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Stirling’s Poetry: An audience with two of Stirling’s Makars

Join us at Central Library Stirling on Friday 15th November as two of Stirling’s Makars read poetry and discuss the literary scene in Stirling, past, present and future!

Stirling’s Poetry: An audience with two of Stirling’s Makars

About Stirling’s Poetry: An audience with two of Stirling’s Makars

Join us at Central Library for an evening of poetry and literary chat. This event will be a celebration of all the achievements of Stirling Makar past and present. We will hear Laura Fyfe read from her newest poetry collection and the event will include a star performance from Anita Govan.

Laura Fyfe:
A lapsed parachutist, Laura Fyfe suffers from a chronic low boredom threshold. She writes poetry out of compulsion, stories for fun and novels for the challenge. Laura's poetry has been published in literary magazines including Butcher's Dog, Poetry Scotland and Gutter, and has been shortlisted in competitions such as the Bridport and Plaza. She lives in river deep, mountain high Stirlingshire, facilitates writing workshops and communities across Scotland, and supports writers worldwide.

For the last four years, as Stirling Makar, Laura has celebrated our people, places and history. She has gathered our ideas to be projected online and onto the Wallace Monument, worked with many of us both online and in person to encourage our confidence in our own writing, and provided safe, welcoming platforms upon which to share our writing.

Anita Govan:
Anita Govan is a neurodiverse spoken word poet, performer, and teaching artist based in Edinburgh. Across her almost 30-year creative practice and career, Anita has appeared on TV and radio with her work featured by STV, BBC Radio Scotland, and BBC Radio 7. She was Stirling Makar from 2012 to 2015, Poet-in-Residence for UNESCO in 2023, and Poet-in-Residence at ITAC3 in 2016. Anita has performed her poetry around the world at festivals including the Amnesty International Refugee Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Glastonbury, Wigtown Book Festival, and StAnza. She has performed at the Nuyorican in New York, USA, London Soho Theatre in London, UK, and Loose Moose Theatre in Calgary, Canada.

Stirling Libraries and Archives free event, book sales cash only. To book a space at this event contact Central Library on tel. 01786 237760, or email centrallibrary@stirling.gov.uk

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