DIARY
2024 PAST DIARY
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JANUARY
Wednesday 24th:
Off the Rails Writing Group. Fortnightly Wednesdays 6-9pm. A new, rolling, dynamic creative/writing group meeting fortnightly for 5 sessions at Off the Rails Arthouse in Ladybank, Fife. Block One (Jan-Mar) *fully booked*. info@rebeccajoysharp.com
Wednesday 31st:
Our Ludic Augury: game, story, sustainability. Online (Zoom), 6-8pm GMT. Free with booking. Supported and presented by the Centre for Energy Ethics (University of St Andrews), with RS + Dr Pauline Souleau. Guest speakers Emily Lord-Kambitsch with Bowen Walker, poet Andy Jackson, and Amanda Yates Garcia (Oracle of LA).
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FEBRUARY
Tuesday 13th:
Games Night: sustainability, agency and risk. University of St Andrews, Hebdomadar's Room, 4-6pm. Free, space limited: please book by emailing pajs1@st-andrews.ac.uk (Dr Pauline Souleau). Presented by the Centre for Energy Ethics, RS + Pauline Souleau. An in-person games night; creative ways of framing climate action and sustainability, embodying some of the concepts addressed by the online event Our Ludic Augury (31 Jan).
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Friday 23rd:
How Do We Talk About Knives - anthology reading event. St Andrews, Fife: Parliament Hall, South Street.
6-8pm. Free, no booking required. Hosted by the Centre for Poetic Innovation (University of St Andrews), Matecznik Press, and Platform Poetry. RS and other poets reading from the anthology: Elodie Laügt, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, and Vahid Davar.
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MARCH
Sunday 10th:
StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival: Braided Poetry: reading and workshop (online). 10.00am – 11.30am | Zoom | from £5.00. Premiere of new braided text written by RS + Monika Szuba, I offer you a needle. Followed by a workshop with RS + Elodie Laügt. Supported by StAnza, the Centre for Poetic Innovation and the Centre for Energy Ethics (University of St Andrews), and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (Munich).
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And: Poets for Palestine (StAnza) - online (YouTube) 8.30pm-10pm. Free, with donations to Medical Aid Palestine.
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Friday 15th:
How Do We Talk About Knives (Matecznik Press) - anthology reading event with Scottish Writers Centre at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. 7pm, free. Readers RS, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Samina Chaudhry, Carrie Marshall, Ngan Nguyen, Xinyi Jiang, and Christie Williamson.
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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.
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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.
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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. info@rebeccajoysharp.com
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Thursday 10th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: *Loopshop* (workshop), 1-4pm - Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh.
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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 28th:
LONG FIELD LOOP: Shore Poets, Edinburgh. Tapsalteerie showcase, with Rachel Plummer. 7pm – 8.45pm (doors open 6.45pm). The Waverley Bar, 3-5 St Mary’s St, Edinburgh EH1 1TA. £5-£7.50 on the door. ​​
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DECEMBER
Sunday 1st:
CREATIVE ALCHEMY: Riddling the Ash. Online workshop (Zoom), 2-4pm. £30.
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