Aberdeen's popular monthly poetry gathering, with special guests, book launches
and open floor spots
Last Thursday of the month
Extra events in September during
New Words
December date varies to avoid holidays
6.30pm • Admission by donation
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North East Writers
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Of Love and Water
Poems by Gerard Rochford
Thursday 27 October 2011
6.30pm–8pm
Admission free
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Gerard Rochford launches his new collection Of Love and Water, with
images by David Ladmore from Victoria BC, Canada.
Of Love and Water is published by Malfranteaux Concepts in association with
Koo Press.
The evening will also include open mic opportunities.
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Going Out
Sitting naked at the mirror
you turn to me with almost a tear
saying: I've nothing to wear,
your body dressed in hair
and the rings I gave you.
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Comments from other poets
I love the water imagery that flows through everything, the sadness that sometimes
seeps in, and the unerring sense of music. These are very fine poems.
Lorna Crozier, Chair of the Writing Department, University of Victoria
These paintings open the doors to the mysteries of these lovely, sensual poems. They
have produced a book of memory and dream. David Ladmore's paintings walk hand in
hand with these poems.
Wendy Morton, holder of Spirit Bear and Honourary Citizen of Victoria
awards
...absolutely ravishing poems and some stunning visuals.
Michael Dennis Browne, Professor of Creative Writing, University of Minnesota
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Gerard Rochford's previous publications include Failing Light a limited
edition, handcrafted book from Embers Handpress (2011), and Eating Eggs with Strangers,
The Holy Family and Other Poems, and Figures of Stone (all Koo Press).
He is included in Janice Galloway's selection of Best 20 Scottish Poems of 2006,
for the Scottish Poetry Library. A featured poet on Poets Against the War,
he is currently Makar for the online political and cultural affairs magazine Scottish
Review.
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Visit the
Malfranteaux Concepts
website.
Visit the
Koo Press
website.
Visit the
Scottish Review
website.
Thanks to the staff of
Books and Beans
for hosting this event.
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2011 Programme
Thursday 27 January 2011
Byron and Burns
Thursday 24 February 2011
Love Poems for Valentines
Thursday 31 March 2011
Gerard Rochford: Failing Light
Thursday 28 April 2011
Poems in the Wind
Thursday 26 May 2011
C. P. Stewart: Considering the Lilies
Thursday 30 June 2011
Mark Pithie: Back Wynd of the Mind
Thursday 28 July 2011
Thursday 25 August 2011
Enormities, Volume 1
New Words 2011 Events
Thursday 15 September 2010
In Defence of Protozoans
Thursday 22 September 2010
The Blue Remembered Hills
Thursday 29 September 2010
9/11-TEN
Thursday 27 October 2011
Gerard Rochford: Of Love and Water
Thursday 24 November 2011
Sheila Templeton, Olive Ritch, Olivia McMahon
Thursday 29 December 2011
A Festive Open Mic Free-for-all
Archive
2012 Programme
2011 Programme
2010 Programme
Dead Good Poets
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the year.
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