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New Video!
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At our October 2025 open mic, we were treated to feature performances from the amazing Angela Yausheva!

Learn more about Angela's work: linktr.ee/speaking_tha...

Open mic info: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:63...

New Video!
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From Mark Gallie, a poignant plea from our natural world, accompanied by Jack Hinks.

Learn more about Mark's work via linktr.ee/markgallie_

Jack Hinks provided musical accompaniment for this poem. Learn more about Jack's work via www.jackhinks.co.uk

Dean is one of the most exciting new voices to emerge from the Edinburgh spoken word scene in the past few years, and this poem is a powerhouse. Well worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4H1...

New Video!
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From Dean Tsang, a powerful rebuke to the Reform Party's anti-immigration stance.

Learn more about Dean's work via linktr.ee/deantsangpoe...

Our next Open Mic is November 10.

We do not have an Open Mic this evening as the Scottish International Storytelling Festival is currently underway! This is an amazing festival with so many talented performers and shows!

Check out the festival programme here: www.sisf.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Setting up for this months Poetry In The Park, which this month will be inside the glorious Common Sense cafe due to beastliness of weather.
See you at 1pm for some poetic loveliness
#WhatsOnAberdeen #Poetry #Performance

Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025: Live Stream | Southbank Centre

This year no ticket or jacket required for the Forward Prizes live stream just rock up on this YouTube link.

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...

New Video!
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In August 2025 we celebrated our 10th Edinburgh Fringe run with a brand new show, featuring several fantastic guest performers!

Ben Macpherson has classy, delicious ambitions - he wants to be a wine guy!

Learn more about Ben via linktr.ee/Benmacpherson

New Video!
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From Tracey S. Rosenberg, a powerful poem about the war in Ukraine and the complexity of spectatorship.

Learn more about Tracey's work via www.instagram.com/traceysrosen...

Learn more about our partners for the Grand Slam Final: www.edbookfest.co.uk

New Writing Scotland Submission Manager New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...

#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!

Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit

A photo of Jeda holding 4 copies of the book, North Bridge: Where We Travelled. She is smiling and wearing a patterned jumper and headband. Her hair is tied up. The book has an illustration of the bridge on it.

Proud book mama stylee! 😁🥹 Three sleeps to launch! Come and meet our amazing contributors on Saturday, and hear poems, real-life and invented stories, a script and a game.

🎫 www.tickettailor.com/events/jedap...

🔜 𝗘𝘆𝘂𝗽, 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀! We're back...

For the 4th year running, we've joined forces with Bad Betty to present an evening of stellar live poetry at Hyde Park Book Club.

@fxmpoetry.bsky.social, @mlferg.bsky.social, @antoshwojcik.bsky.social & @agatamaslowska.bsky.social

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New Video!
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From Lucy Beth, the sad tale of a winter's evening drive and a owlet's first flight.

Learn more about Lucy's work via linktr.ee/lucy.beth

We're so grateful to the EIBF for partnering with us.

Thank you to Creative Scotland and the National Lottery

What an Open Mic last week was!

We had some incredible performances from our Open Micers and our fantastic feature, Angela Yausheva .

Reminder that we don't have an Open Mic at the end of October and our next date is November 10. Sign ups are still open if you want a chance to perform.

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Maria Popova, Aditya Narayan, Kimberly Campanello, DM Black Ian McMillan with Maria Popova, Aditya Narayan, Kimberly Campanello, and DM Black.

ICYMI, our new Loud Poets Grand Slam Champion Aditya Narayan featured on BBC Radio 4's The Verb last weekend!

Hear him performing and chatting with Ian McMillan and other great panelists here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Poetry

Graphic for the event 'Career Pathways in Spoken Word Poetry' taking place Saturday 8th November. It is described as 'an afternoon of conversation, connection and career insight.' It is delighted by Summerhall Arts and I Am Loud.

We're delighted to be teaming up with Summerhall Arts this November for this special event! We're bringing together artists, producers & funders to explore the many routes into building & sustaining a career in spoken word poetry in Scotland.

FREE, ticketed: www.summerhallarts.co.uk/event/career...

We're kicking off the fourth year of our Loud Poets Slam Series 22nd of November, 6pm, at the Pleasance as part of @ptbopoetry.bsky.social!

The first of 10 Heats to qualify for our £3000 Slam Final!

Slam tickets: pushtheboatout.org/events/loud-...

