International Women's Day 2019 event, Hawick, Scotland

It would be great to see you at the International Women's Day 2019 event in Hawick at the Cornucopia Room along with excellent local writers Zozan Yasar, Dorothy Alexander, Honor Donahoe, Jules Horne, Anita John, Margaret Skea and myself. We will be talking about our practice and there will be readings too plus a chance for some chat.

Tickets are available here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-writers-tickets-56654448982. Free event but you need to register.

#Hawickfest review

Our friend from the west poet Rab Wilson has written a fine review of #Hawickfest spokenword in the National which you can find here:

http://www.thenational.scot/news/15463860.Rab_Wilson__Airts_festival_an_eclectic_mix_o_kenspeckle_ingine/

All we need to add is: good times were had.

More photos are available on our Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/poetandgeek.ezine

p&g is already looking forward to next year. Thanks Thomas Clark for organising the clamjamfry and Julie Witford and the Cornucopia Magazine for hosting in their lovely venue.

#Hawickfest spoken word 5th August 2017

Looking forward to #Hawickfest spoken word sesh 1-3pm Cornucopia Room (opposite Heart of Hawick) - see you there to enjoy the words of the very talented Jules Horne Tom Murray Anita John Sara Clark Brian Holton and Thomas Clark. p&g will be reading too.

You can find out more about the Heart of Hawick Music Festival here https://www.facebook.com/hawickfest/

Line up revealed at Stowed Out Roxxap Roar stage 29th August Stow, Scotland

The full line up is revealed for the first ever Roxxap Roar Stage at Stowed Out boutique festival.

Feast your eyes...carefully planned so you can get your poetry and music fix.

And all this for a tenner. U18 £5 U12 free. Plus there is a ukele workshop.

More information here https://www.facebook.com/stowedoutfestival

Stowed Out 2015 dazzle me with your spoken word..

Yes there are a couple of free slots - about 15 minutes each - on the Roxxap Roar Spoken Word Stage: do your stuff and get free entry to the festival and some spending money.

A great opportunity...

The Roxxap Roar Spoken Word stage will feature local performance artists Sara Clark, Dorothy Alexander, Anita John, Jules Horne, Thomas Clark and special guests. Bridget Khursheed says "It is very exciting to be curating the spoken word event at Stowed out - spoken word has been making media headlines but it is an art that has always been alive and well here in the Borders - local talent and some headline names from around the UK will be strutting their stuff on the Roxxap Roar stage in high energy, performance shots on subjects as diverse as punk love, oystercatchers, consumer tics and knitting with dog hair; I am keeping a couple of spaces for anyone who can dazzle me with their set on YouTube - please get in touch via Twitter or the usual email. Sara Clark will be on hand to show festival goers how to write your own spoken word. And a cash slam prize is also available for the best set on the day.

What am I expecting to see on YouTube or your video - well something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbzgnOSVARo
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UColNF6IOKNneVoHFIiU5e7g

The latest from the writing Fragments

The writing Fragments project is coming to a conclusion - ready for the final event at Melrose Abbey on 5th April 2014.

We poets have scoured the medieval mind and body for inspiration.

If you check back over the next weeks you can view new work from participating writers: Mary Smith, Sandy Watson, Vivien Jones, Anita John, Dorothy Alexander, John McEwen, Yvonne Crossley, Molly Watson, Eve Polly and Bridget Khursheed.

Find out what is going on here http://fragmentsinwords.tumblr.com/

Scottish Borders Poets' Showcase 26th November 2013

Borders poets read in the magnificent library (and it is) at Walter Scott's Abbotsford for what we hope is the start of a new series of readings in a house built on poetry.

The event starts at 7pm. £7.50 for adults, £5.00 for under 17s.

Five poets read in this first Abbotsford showcase of contemporary Borders writing, organized by CABN in partnership with Abbotsford House and the Scottish Poetry Library. Admission includes a glass of wine and you can buy books too.

The poets invited to take part are: Anita John, Laurna Robertson, Julian Colton, Stuart Delves and p&g's own Bridget Khursheed (reading some Abbotsford poems).

More information available here http://www.cabn.info/events-talks/scottish-borders-poets-showcase.html and here http://www.scottsabbotsford.co.uk/whats-on

Don't forget to look for the hedgehog