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Thirty years of poetry in St Andrews. Browse the programmes from past festivals, look back through photos from recent years, and find the poets who took part. For the history of the festival, read our story.

This archive is a work in progress. We'll be adding programmes, photos and artists from past festivals over the coming months - if you have something to share, share your StAnza memory.

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Festival programmes

Select a cover to see the programme. Each one opens as a PDF.

Photos

Festival highlights

Moments from StAnza 2023 to 2026. Select a photo to see it larger.

  • A full Byre Theatre auditorium during a StAnza reading
  • A performer in yellow on stage
  • Keith Jarrett signs books in the Byre cafe
  • Poetry projected onto a university building at night
  • Charles Lang chats with a reader at a book signing
  • Smiling walkers on an outdoor poetry walk at dusk
  • Dean Tsang and the audience at a StAnza event
  • Poets in conversation at a panel event: Agata Masłowska, Iyad Hayatleh, Jeda Pearl, Juana Adcock, Meg Bateman, and Robert Crawford: Agata Masłowska, Iyad Hayatleh, Jeda Pearl, Juana Adcock, Meg Bateman, and Robert Crawford: Agata Masłowska, Iyad Hayatleh, Jeda Pearl, Juana Adcock, Meg Bateman, and Robert Crawford
  • Nuala Watt laughs together with an attendee, holding up poetry pamphlets
  • Raymond Antrobus reading on stage
  • Katie Ailes, a Loud Poets performer, on the Byre stage in front of a large screen
  • A reading outdoors in a garden
  • Jackie Kay speaks with a raised fist at a round-table event
  • Jackie Kay smiles while signing books at a table
  • Jackie Kay and audience around a table at a round-table reading
  • Jackie Kay performs beside red and green armchairs on a blue-lit stage and with Hannah Lavery on a chair
  • Poet Sid Ozalid, wearing yellow braces, raises both arms on stage
  • A full Byre Theatre auditorium watches a reading under purple and orange lights
  • A visitor listens to the poetry phone in a cosy installation
  • Sean Wai Keung scatters flour across a table during a performance
  • A weaving workshop at StAnza 2024
  • Liz Lochhead in pink smiles while signing books
  • A group on an outdoor poetry walk among the trees
  • Audience members laughing during a round-table reading
  • Mouna Ouafik on stage with arms flung wide
  • A full house in the Byre Theatre for StAnza 2023
  • Khairani Barokka in a blue dress reads on a stage lit in deep blue
  • Audience members laughing in the Byre Theatre auditorium
  • Young poets together on stage at StAnza 2023
  • Anthony Anaxagorou, a poet in a red jumper, gestures from the lectern against a blue curtain
  • A poet raises a hand mid-reading in a wood-panelled hall
  • The StAnza pop-up bookshop
  • Two festival-goers laughing together in the Byre foyer
  • An audience at a reading in a large hall
  • Hollie McNish signs a book at a table after a reading

Who took part

Poets and artists by year

See the poets, performers and artists who appeared at StAnza each year.

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More about StAnza

Poets and readers at the StAnza signing tables in 2025

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Two festival-goers chatting and laughing in the Byre Theatre foyer

Projects

Poetry all year round, from schools to poetry films.

St Andrews Harbour, with the stone pier stretching out to sea beside a red-roofed cottage

Visit St Andrews

Our coastal home, our venues, and how to get here.