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wordfringe 2007

1–31 May

Wordfringe

Event Calendar

Week 1

Tuesday 1 May
7.30pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory

Pushing Out the Boat: Issue 6 Launch
The latest edition of North-East Scotland's prestigious new writing magazine


Wednesday 2 May
8pm
Duff House, Banff

Tales from the Lands of Deveron
Stagecraft Turriff perform new work by Huntly Writers


Thursday 3 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans

Gael Force
Poetry and song from the Highlands and Islands, including Donald S. Murray, Rhoda Michael and singer Deirdre MacTaggart


Thursday 3 May
8.30pm
Belmont Picturehouse Bar

Anything Prose
Birthday party of the prose writers' group


Friday 4 May
7.30pm
Christian Community, Spademill Road

Queen Amang the Heather
Grampian Storytellers with special guest Sheila Stewart


Saturday 5 May
11am
The Lemon Tree

Wordcraft Performance Poetry Workshop
with Rapunzel Wizard


Sunday 6 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)

wordfringe on the radio


Liana Hemmett

Alison Flett

Week 2

Monday 7 May
7pm
Musa

Heads & Tails
Koo Press presents poets Judith Taylor & Douglas W. Gray


Tuesday 8 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library

Beatitudes
Launch of Knotbrook Taylor's poetry collection, plus Maureen Ross & Majella Cullinane


Tuesday 8 May
8.30pm
Enigma

Loads of Dreads, But No Fears
Rapunzel Wizard: a true voice from the underground


Wednesday 9 May
7.30pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre

Jungle & Jazz
Aberdeen Writers' Circle, with jazz duo Andy Brown & Bill Mann


Friday 11 May
Saturday 12 May
Sunday 13 May
University of Aberdeen

Word 07
wordfringe takes a break for the University of Aberdeen Writers' Festival


Sunday 13 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)

wordfringe on the radio


Ash Dickinson

Week 3

Tuesday 15 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library

Lost in Music
Rachel Fox (poet) with Andy Fellows (concertina)


Tuesday 15 May
8.30pm
Snafu

Comedy Capers Comedy Showcase
with the best of the region's rising comedy stars


Wednesday 16 May
12.45pm
RGU, Garthdee

In wards, out wards
Poems and stories from nursing and beyond, with Colin Macduff, Eddie Gibbons & Gerard Rochford


Wednesday 16 May
8pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory

Blue Salt Collective
Poetry with visuals, music and dance from Knotbrook Taylor, Catriona Yule, Haworth Hodgkinson, John Glenday & Mhairi Allan


Thursday 17 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans

Tongue & Cheek
Launch of Liana Hemmett's chapbook On the Edge, plus 2 Alis & a G (Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie Gibbons)


Friday 18 May
7pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre

Young Poets
Aberdeen Writers' Circle Schools Poetry Competition Prizegiving

Please note change of start time


Saturday 19 May
11am
The Lemon Tree

Ways with Words
Janet Paisley presents a workshop on the use of dialogue


Saturday 19 May
2pm
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

2 Alis & a G
Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie Gibbons


Saturday 19 May
7.30pm
Kilau

Paisley Pattern
Fiction, poetry and live music woven by playwright and poet Janet Paisley with members of the Lemon Tree Writers


Sunday 20 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)

wordfringe on the radio


Wendy Ivers

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)

wordfringe on the radio


Martin Walsh

Rapunzel Wizard

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)


Pauline de Koning

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