I can’t get to the StAnza International Poetry Festival until Friday evening, but I’m staying through Sunday and looking forward to it immensely. It’s a fantastic festival. Here’s what I plan on seeing, although I might not manage to it all:
Friday Evening:
Reading: Simon Armitage and Bill Manhire
Open Mic
Saturday:
Masterclass: Bill Manhire
Poetry Cabaret Reading: Roddy Lumsden
Book Fair (there will be a table with books, I hope, from myself, Andy Philip and Sandy Hutchison – maybe Tom Pow too, I’ll have to check with him)
Reading: Jay Parini and Jenny Bornholdt
The StAnza slam (I had considered entering, but haven’t had time to learn enough stuff off by heart)
Sunday:
Masterclass: Douglas Dunn
Reading: Translated Poets, Italy: Bianca Tarozzi and Elisa Biagini
Performance: Out of his Head (drama on W.S. Graham)
