Events

Festival 2021 »

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Check out our full list of festival events below, or browse by category using the menu on the left. Just click on any event for a more detailed listing.

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Saturday 6th

Eco Poetry: the Political and the Personal »

Join our first creative writing workshop for StAnza 2021, led by poet Marvin Thompson

Sat 6 March | 14:30 - 16:00 | £10 | StAnza Zoom

Festival Launch Extravaganza »

Enjoy a sneak peek of some of the highlights of StAnza 2021

Sat 6 March | 19:00 - 20:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

StAnza 2021 Launch Party »

Join our Zoom party to celebrate the festival launch

Sat 6 March | 20:00 - 21:00 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Sunday 7th

Poetry and Meditation »

Readings and meditation to start the day

Sun 7 March | 10:30 - 11:30 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Inspire Session »

A brief session to spark your own creativity

Sun 7 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

The StAnza Masterclass »

Led by Colette Bryce

Sun 7 March | 12:00 - 13:10 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Oor Big Braw Cosmos »

Cosmic science, poetry and imagery with Rab Wilson

Sun 7 March | 16:00 - 17:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

A Tribute: Roddy Lumsden »

Poets and friends celebrate the life and work of a son of St Andrews

Sun 7 March | 18:30 - 20:00 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Monday 8th

Festival Cafe - On Zoom »

Come along to this year's online Festival Cafe at StAnza 2021!

Mon 8 March | 11:00 - 11:30 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Inspire Session »

A brief session to prompt your own creativity

Mon 8 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Meet the Artist »

Join Marina Kazakova to learn about her work on symphonic poetry

Mon 8 March | 12:30 - 13:00 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Old English for Poets »

A workshop on variation and alliteration led by Chris Jones

Mon 8 March | 14:00 - 15:30 | £10 | StAnza Zoom

Poems Aloud »

St Andrews University Library Poetry Recitation Competition

Mon 8 March | 16:00 - 17:00 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Poets at Home »

Ella Frears asks who is driving the poem

Mon 8 March | 17:30 - 17:45 | FREE | StAnza Online

Translating Poetries »

Readings from poets and translators shortlisted for the Sarah Maguire Prize

Mon 8 March | 19:30 - 20:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Tuesday 9th

Inspire Session »

A brief session to prompt your own creativity

Tue 9 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Meet the Artists »

Chris McCabe, Astra Papachristodoulou and Jinhao Xie on Instagram poetry

Tue 9 March | 12:30 - 13:00 | free/ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Round Table »

A special session with Imtiaz Dharker

Tue 9 March | 15:30 - 16:15 | £7 | StAnza Zoom

Poets at Home »

Notebooks and word documents with Will Harris

Tue 9 March | 17:00 - 17:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Found in translation: from StAnza to Skopje »

Poetry between between Britain and Macedonia, with Peter Mackay, Tania Hershman, Mitko Gogov and Katica Kulavkova

Tue 9 March | 17:30 - 18:30 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Past & Present: Edwin Morgan »

StAnza’s regular Past & Present strand goes audio with Free Vers(e)

Tue 9 March | 18:30 - 19:15 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Naomi Shihab Nye, Tim Liardet

Tue 9 March | 19:30 - 20:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Festival Cafe - On Zoom »

Come along to this year's online Festival Cafe at StAnza 2021!

Tue 9 March | 20:30 - 21:00 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Wednesday 10th

Festival Cafe - On Zoom »

Come along to this year's online Festival Cafe at StAnza 2021!

Wed 10 March | 11:00 - 11:30 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Inspire Session »

A brief session to prompt your own creativity

Wed 10 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Meet the Artist »

Hear Ifor ap Glyn, Peter Mackay, Ciara ní É and Pól Mag Uidhir talk about ‘Bàrd- File – Bardd’

Wed 10 March | 12:30 - 13:00 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Poetry in the Garden (cancelled/postponed) »

Poetry al fresco (POSTPONED)

Wed 10 March | 13:00 - 13:30 | Free/Ticketed | Preservation Trust Museum, North Street, Garden

Worth a thousand words »

A poetry workshop responding to poems by Franki Raffles

Wed 10 March | 14:00 - 15:30 | £10 | StAnza Zoom

Poets at Home »

Out on the downs with poet and translator Sasha Dugdale

Wed 10 March | 15:30 - 15:45 | FREE | StAnza Online

The Last Model »

A showcase of Latgalian poetry

Wed 10 March | 16:30 - 17:15 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Adam Zagajewski, Russell Jones

Wed 10 March | 19:30 - 20:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Thursday 11th

Past & Present »

Rob A. Mackenzie on Miroslav Holub; Helena Nelson on Ruth Pitter's light verse

Thu 11 March | 11:00 - 12:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

Inspire Session »

