Thank you to Abby Oliveira, Gray Crosbie, @shanestrachan.bsky.social, Christie Gourlay, @jackhinksmusic.bsky.social & @kevoutloud.bsky.social for making our final showcase of the season so special! While that's a wrap on our showcases til autumn, we have loads more events over the coming months...

We're teaming with Aberdeen Performing Arts for our Aberdeen Slam Heat on June 19th! Featuring sacrificial poet @shanestrachan.bsky.social & 12 slammers competing for £200 and a spot at our £3,000 Grand Slam Final. Sign-up by 06/06: tinyurl.com/maeer9u2 Tickets: www.iamloud.co/slam

This Sunday! Fierce Salvage! Ely Percy! Carrie Marshall! Mae Diansangu! In conversation with Michael Lee Richardson! At Paisley Book Festival! Such a shame there’s absolutely nothing topical or urgent to talk about. Och, I’m sure it’ll be fun nonetheless. paisleybookfestival.com/programme/fi...

It will be fun! While there’s topical stuff to talk about, I’m not planning on asking any questions about it, and wouldn’t want to cue people up for a rallying cry - we’ll talk about gay books and bisexual vampires and how to say strap-on in Gaelic like at all the other events

A proper brilliant event tonight - heartfelt, inquisitive, and smutty, what more can you ask for? Thank you to all our readers, and @waywordabdn.bsky.social for hosting us!

Again, a reminder to my Aberdeen based pals that this is on tonight 😊

Myself, @shanestrachan.bsky.social, @vavapoetry.bsky.social and Robbie MacLeòid will be reading our work from the anthology and @hrfmichael.bsky.social, one its co-editors, will be chairing proceedings. The event is part of @waywordabdn.bsky.social's Spring into Summer events programme.

Couple o' Fierce Salvage events coming up this month - first up, I'm in Aberdeen on Wednesday 16th April readin an bletherin about queer words with @shanestrachan.bsky.social, @tooriekep.bsky.social @vavapoetry.bsky.social and Robbie MacLeòid www.ticketsource.co.uk/wayword-fest...

Aye gret tae hae Shane up ti Banff Academy eence mair giein it laldie wi his poyetry, an coaxin i bairns in i senior Scots cless tae mak Scots Haikus aboot their hame placies an as aye reinforcin i inclusive clessroom. @shanestrachan.bsky.social @scotslanguage.bsky.social

Fancy another one? FIERCE SALVAGE is in Aberdeen in April with readings from Mae Diansangu, Robbie MacLeòid, Hannah Nicholson and Shane Strachan - hosted by me! Wednesday 16th April, 6:30 - Sir Duncan Rice Library Free but ticketed - book now! www.ticketsource.co.uk/wayword-fest...

The fine people @waywordabdn.bsky.social have put together a banger of a summer programme! Painting! Graffiti! Theatre! Queer poetry in many tongues! Me chatting to Heather Parry about nasty things! Do come. www.waywordfestival.com

I had an amazing time performing at the New Writers Awards Showcase last night at @traversetheatre.bsky.social! A special experience. Watch the recorded livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/-igZuWJ... Muckle thanks tae @shanestrachan.bsky.social fur bein sic a generous host and heezin us aw up! 🙏

New Writers Awards Showcase 27 Feb @traversetheatre.bsky.social Tickets £2 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social’s New Writers Awards spotlight an amazing array of new writing talent in Scotland. Join @shanestrachan.bsky.social for readings from the 2024 Awardees www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...

It’s great to be back once again to host and perform at Granite Noir’s spoken word night on Friday 21st February! This time I’ll be joined by RJ Hunter, Lesley Benzie, Gen Carver and Mae Diansangu🩸Tix via Aberdeen Performing Arts - search “Into the Night” 📚

Ace start to the year working on the “A Play for Torry” project alongside fellow writers Mae Diansangu and Emer Morris, and everybody who came along to the schools and community workshops ✍️🎭 Next up is two weekend-long writing residencies at Scottish Sculpture Workshop 🙌🏻

Here’s a handy starter pack so you can follow all of our 2025 authors and guests. Who are you looking forward to seeing? 💙📚 go.bsky.app/KQB29u

Watch Shane Stachan’s interview on STV News for a feature about our Burns Night Skies collection of cosmic poetry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🪐🚀 Shane recites his poem ‘Pleiades’ #BurnsNight #BurnsNight2025 @shanestrachan.bsky.social

@shanestrachan.bsky.social - poem of the week in @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social

The fabulous @shanestrachan.bsky.social on STV news last nicht spikkin aboot @byleaveswelive.bsky.social Burns Night Skies. There's a wee glisk o me an Sheena ana 😁 #Poetry #Doric #Scots

Chuffed to have been selected as one of the winners of the 2024 McCash Poetry Prize for Scots poetry. I wrote my poem ‘The Last Ride’ during my residency at Arbroath Abbey and Hospitalfield as an homage to the life and work of Arbroath poet Marion Angus 💙 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2481084...

