The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
St Andrews
Carcanet at Fifty
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A cabinet exhibition showcasing excerpts from Fifty Fifty, a collection of letters from the archives of publishing house Carcanet.
Coast Lines
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
Showcase of commissioned poems responding to coastal images taken across Scotland and our relationship to seas and rivers.
Dorothy’s Colour
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of poems and paintings by poet Sarah Corbett and visual artist Zoe Benbow, which engages with Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journals.
Expeditions
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of commissioned poems which respond to objects from the museum of the
University of St Andrews, taken from sea and polar expeditions.
How to Say ‘I Love You’ in Greenlandic
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of Nancy Campbell’s creative depiction of the Arctic alphabet, accompanied by visual illustrations.
The Matchsafe
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of poems by Alycia Pirmohamed, Steve Smart, and Jay G Ying which respond to works of poetry that particularly spoke to them.
Stanza’s Listening Booth: Idioma Da Tinta
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. Thu-sat 10am–10pm, free.
Audio-installation featuring poetry by Galician writer Yolanda Castaño set to music by Isaac Garabatos.
Stanza’s Listening Booth: North Uist Sea Poems
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Wed March 4 and Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
Listen to Pauline Priorpitt’s poems set to music by poet and musician Catherine Eunson.
Border Crossings: Johan Sandberg Mcguinne and Gerry Cambridge
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 2.15pm, £4.50 (£3.50).
Readings from Johan Sandberg Mcguinne, a Gaelic and Swedishsaami poet, linguist, translator and musician, and Gerry Cambridge, founder of Scotland’s leading poetry journal The Dark Horse.
Border Crossings: Shehzar Doja and Tim Turnbull
Parliament Hall, South Street, KY16 9QW, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 11.30am, £4.50 (£3.50).
Readings from emerging poet Shehzar Doja and Tim Turnbull, whose collection Stranded in Subatomica was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in 2006.
Five O’clock Verses: Alec Finlay and Charlotte Van den Broeck
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 5pm, £6.50 (£5).
Readings from the winner of the Herman De Coninck Debut prize and triannual Paul Snoek Prize, Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck, and award-winning Scottish poet and artist Alex Finlay.
Meditation and Poetry
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 10.15am, free.
Prepare yourself for a day of poetic works at this session which blends mindfulness, poetry and the imagination,
Poetry Café: Angie Strachan and Colin Bramwell
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 1pm, £7 (£5.75).
Funny spoken word performances by Angie Strachan, runner up in the 2019 Scottish Poetry Slam Championship, and Colin Bramwell, who is currently on the UK leg of his international tour of Umbrella Man.
Poetry Centre Stage: Anthony Anaxagorou and Jen Hadfield
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 8pm, £10 (£8.50).
Double-bill of readings by contemporary poets Anthony Anaxagorou and Jen Hadfield. Anaxagorou’s second collection, After the Formalities, was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize, and Hadfield’s Nigh-no-place won the prize in 2008.
Poetry at Sunset: Maitreyabandhu on Cézanne
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 7pm, free.
Maitreyabandhu reads from his new collection On Cézanne, which responds to the French Post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne’s words and works.