace

Performers: Sheena Blackhall (poet), Douglas Kynoch (poet), Paulina Vanderbilt (poet), Ian Watt (guitar) & Morag Skene (singer).

Devised by Gerard Rochford.

Programme (PDF)

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.

Douglas Kynoch

Douglas Kynoch is an Aberdonian. He has worked for Grampian TV and BBC TV. His chapbook Uninvited Guests was published in 2004 by Koo Press. He reads his elegant work regularly at Books and Beans with great style.

Paulina Vanderbilt

Paulina Vanderbilt is honoured to read from Anne Frank's diary. The diary is one of the most translated books ever and stands on a par with cheese, tulips, clogs and Van Gogh. The passages have been carefully selected, and some will be in Dutch. Paulina will showcase the optimism and hope that survives times of strife and dread.

Ian Watt

Ian Watt studies at Aberdeen City Music School. Recent performances have included four concerts in Paris. He passed the classical guitar Associated Board Exam (grade 8) with distinction and holds the school record for highest mark. As well as classical music, Ian plays electric guitar, sings with his group Steely Glint, and is an accomplished jazz musician.

He recently won the Aberdeen Young Musician of the Year Award. He has just turned 16.

Morag Skene

Morag Skene was born and brought up in the North-East of Scotland. She even lives in a lovely, traditional North-East farmhouse with a huge garden, just outside Peterhead, which she would really enjoy if she was ever there. Unfortunately, Morag's interests in writing, dancing, drama, her wee grandaughter, jazz and making a fool of herself singing on open mic nights, mean she has to drag herself into the big bad city of Aberdeen far too often!

Gerard Rochford

Gerard Rochford's poetry publications include Three Way Street, and The Holy Family and Other Poems, both published by Koo Press. He is a founder member of Dead Good Poets, convenor of their poetry readings at Books and Beans, and a poetry editor for Pushing Out the Boat. He is included in Janice Galloway's selection of Best 20 Scottish poems of 2006, for the Scottish Poetry Library.


Promoted by

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Gordon Highlanders Museum
Dead Good Poets

Supported by

Ken Watmough, Fishmonger by Royal Appointment

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