Are you a young person (16-25) and/or student in Aberdeen? Join us on Tuesday 4th February, 5.00-6.30pm, at the Sir Duncan Rice Library (Room 224), to find out how you can be involved in the festival and shape our future programming. Find out more at www.waywordfestival.com

She's here!!! It's a real privilege to have my work alongside such brilliant writers. What an exciting collection, I can't wait for you to read it 💜🌈 pre order now! www.404ink.com/store/p/fier...

Buzzin to have got my hands on my copy of Fierce Salvage ahead of its January release! Great to share pages with Mae Diansangu, Heather Parry, Colin Herd, Ely Pearce, Hannah Nicholson and many more 😍 Get your copy from @404ink.bsky.social

A final date for February – looking forward to hosting and performing Granite Noir's spoken word event for a third year running on Friday 21st Feb, this time with Mae Diansangu, RJ Hunter, Lesley Benzie and Gen Carver! Should be a great night ⛓️📚 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra...

I'll also be in Edinburgh that week to give a joint paper with Grampian Hospitals' Art Trust as part of the Art & Text Conference on 6th February, reflecting on the Shared Collective Heritage project and Writing Art workshops. Booking also now open! www.eventbrite.com/e/art-text-c...

For I Will Give You The Morning Star 7 Feb, Edinburgh – free but ticketed The novelist James Leslie Mitchell, AKA Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901–1935), had a short but hugely influential career. This event will celebrate his life & work. scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:58...

Looking forward to reading excerpts from Grassic Gibbon's work as part of this event in Edinburgh in February! Tickets now available to book (for free!) 📖

Big culture news overnight for crime fiction fans! Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s renowned crime writing festival, has announced its thrilling ninth edition set for February 20-23. We’ve got all the latest on the line-up. ⭕ Read now on POST postabdn.com/plot-twists-...

‘Scotland has always been multilingual’: @everebecca.bsky.social speaks to Scotland's first Gaelic-writing, Ru Paul-quoting makar Peter Mackay www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

Mud goddesses! Motorcycle maintenance! Multiple Elvises! A cross-country overnight train ride packed full of lesbians! Tarot! Protests! Blessings! Gender on the high seas! Sex, drugs and hyperpop! And more! Get your pre-orders in now! www.404ink.com/store/p/fier...

Looking forward to welcoming Indonesian author Nuril Basri to Aberdeen today! Join us for the last Winter WayWORD event tonight - tickets free as always: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wayword-fest...

Welcome to the Helensburgh Book Festival, a literary festival on the West coast of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Please give us a follow to keep up to date with all our news, we’ve got some very exciting panels to tell you about! 28th-30th March 2025 💙📚

Great day seeing some of my MLitt in Creative Writing students graduate on campus at the University of Aberdeen - thankful the snow was gone this week... Future writing stars in the making! (One already onto her PhD!)

Post you from a different era. My leather phase (on the right; terrified wee bro in the middle. Trio of terrible fringes). Mid-90s.

So glad Northwords Now is back up and running! And a nice surprise to see a wee advert for DWAMS on the back cover 💖

I couldnt see one, so I started one! I literally just threw this up on my coffee break so will have missed many awesome people. Shout if you’re one of them go.bsky.app/MeKxG4G

Calling all performers aged 18-28 in North East Scotland! *Scratch That* at Aberdeen Arts Centre is your chance to share groundbreaking work. Submit an original 10–20 minute performance that pushes creative boundaries. ⭕ Find out more on POST https://buff.ly/3CHEb4w

So glad we managed to do LR Lam’s Winter WayWORD event last night before the snow got any worse. Was so much fun 🐉❄️ @waywordabdn.bsky.social

About half of my work #bookcase which has since been taken over by a huge creeping plant Audrey II style #books #booksky📚

Tonight in Aberdeen! LR Lam discussing Dragonfall as part of Winter WayWORD. All free! Book our events via www.waywordfestival.com

Felt very apt to bump into Jackie Kay at yesterday’s performance of Tero Buru in Glasgow and let her know I’m teaching her Bessie Smith biography to my undergrads tomorrow. She was chuffed 🥰