To kick off another year of Stanza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival in St Andrews, this exciting launch will include readings from Kathleen Jamie, Peter Mackay, Jen Hadfield and Hannah Lavery, music from Don Paterson and Graeme Stephen, and a few extra cameos.

Celebrating their return to St Andrews (Byres Theatre) the launch will have some of Scotland’s best-loved poets and musicians.

“Featuring poetry from Scotland’s new Makar (and local Fife poet) Kathleen Jamie, Shetland’s Jen Hadfield, Lewis-man Peter Mackay, and Edinburgh / East Lothian’s Hannah Lavery; music from Angus’s finest poet-cum-jazz-musician Don Paterson and Aberdonian Graeme Stephen; and words from Gallovidian Festival Director Lucy Burnett and Glaswegian-New Zealander Robyn Marsack… plus a few surprise cameo appearances. An evening simply not to miss!”

This is an in-person event. We ask that all attendees follow government coronavirus guidelines.

Tickets cost £8-£12. To book this event, and for more information, please visit https://stanzapoetry.org/events/festival-launch-extravaganza/