WordPlay 2013

WORD SHETLAND’S 12TH ANNUAL BOOK FESTIVAL

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29 AUG - 8 SEP 2013

BOOKING

DEDICATION Wordplay 2013 is dedicated to the memory of Lise Sinclair (1971 – 2013), a regular contributor to the book festival since its inception, and a gentle, original voice of the literature of the Northern Isles.

WELCOME TO WORDPLAY Welcome to Wordplay 2013, Shetland’s 12th annual book festival.

This year we have events running from Thursday 29th August until Sunday 8th September. We have a blend of workshops, readings and talks about poetry, novels, political diaries, song writing, story-telling, maps (courtesy of The National Library of Scotland) and visual art. As ever, every session is a highlight and we are delighted to be able to introduce among others, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Chris Mullin, David Knopfler and Andrew Greig. There is also a strong contingent of Shetland residents including Laureen Johnston, Sheenagh Pugh and Jen Hadfield. And we have three book launches as well as a book signing event featuring local writers. Enjoy!

Tickets available from Friday 23rd August www.shetlandboxoffice.org 01595 745555 In person from: Mareel, Lerwick, ZE1 0WQ and Islesburgh Community Centre, King Harald Street, Lerwick, ZE1 0EQ

FESTIVAL INFO

FUNDERS & SPONSORS Shetland Arts would also like to thank all of our funders and sponsors, including, Creative Scotland, BP/Sullom Voe Terminal and the Shetland Association of the EIS; all our festival volunteers, including Louis Keogh, Christine Laurenson and Jim Mainland, who curated Wordplay 2013; and everybody else who has travelled from far and near to take part in the festival. We hope you have a good one!

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WORDPLAY is sponsored by the Shetland Local Association of the EIS

SCHOOLS SESSIONS Thanks to the generous support of the Shetland Association of the EIS, Wordplay will feature a programme of events taking place in schools throughout Shetland. These sessions will be led by: Matthew Fitt, Lemn Sissay, David Wood and Joe Blades.

Programme correct at time of going to press.

Check online for up to date programme: www.shetlandarts.org/events/wordplay Donald Anderson Literature Development Officer, Shetland Arts Printed by: Shetland Litho, Gremista, Lerwick, Shetland

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THE POETIC LINE WIRDS FAE DA WASTSIDE JEN HADFIELD ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH WORKSHOP BOOK LAUNCH POETRY READING READING

Aug 29 @ 19:00 - 20:00 Auditorium, Mareel Free Come and join the Westside Writers group as they celebrate the launch of their first anthology of new writing. The group, which has been going since 2003 usually meets on the third Friday of every month in the Whiteness and Weisdale Hall.

New members are always welcome! This event will feature readings from the anthology, by the writers themselves.

Aug 30 @ 19:00 - 21:30 Green Room, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6) 'How do poets decide when to start a new line?

What does the white space around a poem mean to me? Is the start of a line the same as the end of a line? What shape should my poem should be?

What is the difference between poetry and prose?'

If you've got questions like these about your poetry, this workshop's for you. Our approach to poetic structure will be experimental rather than proscriptive – so no right or wrong.

Please send in a poem to work on in advance,

by August 27th if possible. Please email to donald.anderson@shetlandarts.org or by post to: Donald Anderson, Arts Development Officer, Literature, Shetland Arts Development Agency, Mareel, Lerwick, Shetland. ZE1 0WQ WORDPLAY 3

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SONG WRITING WORKSHOP

DAVID KNOPFLER WORKSHOP

Aug 31 @ 11:00 - 13:00 Mareel, Auditorium ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6) David Knopfler is a songwriter and working musician who enjoys the respect of his musical peers, widespread critical acclaim, international awards and international chart success, whilst keeping a profile in Britain so low as to be nearly invisible.

Come along to this workshop, during which David will explore the process of song writing and answer your questions.

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SHETLAND YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS AWARD CEREMONY

Aug 31 @ 11:00 - 11:45 Screen 2, Mareel Free More than just a prize-giving ceremony, this is a celebration of Shetland’s literary future.

Now run by Shetland Library, the competition has been going for 22 years.

Many of its previous prize-winners have gone on to have careers in Literature and in the Performing Arts.

With more than 70 entries this year, it is as popular as ever – who will be the winners? Come along and see, and hear their work being read!

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POETRY READING

SHEENAGH PUGH AND DAVID HARSENT POETRY READING

Aug 31 @ 14:00 - 15:00 Screen 2, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6)

ELSEWHERES - THE POETRY OF THE MAP TOM POW POETRY READING

Aug 31 @ 12:00 - 13:00 Screen 2, Mareel £10/£8 (Early Bird: £8/£6) Tom Pow has always written about Elsewheres in his poetry and in his travel books – most recently In Another World: Among Europe’s Dying Villages.

