STANZA: SCOTLAND'S POETRY FESTIVAL
What? The only regular festival dedicated to poetry in Scotland, StAnza is international in outlook. Founded in 1998, it is held each March in St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university town. The festival is an opportunity to engage with a wide variety of poetry, to hear world class poets reading in exciting and atmospheric venues, to experience a range of performances where music, film, dance and poetry work in harmony, to view exhibitions linking poetry with visual art and to discover the part poetry has played in the lives of a diverse range of writers, musicians and media personalities. The simple intention of StAnza is to celebrate poetry in all its many forms.
Where? St Andrews, Fife, Scotland AA Route Planner | multimap
When? 17 - 21 March 2010
Hub Venue: The Byre Theatre
Other venues: Parliament Hall, The Town Hall, The Council Chamber, St John’s Undercroft, St Mary’s Hall, The Preservation Trust Museum
How much? Some free other £2 -£8
Who in 2010? John Akpata | Moniza Alvi | Tiffany Atkinson | John Bellany | Jill Bennett | Mary Bergin | Jay Bernard | Tony Bonning | Colette Bryce | Al Buntin | Elizabeth Burns | John Burnside Kevin Cadwallender | Catriona Lexy Campbell | Moya Cannon | Brigid Collins | Swithun Cooper | Elizabeth Cordiner | Anna Crowe | Cahal Dallat | Christine De Luca | Dordán | Dry Island Buffalo Jump | Douglas Dunn | Vicki Feaver | Kate Fox | Anne-Marie Fyfe | Eddie Gibbons | John Glenday | Jen Hadfield | Stephen Halliwell | Seamus Heaney | Richard Ingham | Paula Jennings | Linton Kwesi Johnson | Brian Johnstone | Julie Johnstone | Emma Jones | Frank Kuppner | Grevel Lindop | Gerry Loose | Kathleen Loughnane | Rob A. Mackenzie | Lewis MacKinnon | Valerio Magrelli | Louise Major | Peter McCarey | Gordon McInnes | Angela McSeveney | Kei Miller | Edwin Morgan | Esther Morgan | Chloe Morrish | Luis Muñoz | Alistair Noon | Dennis O'Driscoll | Rachel Pantechnicon | Past Poets | Don Paterson | Mario Petrucci | Poetry Theatre Actors | Jacob Polley | Tom Pow | Phiona Richards | Dr Louise Richardson | Monika Rinck | Sam Riviere | Victor Rodriguez Núñez | Susan Rosser| Rebecca Seiferle | Lise Sinclair | Karen Solie | Jean Sprackland | Dearbhaill Standún | Alexander Stoddart | Will Stone | Mario Susko | Alix Swan | Matthew Sweeney | Trio Verso | Andreas Unterweger | Tony Ward | Hamish Whyte | Colin Will | Christie Williamson
Contact. Festival Website for full programme
Past Festivals? In 2009 Ian Rankin, Helen Dunmore, Dilys Rose, Sophie Hannah, Alan Gillis, , Bill Manhire, Jay Parini, Alan Riach, Patience Agbabi, Simon Armitage, Neil Astley, Elisa Biagini, Jenny Bornholdt, Ros Brackenbury, David Campbell, Stuart B Campbell, Kate Clanchy, Thomas A Clark, Julia Copus, Robert Crawford, Carol Ann Duffy, Cralan Kelder, Kerry Shawn Keys, Roddy Lumsden, Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir / Martin MacIntyre, Elvis McGonagall, Hamis Whyte, Ben Wilkinson, Nancy Somerville