A brief session to prompt your own creativity

Thu 11 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Walk »

Join Helen Boden for a virtual poetry walk along the Fife Coastal Path

Thu 11 March | 13:00 - 13:30 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Online

Round Table »

A special session with T.S. Eliot prize-winner Roger Robinson

Thu 11 March | 14:00 - 14:40 | £7 | StAnza Zoom

The StAnza Lecture: Access All Areas »

Jacqueline Saphra on form and revolution

Thu 11 March | 16:00 - 17:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

Past & Present: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff »

Join us for a specia Dead Ladies Show/Past & Present crossover

Thu 11 March | 18:00 - 18:30 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Raymond Antrobus, Volha Hapeyeva

Thu 11 March | 19:30 - 20:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Festival Cafe - On Zoom »

Come along to this year's online Festival Cafe at StAnza 2021!

Thu 11 March | 20:30 - 21:00 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Between the Covers »

Round off your day with poetry from Larry Butler

Thu 11 March | 22:00 - 22:15 | FREE | StAnza Online

Friday 12th

Poets at Home »

Caroline Bird shares the faces she makes when she's writing

Fri 12 March | 08:30 - 08:45 | FREE | StAnza Online

Inspire Session »

A brief session to spark your own creativity

Fri 12 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Café: Ink Asher Hemp »

Lunchtime spoken word from an exciting new voice on the Scottish scene

Fri 12 March | 13:00 - 13:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Round Table »

A special session with Tishani Doshi

Fri 12 March | 14:00 - 14:45 | £7 | StAnza Zoom

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Mona Kareem, Michael Grieve

Fri 12 March | 17:00 - 18:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

Past & Present »

StAnza goes audio with the New Caribbean Voices podcast

Fri 12 March | 18:00 - 18:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Jericho Brown, Jonathan Edwards

Fri 12 March | 19:30 - 20:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Risk a Verse »

Our Friday night open mic goes digital

Fri 12 March | 21:00 - 22:00 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Between the Covers »

Poetry at bedtime from Sheila Templeton

Fri 12 March | 22:00 - 22:15 | FREE | StAnza Online

Saturday 13th

Breakfast at the Poetry Café: Make It New »

Wake up and smell the poetry

Sat 13 March | 10:00 - 11:15 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Walk »

Join Beth McDonough for a virtual poetry walk around Tentsmuir

Sat 13 March | 11:30 - 12:15 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Online

Inspire Session »

A brief session to spark your own creativity

Sat 13 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Café: Courtney Conrad »

Lunchtime poetry from a BBC slam finalist

Sat 13 March | 13:00 - 13:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poets at Home »

In the hammock with Malika Booker

Sat 13 March | 13:30 - 13:45 | FREE | StAnza Online

Beyond Any Curtain »

Myroslav Laiuk, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Roseanne Watt & Andrew Blair launch our Scottish/Ukrainian translation project

Sat 13 March | 14:00 - 15:00 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Poetry Pie »

Roger McGough in a special event for children

Sat 13 March | 14:00 - 14:20 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Maria Stepanova with translator Sasha Dugdale, Aileen Ballantyne

Sat 13 March | 16:00 - 17:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Ilya Kaminsky, Inua Ellams

Sat 13 March | 19:30 - 20:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Festival Cafe - On Zoom »

Come along to this year's online Festival Cafe at StAnza 2021!

Sat 13 March | 20:30 - 21:00 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

The StAnza Slam, sleepover style »

Spoken word with an edge, with MC Hannah Raymond-Cox

Sat 13 March | 21:00 - 22:00 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Between the Covers »

Poetry at bedtime with Rachel Long

Sat 13 March | 22:00 - 22:15 | FREE | StAnza Online

Sunday 14th

Breakfast at the Poetry Café: Translation »

Translators discuss transposing poetry from Slavic languages

Sun 14 March | 10:00 - 11:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry in the Garden »

Now online: poetry al fresco with Gordon Meade

Sun 14 March | 11:30 - 12:00 | Free/Ticketed | StAnza Zoom

Inspire Session »

Writing prompts to spark your own creativity

Sun 14 March | 12:00 - 12:10 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Café: Desree »

Lunchtime spoken word from Desree

Sun 14 March | 13:00 - 13:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Market »

Presses big and small, pamphlets, magazines

Sun 14 March | 14:30 - 15:15 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Christopher Whyte, Jane Frank

Sun 14 March | 16:00 - 17:00 | FREE | StAnza Online

Poetry Centre Stage »

Reading: Colette Bryce, Valzhyna Mort

Sun 14 March | 19:30 - 20:30 | FREE | StAnza Online

Festival Finale »

Party out the festival to music from Claire Hastings

Sun 14 March | 20:30 - 21:30 | FREE | StAnza Zoom

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