The NLS Bartholomew’s Residency allowed him to explore his love of maps as artefacts and as invitations to the imagination. In this reading, he will share poems about the map of Treasure Island, for example, and about the 1983 Soviet Map of Edinburgh, as well as earlier encounters with place.

Shetland resident and celebrated poet Sheenagh Pugh makes her first appearance at Wordplay to read from her work, including her latest collection, Long-Haul Travellers (Seren 2008) and her forthcoming collection, Short Days, Long Shadows, also to be published by Seren.

She will be joined by David Harsent, who has published ten books of poetry, won the Griffin International Poetry Prize and been shortlisted for the Forward Prize, the TS Eliot Prize and the Costa Prize.

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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND BARTHOLOMEW RESIDENCIES

From February to May 2013, writer Tom Pow and Shetland-based artist Diane Garrick took part in a creative residency at the National Library of Scotland. Working with the Library’s extensive map collections, and specifically with the Bartholomew Archive, Tom and Diane created new works inspired by maps and mapping. As part of Word Play 2013, Tom and Diane will share their enthusiasm for maps at two events supported by the National Library of Scotland.

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WILFRIEDA THE WITCH HELPS SANTA BOOK SIGNING

Aug 31 @ 16:30 - 17:30 Lower Foyer, Mareel Free Author Wendy Dickson and illustrator Samantha Dennis will be on hand to sign your copy of Wilfrieda the Witch Helps Santa.

ART WALK TO ART MAP DIANE GARRICK WORKSHOP

Sept 1 @ 10:00 - 16:00 Radio Room, Islesburgh ÂŁ40/30 (Early Bird: ÂŁ35/ÂŁ25)

FOUND AT SEA ANDREW GREIG POETRY READING

Aug 31 @ 16:00 - 17:00 Screen 2, Mareel £10/£8 (Early Bird: £8/£6) A spoken word poetry performance, focussing on Andrew’s latest book Found At Sea. Based on an open dinghy trip he made from Stromness to overnight on the abandoned island of Cava, this micro-Odyssey is about sailing, friendship, fear, living through physical engagement - and the story of two remarkable women who lived alone on Cava for twenty seven years. There may also be some banjo playing and probably a shanty.

Found At Sea includes cover and illustrative panels by Mike McDonnell, sailor and shantyman of Yell. The original panels (and many more) are exhibited at Shetland Museum from August 15th to September 6th.

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Artist Diane Garrick will lead this all day workshop which will include the following: A short powerpoint to introduce the current contemporary practices of ’maps in art’, followed by a morning walk in and around Lerwick. This will focus on a multi-sensory engagement with the environment allowing participants to gather ideas, images or materials from the landscape to inspire the afternoon session - creating art work that integrates two or more senses in a two or three dimensional form.

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THE ENTIRE HISTORY FROM SHORE TO SHOORMAL OF ROCK AND ROLL BOOK LAUNCH IN 60 MINUTES MULTI MEDIA PRESENTATION

POETRY READING

Q&A

READING

TALK

Aug 31 @ 19:30 - 20:30 Auditorium, Mareel £10/£8 (Early Bird: £8/£6) David Hepworth and Mark Ellen have been broadcasting about, writing about and listening to music for most of the last forty years. In that time they have been presenters in the BBC’s Whistle Test, anchors of the TV presentation of Live Aid, editors of magazines such as Smash Hits, Mojo and Q and interviewers of everyone from Bob Dylan through Bananarama to Rihanna.

In “The Entire History Of Rock and Roll In 60 Minutes� they set out to tell the entire story of music via pictures, headlines, funny stories, juicy details you didn’t know already and the odd serious bit.

It will be followed by a Q&A during which they’ll probably make indiscreet comments about internationally famous rock stars.

SURVIVING AS AN ARTIST IN A BUSINESS WORLD DAVID KNOPFLER Q&A READING

Sept 1 @ 14:00 - 15:00 Screen 2, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6) David Knopfler is the author of Bluff Your Way in The Rock Music Business, founder of Dire Straits and a working musician and songwriter who enjoys the respect of his musical peers and widespread critical acclaim. Join him for a talk and discussion about surviving as an artist in a business world.

Sept 1 @ 12:30 - 13:30 Screen 2, Mareel Free Join Nat Hall for the launch of From Shore to Shoormal/D’un rivage a l’autre, her collaboration with New Brunswick poet, Donna Allard. The session will feature readings by Nat, Joe Blades (kindly funded by artsnb), himself from New Brunswick, Marsali Taylor and Christian Tait.

There will also be music by Steve Davidson and Alan McKay.

SHETLAND VOICES: LAUREEN JOHNSON AND JAMES SINCLAIR POETRY READING

Sept 1 @ 16:00 - 17:00 Screen 2, Mareel £10/£8 (Early Bird: £8/£6) Laureen Johnston from Voe has published: local history book Inside the Postcard (2001); short novel Shetland Black (2002); poetry pamphlet Treeds (2007, reprinted 2010) and in March appeared at StAnza, Scotland’s international poetry festival.

