Poetry Aberdeen
Aberdeen's popular monthly poetry gathering
Poetry Aberdeen is a monthly poetry gathering, held on the last Thursday
of the month, with extra events for the New Words festival in September,
and occasional variations in December to avoid the holidays.
The format varies from month to month. Usually one or more guest poet is featured,
often launching a new book. Sometimes there are also singers or musicians, and the
evening normally includes time set aside for open floor slots. Bring your own latest
poetry to try out on a friendly audience, or just come along to listen.
These monthly gatherings were established in 2003 under the name Dead Good Poets
by the poet Gerard Rochford, and continued under his direction until May
2010, when Gerard stepped down and handed the coordination over to North East
Writers.
We hope the basic format will remain essentially unchanged, with events on the last
Thursday of every month, but after seven years at Books and Beans we are
trying a new venue at the nearby Coffee House and experimenting with a new
start time of 7pm, as well as a new stripy Poetry Aberdeen logo designed by Shade
Wizard.
Come in plenty of time to be sure of getting a good seat, buy some food or a coffee,
and settle down for an entertaining and stimulating evening in the company of some
of the finest poets around.
Dead Good Poets produced There's a Poem in My Soup and
There's a Bairn in My Broth, two books of poetry, recipes and drawings.
Both are published by Koo Press and are still available from Books
and Beans. Every penny raised from sales of these books will go to CHILDREN 1ST.