Set fair for Callander Poetry Weekend, Scotland

Sally Evan the poet and editor of Poetry Scotland is the force behind the Callander Poetry Weekend. Poets come from all over to take part in this special event.

This year you can hear Elizabeth Rimmer, Sheila Templeton, Judith Taylor, Fred Beake, Colin Donati, Sheila Wakefield, Kevin Cadwallender, Ann MacKinnon, and that is pretty much just some of Day 1. Bridget Khursheed of p&g is reading at Callander this afternoon.

Alastair Cook is also talking about the making of filmpoems, Alan Gay leads a group from the Edinburgh Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra and Colin Will on sax backs Bryan Johnstone.

What is not to love. Events at King's Bookshop (open all year round) and the Kirk Hall and elsewhere all weekend. Find out more at http://www.desktopsallye.com/page22.htm

Best Scottish Poems 2014 from the Scottish Poetry Library

A lovely treat for Sunday - the best poems from Scotland last year as edited by Roderick Watson.

I am delighted to find p&g poets among their number:

• Judith Taylor with her beautiful poem The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/lapland-woman-and-finland-woman
• Richie McCaffery with the evocative poem Cold Caller from his fine first collection Cairn http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/cold-caller

You can find the complete poem selection here including work from Kei Miller (seen last at StAnza), powerful new voice Claire Askew and the irrespressible Andrew Sclater to name a few http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/cold-caller

poetandgeek.com Issue 9 - the myth issue - is out now

Helen Shay considers Orpheus on the underground. Steve Komarnyckyj ponders the saints and the seabirds in liminal Edinburgh and beyond. Rob Yates translates. Josie Tutty dips a toe in the Styx, while Ed Waverley discovers Atlantis.

And John D Robinson sneaks in the closest thing to prose to ever feature in p&g.

We invite you to cross over to the other side...

New work from Steve Komarnyckyj, Judith Taylor, Lou Siday, Josie Tutty, Nick Monks, John D Robinson, Helen Shay, Robert Ferns, Phil Wood, Rob Yates, Kat Soini, Laura Carter, Dave Migman, Ed Waverley and Ashby McGowan.

Read the full issue here http://www.poetandgeek.com/issue9/issue09.html

Issue 9 poetandgeek.com coming soon

The mythic issue 9 poetandgeek.com washes up on the shores of 2015 with new work from Steve Komarnyckyj, Judith Taylor, Lou Siday, Josie Tutty, Nick Monks, John D Robinson, Helen Shay, Robert Ferns, Phil Wood, Rob Yates, Kat Soini, Laura Carter, Dave Migman, Ed Waverley and Ashby McGowan.

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Issue 8 poetandgeek.com coming soon

Issue 8 of poetandgeek.com - our online magazine - is out very soon.

Contributors are as follows:

Frank C. Praeger, Vivien Jones, Judith Taylor, Sam Kolinski, Mary McLuskey, Edward Belleville, John Quinn, Suchoon Mo, Jeff Bell, Godefroy Dronsart,  Paola Borella, Helen Burke, Charlie Atkinson, Aswin Vijayan

New names and old familiars we welcome you. There will be a couple of book reviews this time too. Sorry if you have missed out; we won't be able to contact you individually. But please try again for Issue 9 - there was a lot of good work this time round.

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