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StAnza 2027 · 12-14 March · St Andrews

All Year Round

Poetry doesn't keep to a calendar and neither do we. Online readings, mentoring, workshops and commissions, all year.

What's on

Coming up

Online readings and discussions, workshops and the events in Fife and beyond. Many of our events happen online, so wherever you are, you can join in.

Projects

Poetry beyond the festival

A historic St Andrews building lit up in pink and gold light at dusk, with people gathered on the lawn

Common Verse

A two-day summit exploring the role of poetry in Scotland's cultural life.

A smiling participant at a writing workshop table

Well Versed

Encouraging more reading of poetry and the setting up of poetry book groups.

Charles Lang chats with a reader at a book signing

Fifebuilt

Mentoring a small group of emerging Fife-based poets.

Collage of overlapping colourful printed squares

Future Programmers Lab

Sharing nearly 30 years of festival-making with emerging programmers and producers.

Dictionary of War in the languages of Scotland - a series of translation workshops with Ostap Slyvynsky, from Translatorium, supported by the British Council

Dictionary of War

Ukrainian writing about war, translated into the languages of Scotland.

Sea cliffs and a white lighthouse at Neist Point on Skye, in soft evening light

Past projects

Four finished projects, kept here as part of StAnza's history.

News

From the festival team

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