Slam sign-ups: forms.gle/SzPhgxDjR9xh...

New Video!
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A powerful ode to our hands from Elle Dillon-Reams.

Learn more about Elle Dillon-Reams' work via www.elledillonreams.com

We're so grateful to the EIBF for partnering with us. Learn more via www.edbookfest.co.uk

Whoa Bad Betty, what a show!!!

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for our special show with Bad Betty Press, and a huge thanks to our poets @fxmpoetry.bsky.social, Agata Maslowska, @antoshwojcik.bsky.social & @mollynaylor.bsky.social, plus @jackhinksmusic.bsky.social on guitar!

Text over a pink and yellow background listing the headline acts for Push the Boat Out Festival 2025. Text reads: Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival 20-23 November, plus pre festival events. Pleasance. Leena Norms * Hollie McNish * Michael Pedersen * Luke Kennard * Tinderbox Orchestra * Anthony Anaxagorou * Hannah Lavery * Zinnie Harris * William Letford * Nick Makoha * Len Pennie * Karen McCarthy Woolf * Victoria Chang * Lorna Goodison

Push the Boat Out 2025 is here! You can browse our programme, download a brochure, and book now 📣 🛶🎫

This year’s festival sets sail from 20-23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music and art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms. pushtheboatout.org/programme/

TONIGHT! Don't miss our special showcase with Bad Betty Press, featuring the spectacular lineup of @mollynaylor.bsky.social @antoshwojcik.bsky.social @fxmpoetry.bsky.social & Agata Maslowska!

7pm @scotstorycentre.bsky.social. Tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:63...

Our fourth and final performer for tomorrow night's special Loud Poets x Bad Betty Press Showcase is the amazing Francis-Xavier Mukiibi @fxmpoetry.bsky.social!

7pm Thurs 16/10 at the @scotstorycentre.bsky.social.Tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:63... #Poetry

New Video!
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At our September 2025 open mic, we were treated to feature performances from the amazing Arlo Bayne!

Learn more about Arlo's work: www.instagram.com/baynes_makery/

Open Mic Info: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:63...

A headshot of Agata

Scotland's premiere spoken word night Loud Poets x Bad Betty Press Molly Naylor, Francis-Xavier Mukiibi, Antosh Wojcik, Agata Maslowska 7:00pm on 16th October 2025 £12 / £10 The Scottish Storytelling Centre Edinburgh

The next poet joining the line-up for our show on the 16th at the @scotstorycentre.bsky.social is Agata Maslowska!

Make sure to grab your tickets for what is going to be an incredible show: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:63...

Love & Rage: A Literary Cabaret
7.30 Sat 8th

Love and Rage are not just feelings—they are fuel. An all-star line up of writers, poets and performers show us how to use love and rage as catalysts for revolutionary change Hosted by @profsunnysingh.bsky.social

lighthousebookshop.com/events/love-...

Maryville: A Dyke Bar Revival
7pm Weds 5th

Celebrating & examining the scars, hopes, dreams & potentials of the queer underground and dyke counterculture - poetry, performance & discussion with Joelle Taylor.
+ Edinburgh Dyke Bar take-over of Roxy 8.30-10.30pm
lighthousebookshop.com/events/maryv...

Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair is less than a month away!

4 Days of bookstalls from 50+ presses
20 events incl DragQueen Storytelling, Community Lunch & 2 Cabarets!

Full program is live, hybrid & either £5 or free!
5-9Nov: Join us!

tinyurl.com/RadicalBookF...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...

New Video!
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From Culain Wood, a thought-provoking poem about the dogs barking in all of our lives.

Learn more about Culain Wood's work via www.instagram.com/culainwoodth...

We're so grateful to the EIBF for partnering with us. Learn more via www.edbookfest.co.uk

Our Open Mic is tonight!

We are back at our new venue, the Scottish Storytelling Centre with the incredible feature Angela Yausheva!

The event is free with doors at 6.30 for a 7pm start.

Enjoy a few snaps from last Open Mic.

Building (Super) Heroic Worlds with Etienne Kubwabo An in-person writing workshop about turning ordinary surroundings into superheroic worlds.

Do you write:

• SFF/speculative fiction
• Games - digital, RPGs, tabletop, etc
• Scripts for film, TV, radio, or podcasts
• Comics - print or digital

...and want some inspiration? Then check out this Saturday's workshop on (super)heroic worlds!
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/building-sup...