DIARY
2024 (scroll down for current dates).
See here for events solely relating to LONG FIELD LOOP
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APRIL
Saturday 6th:
Byre Theatre, St Andrews: 7.30pm, And the Birds Did Sing by Curious Seed - for the aftershow gathering 'Staying On', RS reads from Long Field Loop - with other invited guests John McCann and Quee MacArthur. Booking here.
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Thursday 11th:
Lapidus Scotland Networking Event: Mitchell Library (Blythswood Room), Glasgow. 6.15pm-7.45pm. RS talking about the anthology project How Do We Talk About Knives, and reading. Details and (free) registration here. In-person and online. Other guest speaker, Elaine Konopka on elemental awareness in writing for wellbeing.
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Monday 15th:
Health of the Sublime in the Mearns: RS leads the first block of poetry + nature writing online classes for this project led by artist Carrie Fertig with Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network (MCHLN) and Creative Scotland. This block fully subscribed. Check the link for later blocks and other strands.
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Wednesday 17th:
Off the Rails Writing Group - Block 2. Fortnightly Wednesdays 6-9pm for 5 sessions (final session 12th June), £160 for all 5 sessions. Previous attendance not required, space available for newcomers.
A rolling, dynamic creative/writing group at Off the Rails Arthouse in Ladybank, Fife. Enquiries + booking : info@rebeccajoysharp.com
Friday 26th:
St Andrews: British Council Scotland / Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities EARTH Scholarship programme. Writing species and multilingualism, RS with Dr Elodie Laügt + Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger.
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Saturday 27th:
Platform Poetry at the Larick Centre, Tayport, Fife. 2pm, £10. Readers RS, and Elodie Laügt + Emma Jane Lloyd. Reservations to beth.mcdonough2@virginmedia.com
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Sunday 28th:
Soutar Festival of Words: workshop, The World Beyond. Perth Art Gallery (PSNS Library Room), 1 - 4pm. £15. Booking required - information here.
MAY
Thursday 23rd:
LONG FIELD LOOP: Launch. Byre Theatre, St Andrews. 6pm. Free, booking required. RS's new collection of poems (Tapsalteerie), written during an 18-month project as Artist-in-Residence with the Centre for Energy Ethics (University of St Andrews). Launch features a special performance with composer/musician Alex South.
Friday 24th:
Forth Fridays at The Book Nook, Stirling, 7pm. How Do We Talk About Knives - anthology published by Matecznik Press, co-edited by RS. Please note RS is *not* reading at this event. Readers include Marcas Mac an Tuairneir and Laura T Fyfe. Booking to follow.
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JUNE
Wednesday 5th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: Instytut Kultury Miejskiej, Gdańsk. 6.30pm. RS reading, Q&A + screening of Velella velella.
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Thursday 6th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Languages. 1.30pm
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Wednesday 19th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow. 7pm, £5 - tickets here. With guest poets Stewart Sanderson + MacGillivray. Screening of Velella velella, plus Comma of Didymus performance with Alex South. Music with Codrach.
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JULY
Thursday 18th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: for Crail Festival, 'Poetry & Prosecco' - RS + John Glenday reading. Crail Kirk Hall, 7.00-8.30pm. £10, tickets here.
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AUGUST
Wednesday 21st:
LONG FIELD LOOP: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2.30-3.30pm. New Myths: Sasha Dugdale and RS, chaired by Marjorie Lotfi. Booking required, here.
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OCTOBER
Wednesday 2nd:
Off the Rails Writing Group - Block 3. Fortnightly Wednesdays 6-9pm for 5 sessions (final session 27th Nov), £162 for all 5 sessions. Previous attendance not required, 2 spaces available for newcomers. A rolling, dynamic creative/writing group at Off the Rails Arthouse in Ladybank, Fife. Enquiries + booking : info@rebeccajoysharp.com
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Thursday 10th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: *Loopshop* (workshop), 1-4pm - Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh. Info + Booking.
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Friday 25th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: RS reading at Forth Fridays, Stirling (The Book Nook), 7pm.
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NOVEMBER
Thursday 14th:
LONG FIELD LOOP / Four Poets Lost in a Forest: Angus Book Festival - with John Glenday, Knotbrook Taylor and Haworth Hodgkinson. 7pm, Montrose Playhouse. Tickets to follow.
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Thursday 28th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: Shore Poets, Edinburgh. Tapsalteerie showcase, with Rachel Plummer. Details to follow.
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Saturday 30th:
Codrach / Platform Poetry: Platform Poetry at The Larick Centre, Tayport (Fife). Guest poets, plus an assembly of Codrach (music) with RS & Emil Thompson. £10, 2-4pm - see Codrach for details.
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