Greenbelt
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I mentioned previously that one of the pleasures of Greenbelt Festival was meeting people I’ve known online for a while but not met in the flesh before. One such person is journalist and science writer Suzanne Elvidge, who interviewed me for the Surefish website. You can read her piece here.
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Greenbelt 2011 was only my second experience of the festival and my first as a contributor but that’s easily enough to make me hanker more than ever after becoming a regular Greenbelter. I can think of nothing I wouldn’t classify as a highlight, although I know that sounds rather contradictory. The only possible exception is
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Feels like it’s ages since I’ve blogged. It certainly feels like I’ve done quite a bit since I last posted anything, so here’s a wee roundup of what I’ve been up to: A Knife Fight in a Telephone Box Our madcap poetry competition, in which the competition had little really to do with the poetry,
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I’ve been trying for ages to write something that uses various Scots words and phrases for, or connected with, rain. It only occurred to me recently that vispo/concrete poetry might be a productive approach for this project, which I’m calling “In Wir Element”. This is the first of what I hope will be several pieces
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Note: this piece plays with the Scots word for/spelling of “roof”.
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I’ve been thinking about the idea of home over the past several days, in preparation for my workshop and reading at Greenbelt at the end of August. So far, the only creative response it’s produced — well, the only one I think worth sharing, anyway — is a handful of Scots pwoemrds or vispo pieces,
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The times and venues of my appearances at this year’s Greenbelt festival have just been confirmed. First up is a poetry workshop at 2 pm on Saturday 27 August in Crest. The workshop is entitled “Lines Home” and will probe the idea of home, tying into this year’s Greenbelt theme. That’s followed on Sunday 28
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Don’t let that post title worry you: I’m not revealing a previously undisclosed predeliction for the gee-gees. Au contraire, I’m just excited to be appearing at this year’s Greenbelt festival, which is based at Cheltenham racecourse. For those of you unfamiliar with Greenbelt, it describes itself as a festival “where faith, arts and justice collide”,
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