James Sinclair, from Lerwick published a pamphlet of poems, Gulf Stream Blues, in 2007.

He is on the editorial committee of the New Shetlander and has regularly given readings around Shetland and at Word festival in Aberdeen.

Come and hear these two fine poets perform their work.

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POETRY PERFORMANCE LEMN SISSAY POETRY READING

Sept 1 @ 19:00 - 20:00 Auditorium, Mareel £10/£8 (Early Bird: £8/£6) Dr Lemn Sissay MBE is Associate Artist with the Southbank Centre and was the Olympic Poet in 2012. He is the author of several critically acclaimed poetry collections, including Rebel Without Applause, Morning Breaks in the Elevator and most recently, The Listener. Forby all that, he is coming to Shetland to make his first appearance at Wordplay. He is renowned as a brilliant performer. Don’t miss him.

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SHETLAND WRITERS GROUPS READING

Sept 1 @ 17:30 - 18:30 Auditorium, Mareel Free A special event involving readings of both poetry and prose, by members of Writers Groups from throughout Shetland.

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IMI MAUFE TALK

Sept 3 @ 19:00 - 20:00 Screen 2, Mareel Free Norwegian based Imi Maufe was resident artist on board the Swan in 2011. Come, hear and see her illustrated talk about the project. www.imimaufe.com

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HOMELAND

CORY DOCTOROW READING TALK

POETRY AND PLACE JOHN CUMMING AND JAMES SINCLAIR WORKSHOP

Sept 7 @ 10:00 - 11:00 Screen 2, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6)

Sept 7 @ 10:30 - 12:30 Learning Room, Museum ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6)

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger - the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teen/HarperCollins UK novel Little Brother. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear him read from and talk about his latest young adult novel, Homeland.

This workshop will not be a lecture, nor a “How to write�, but rather an opportunity to explore, as a group, the relationship between place and the poetic response. Writer and sculptor, John Cumming and poet, James Sinclair, will lead the session, using discussion, debate and group work.

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A VIEW FROM THE FOOTHILLS: THE DIARIES OF CHRIS MULLIN Q&A TALK

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Sept 7 @ 19:00 - 20:00 Auditorium, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6)

STEVE BELL MULTI MEDIA PRESENTATION

Sept 7 @ 16:30 - 17:30 Auditorium, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6) Steve Bell has been drawing comic strips for a living since 1977. His ‘If‌’ strip in the Guardian has passed its 7000th episode. Since 1990 he has drawn four political cartoons a week. The celebrated political cartoonist takes a little time out of his busy work schedule in order to give a talk about his work, illustrated by his work.

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Former Labour Minister, Chris Mullin, talks about his widely acclaimed diaries covering the rise and fall of New Labour. “A treat to be savoured. Best of all they are written by a creature the public does not believe exists: an honest politician at Westminster� (Oona King, The Times). “He will join Chips Channon, Duff Cooper and Alan Clark in the pantheon of truly great diarists.� (Matt D’Ancona, Evening Standard).

CREATIVE WRITING:

‘OF COURSE YOU USE REAL PEOPLE!’ MARSALI TAYLOR WORKSHOP

Sept 8 @ 10:00 - 11:00 Media Lab, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6) Workshop: Creative Writing: ‘Of course you use real people!’ – the difficulties of portraying your own community. This one hour workshop will focus on creating characters without using your neighbours, and on solving some of the difficulties in using dialect in work aimed at a mainstream audience.

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THE LONG ROAD TO PEEKSKILL WILL KAUFMAN MULTI MEDIA PRESENTATION

Sept 8 @ 17:30 - 18:45 Auditorium, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6)

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On his second visit to Wordplay, hard travelling Professor Will Kaufman gives his harrowing and uplifting presentation, The Long Road to Peekskill.

The multi media show includes performances

by Will of the songs Woody Guthrie wrote condemning Jim Crow segregation, lynching and race hatred in the USA. Don’t miss it!

A LEAGUE OF NOTIONS

HANSEL CO-OPERATIVE PRESS BOOK LAUNCH

Sept 8 @ 12:00 - 13:00 Screen 2, Mareel Free Hansel Co-operative Press will launch A League of Notions, a new collection of poetry by Jim Mainland. Truly original, sometimes funny and always a great performer of his own work, Jim is one of Shetland’s finest poets of any time. This event will feature readings from Jim and some of his former pupils, including Peter Ratter, recent winner of the Shetland Young Writer Award.

POETRY AND STORIES IAN STEPHEN POETRY READING

Sept 8 @ 19:30 - 20:30 Auditorium, Mareel ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 (Early Bird: ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6) Ian Stephen is a poet and a story teller of great renown. He has published many collections of poetry and told stories at festivals all over the world. Come and hear some fine poetry and world-class story telling.

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