News
NEW COLLECTION 2027:
RS has been awarded funding from Creative Scotland to write a new full-length poetry collection, for publication with Tapsalteerie in Autumn 2027 - Squid Complex: a commonplace of complicated loss. The project includes a series of accompanying events and creative collaborations. More news as the project progresses.
MAIDEN MOTHER MAGE - final performance & new mural:
There will be one final, very special performance of Maiden Mother Mage - on Saturday 3rd October 2026 at St Mary's Kirk in Haddington, East Lothian. Generously hosted and supported by Haddington's History Society, this final homecoming performance forms part of a series of events celebrating Thaney's connections to local history in the region of her birth. Mhairi Watt joins the cast in the role of Maiden/Thaney. More information here.
Meanwhile, a new mural has been created in Glasgow, by artist Sam Bates (Smug). Part of the Mural Trail, it shows Enoch in her mighty 'Mage' era - modelled on actress Fletcher Mathers, who portrayed 'Mage' at Culross Abbey. Read about the mural and see images here.
OFF THE RAILS WRITING GROUP:
RS has written a two-part article for the Centre for Energy Ethics (University of St Andrews), exploring the value of grassroots creative writing practice, as demonstrated by Off the Rails Writing Group, which she founded and continues to teach in Fife.
CREATIVE ALCHEMY 2026:
A new in-person series of workshops taking place in Fife, Scotland through 2026. *Now fully booked.* Full details here. Please enquire for waiting list or future events: info@rebeccajoysharp.com
POETRY FILM: COMMA OF DIDYMUS:
Made by Steve Smart, with score by Alex South + RS, the poetry film of RS' poem Comma of Didymus has been showing at Film Festivals in Ireland, the US, Mexico and Scotland. Full details here: Comma of Didymus
LONG FIELD LOOP:
RS's full-length poetry collection Long Field Loop is available from publisher Tapsalteerie.
“an extraordinary, utterly unique collection … an antidote to the Anthropocene” – John Glenday.
"Sharp’s is the warmest kind of magic. Long Field Loop is more than a book, it’s an invitation to a party." – Amanda Yates Garcia. Written while Artist-in-Residence with the Centre for Energy Ethics (University of St Andrews), supported by Creative Scotland and the CEE. Longlisted for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year.
PEATLAND POEM:
RS's poem 'Peatland' is featured on the 'Peatland Restoration: A Guide for Crofting Communities', taken from her collection Long Field Loop (Tapsalteerie 2024).
ANTHOLOGY: HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT KNIVES:
The anthology that RS co-edited with Marcas Mac an Tuairneir and Samina Chaudhry - How Do We Talk About Knives: contemporary writers in Scotland on names, language and identity (Matecznik Press) - launched at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2023. The book is available here.
ROAD & RAIL:
Available through Souterrain Press (RS's micro press for niche and limited edition releases) - a 1-act micro play, with illustrations by Scottish artist John Johnstone. “Rebecca Sharp’s miniature elegy channels the melancholy spirit of Ivor Cutler to navigate its way through the ups and downs of family matters, and the hand-me-down rituals that mark them. A funny, tender and ultimately triumphal rollercoaster of everyday purging, Road & Rail is anything but pedestrian.” – Neil Cooper, Writer and Critic, Edinburgh, May 2022
HELIOS INTERVIEW:
Read RS's interview with Imre Szeman and Caleb Wellum for the Energy Humanities' series Helios (#3), discussing all things Rough Currency.
POEM RECORDING:
Enjoy this short reading with imagery, of RS's prose poem The Residents of Airth, from Rough Currency.
ROUGH CURRENCY:
Rough Currency, RS's poetry pamphlet collection with Tapsalteerie is available here. "...an achingly beautiful, far-sighted sequence... Visionary. Oracular. Fearless. Compelling."- John Glenday