- This event has passed.
Story Cafe Special: Owersettin’ – Three Poets, Three Languages of Scotland
Thursday, 23rd February, 2017, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Put a spring in your step at our lunchtime Story Café, as we travel the world, one tale at a time. Bring along a bite to eat and relax as we enjoy stories and poems from some of the best women writers world-wide.
Story Café is on Thursdays 26th January to 23rd March, 20th April to 4th May, 18th May, 12.30pm to 2.30pm
The vigour of Doric and the melodic lilt of Gaelic combine beautifully with the English language in this Story Café Special.
Poets Sheila Templeton, Maggie Rabatski and AC Clarke will read from their new pamphlet, Owersettin’, in which they translate and respond to each other’s work in their own native tongues: Doric, Gaelic and English. The result is a fresh, creative three-way conversation, to which each poet brings her own distinct voice.
Maggie Rabatski is a native Gaelic speaker, Sheila Templeton grew up speaking the Doric Scots of the North-East and AC Clarke hails from London.
Our Story Café Specials are an intimate way of hearing some of the freshest voices from Scottish writing. Specials this Spring are: Owersettin’ – Three poets, three languages of Scotland on Thursday 23rd February, Menstruation Myths and Period Drama! on Thursday 23rd March, Fiona Macintosh on Thursday 27th April, and Vicki Husband and Theresa Munoz on Thursday 4th May. Find out all about Story Cafés this Spring here.
We love to see new faces around our table, so pull up a chair, grab a cuppa and rediscover the joy of being read to.
Booking
This event is open to all and there is no need to book. This event costs £2 full price and you can pay on the day. We offer subsidised and/or free places for students, people on a low income, unemployed or those in receipt of benefit and Friends of GWL.
