Insta

Yes we now have an insta account so if you have an interest in the life of Bridget Khursheed and others as roving poets, technical authors, geek interests and judging from what in there so far lines and shadows, please follow.

You can find us @poetandgeek https://www.instagram.com/poetandgeek/


Other accounts we like belong to:

• The inimitable Helen Mort
  @stationarypoet  https://www.instagram.com/stationarypoet/
  
• The force that is Claire Askew
  @one.night.stanzas https://www.instagram.com/one.night.stanzas/
  
• The elf king of Gourock
  @elfofelbrookcourt https://www.instagram.com/elfofelbrookcourt/
  
• Inhale the hills with Fiona Russell
  @moorhare https://www.instagram.com/moorhare/
  
• Eye on line & space Ben Lingard
  @the_edgelands https://www.instagram.com/the_edgelands/

Let us know if you have a suitably geeky insta you would like to share in the comments.

Delighted to be at #StAnza15

Having a pause after visiting the pamphlet sale or poetry market - curated by Alan Gay - in the town hall here in St Andrews and I can report that StAnza is every bit as good as people say - maybe the streets aren't paved with poets (not even after kicking out time at the pubs as Ian Duhig naughtily suggested on Twitter) - but the population density is certainly high.

This is heightened by the fact that the festival venues are close together in the three streets - with the result that you can mix fantastic and imaginative events with the constant joy of running into old friends.

I went straight into a great reading on arrival last night- the place is packed out - and I was lucky to pick up a returned ticket for Helen Mort and J L Williams (replacing Liz Berry) and then on into a (not so quiet) open mic (Colin Will reading in the picture) at Zest - where, yes, I read my first poems at StAnza. Fab.

Tonight it is Ian Duhig, Kei Miller, Ilya Kaminsky, the slam and Simon Armitage.