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- Festival of the Arts - 15-25 October 2020
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2-3 Days
This year’s Concert for Brownsbank will take place on Saturday 19 September at The Corn Exchange Biggar. An outstanding programme has been organised - Students from Biggar High School will read Hugh Mac-Diarmid’s work as well as other Scottish poetry. Alan Riach and James Robertson will present pieces from their own work. Carolyn Scott and Andy Sim’s film of James Robertson, shot at the cottage, remembering his time as writer-in-residence at Brownsbank 1993-1995 will be shown. In the second half MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank is delighted to announce that the quartet THE GALLOWAY AGREE-MENT will perform. The group is a collaboration featuring Wendy Stewart (clarsach, vocals), Ruth Morris (alto and tenor sax and nykel harpa) Gavin Marwick (fiddle..
-224x224.jpg "Red Squirrel Press presents a Poem-a-thon in aid of MacDiarmid's Brownsbank")
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2-3 Days
Poets reading for 10 minute slots at a cost of £10.00, 2 minutes for introductions, 8 minutes poems. After payment has been made to BLF, a slot will be allocated. 50 word bio required by Red Squirrel Press. ..
2-3 Days
Bring your family and share your favourite poem on Biggar Park’s “poet tree”. Join [poet name TBC] for a spoken word performance and create your own poems during a poetry workshop...
