WILD: forms of resistance Festival Opening Night
Performers for this event
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Beth Frieden
Beth Frieden
Beth Frieden is an American poet who now lives in Glasgow. She writes in Scottish Gaelic and English and her debut bilingual pamphlet Acair san talamh / Anchor in the land was published by Stewed Rhubarb in 2023. She has performed her poetry at the opening ceremony of the World Cycling Championships and at StAnza 2023. Beth was a member of the Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers Programme in 2023-24.
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Roshni Gallagher
Roshni Gallagher
Roshni is a poet from Leeds living in Edinburgh. She is co-winner of the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2022 and a Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Awardee 2022. Her debut pamphlet Bird Cherry is published by Verve Poetry Press (Feb 2023). Her work has appeared in a variety of literary publications including Best Scottish Poems, Gutter, New Writing Scotland, Propel, and The Scotsman newspaper. In her work, she explores themes of nature, memory, and quietness.
Event Details
Celebrate the first day of StAnza’s 2023 festival with a jam-packed evening of performances by Zaffar Kunial, Roshni Gallagher, Beth Frieden, Craig Santos Perez, William Keohane and Harry Josephine Giles.
Event Details
Celebrate the first day of StAnza’s 2023 festival with a jam-packed evening of performances by Zaffar Kunial, Roshni Gallagher, Beth Frieden, Craig Santos Perez, William Keohane and Harry Josephine Giles. We’re delighted to welcome to the centre stage six incredible poets exploring a vast range of perspectives on this year’s theme, on language, futurity, culture, gender, and, of course, the relations between the human and natural worlds. A true feast of poetry to end the first day of festivities.
Supported by Culture Ireland and in partnership with The Gaelic Books Council.
Please note; Craig Santos Perez and Beth Frieden will be appearing virtually.
