Readings
StAnza programmes a wide selection of readings throughout each festival: Poetry Centre Stage in The Byre, Five O'Clock Verses in Parliament Hall and others with their own identity. Introduced in 2010, Border Crossings have poets from different countries and languages reading in tandem. Showcase readings give a dedicated platform to poets connected with specific publications, awards or other countries; while Round Table readings offer the opportunity to encounter poetry in a very different way; the poet joins a very limited audience in an intimate venue to read poems, comment and chat.
Tue 13 March | 7.00-8.00pm | Festival Prequel – Kwame Dawes reads at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrshire
On the eve of StAnza 2012, one of this year’s festival poets reads at the birthplace of Scotland’s National Poet
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrshire
Wed 14 March | 6.00-7.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Wed 14 March | 10.00-11.30pm | Poetry Café: Student Showcase
Presenting new voices in this student poetry showcase
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro
Thu 15 March | 10.00-11.15am | Poetry Walk: Town and Gown
A poetic perambulation through 600 years of St Andrews as a university town
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Theatre Garden
Thu 15 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Gerry Cambridge, Tusiata Avia
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room
Thu 15 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Alan Buckley, Catherine Hales
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber
Thu 15 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table
Intimate reading: John Burnside
The Green Room, St Leonards Quad, South Street
Thu 15 March | 5.00-6.00pm | Five O’Clock Verses
Reading: Lachlan Mackinnon, Hilary Menos
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Thu 15 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Michael Symmons Roberts, Kwame Dawes
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium
Fri 16 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Rody Gorman, Boel Schenlaer
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room
Fri 16 March | 11.30am-12.15pm | Round Table
Intimate Reading: Keston Sutherland
Fraser East, South Street
Fri 16 March | 12.45-1.45pm | Clydebuilt Showcase
Clydebuilt: William Bonar, Eveline Pye, Nuala Watt, Samuel Tongue, Irene Hossack
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber
Fri 16 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Jane McKie, John Siddique
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room
Fri 16 March | 3.30-4.30pm | Filmpoem Live
A unique synthesis, a cleaving together of words, sound and vision
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Fri 16 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table: Afternoon Tea with Jackie
Intimate Reading: Jackie Kay
The Albany Hotel, North Street
Fri 16 March | 5.00-6.00pm | Five O’Clock Verses
Reading: Bernard O’Donoghue, Tony Curtis
Parliament Hall, South Street
Fri 16 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Chase Twichell, Lavinia Greenlaw
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium
Sat 17 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Helen Ivory, Tadeusz Dąbrowski with translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street
Sat 17 March | 11.30am-12.15pm | Round Table
Reading: Matthew Hollis
The Green Room, St Leonards Quad, South Street
Sat 17 March | 12.00-2.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Sat 17 March | 12.45-1.45pm | HappenStance Showcase
Showcase event with Niall Campbell, Richie McCaffery, Theresa Muñoz
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber
Sat 17 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Whistle
Unique coming-of-age story from Martin Figura, told with insight and gentle humour
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sat 17 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Andy Jackson, Pippa Little
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street
Sat 17 March | 3.30-4.30pm | Pulsars – New Music: New Poetry
Music, poetry & text composition in this electro-acoustic performance by Rozalie Hirs
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sat 17 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table
Reading: John Glenday
The Green Room, St Leonards Quad, South Street
Sat 17 March | 5.00-6.00pm | Five O’Clock Verses
Reading: David Morley, Kerry Hardie
Parliament Hall, South Street
Sat 17 March | 6.05-6.45pm | Horse Tales and Saddle Songs – the launch
The launch of a revised edition of Judy Steel’s anthology of horse poetry, with a foreword by HRH the Princess Royal
J&G Innes Ltd, Booksellers, South Street
Sat 17 March | 6.05-6.45pm | Horse Tales and Saddle Songs – the launch
The launch of a revised edition of Judy Steel’s anthology of horse poetry, with a foreword by HRH the Princess Royal
J&G Innes Ltd, Booksellers, South Street
Sat 17 March | 6.15-7.15pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Sat 17 March | 7.00-7.20pm | Imprisoned Poets Reading
Readings from the work of imprisoned poets
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sat 17 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Jackie Kay, Christopher Reid
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium
Sun 18 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Simon Barraclough, Gill Andrews
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street
Sun 18 March | 12.00-2.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Sun 18 March | 1.00-2.00pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Joe Dunthorne, Nikola Madzirov
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber
Sun 18 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café: Tony Walsh
Enjoy lunch and verses with Tony Walsh
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Isobel Dixon, Ghayath Almadhoun
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street
Sun 18 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Split Screen
A stellar line-up of poets to launch this lively anthology of poems inspired by TV and film, introduced by the editor, Andy Jackson
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 3.30-4.00pm | Las Meninas
A poetic reinterpretation of Velàzquez’s famous painting by Lyn Moir
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table: Tony Curtis
Reading: Tony Curtis
St Mary's Hall, St Mary’s Quad, South Street
Sun 18 March | 5.00-5.45pm | Psycho Poetica
Hitchcock’s classic film recreated in original poetry and music
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre
Sun 18 March | 6.15-7.15pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
Sun 18 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Kathleen Jamie, Grace Nichols
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium