StAnza International Poetry Festival

-


 

Had a great time at the Poetry Market this afternoon, looking after the stall on behalf of Fife Writes. It was lovely to meet new people and talk about how Fife Writes supports local writers. You don't need to live in Fife to be a member as most of our support groups meet on Zoom. Find out more here Fife Writes


I also popped into the Byre Theatre briefly to admire these pieces.


It was my first time back in the Byre Theatre since being verbally abused by two audience members last month. My husband came with me as I was incredibly anxious about returning.





Popular posts from this blog

Byre Theatre volunteering

-
My last volunteering shift at the Byre Theatre was on Saturday 17th February. I was verbally abused by an audience member so I left my shift early and went home upset. I raised a concern about a member of staff's handling of the situation.  The new Director of the Byre Theatre has now concluded her investigation and she commented: I am deeply sorry that your experience of audience members behaviour was of them being “aggressive” and “abusive”, no one should be treated in that way and it is particularly upsetting to hear this from someone who is giving their time in support of the Byre. I look forward to hearing when might be convenient for us to meet, meanwhile I have discreetly taken you off the volunteer rota until this is resolved.  I am disappointed that I was removed from the volunteer rota due to raising concerns about a member of staff.  I am unable to provide full details of the findings of the investigation at this stage. However, there is an acknowledgement that there w
Read more

The business of being an author

-
I'm really enjoying participating on Dawn Geddes' The Business of Being an Author course, run through Lifelong Learning Dundee. I'm learning lots about routes to being published and I appreciate the contributions by other participants who are already published/ self-published. For more information about Dawn Geddes, please visit  Home - Dawn Geddes
Read more

Brechin/ Angus Book Fest

-
I had a great afternoon at the Brechin/ Angus Book Fest meeting up with  Eileen Rolland - Written from the heart - Author | Facebook  and  Pauline Tait Author | Facebook I also enjoyed listening to various poets and the Q&A where the fabulous Lisa Nicoll interviewed Chris Tait about the inspiration for  A Toon Built Apo Shenanigans - A Toon Built Apo Shenanigans - on In Motion Theatre Podcasts | Podcast on Spotify
Read more