#dundeelitfest

Friday 24th October

11am: Bounce and Tickle, Bonar Hall Rhyme, songs and stories for little ones aged 0-12 months. Come parents, come carers, come babies and join our wee party! Free | tickets

Saturday 25th October!

An action packed drop-in Saturday morning for kids of all ages! Drop in any time from 9.30am for activities and storytelling, and stay for authors Emily Dodd and Pamela Butchart!

Emily Dodd, 10am Cameron the capercaillie thinks he’s the worst dancer in the Scottish Cairngorms but maybe with the help of his new friend, Hazel the squirrel, he’ll be able to dance after all! Fun guaranteed with storyteller, scientist and poet Emily Dodd with her first picturebook! Free, recommended for ages 3-6

Poetry fans! Plenty for you to enjoy at this year’s Dundee Literary Festival! We would love to see you here. 

22nd-26th October Full programme: http://issuu.com/dundeelitfest/docs/final/0 Twitter: @literarydundee | web: www.literarydundee.co.uk

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Wednesday 22nd October

7.30pm: Joseph Lee, War Poet, Bonar Hall WWI poet Joseph Lee was famous in his own lifetime, but the Dundonian has since been forgotten. A new anthology of his work will bring him back to public attention. Free | tickets

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Thursday 23rd October

10 - 12am: Pitch Live: Kirsty Gunn and Lindsay MacGregor, Bonar Hall Award-winning author Kirsty Gunn and Lindsay MacGregor will be giving advice on pitching your book to publishers, agents and the wider public. A rare and exciting chance to work with experts to hone your pitch before taking your work out into the world and finding it a home. Free | tickets 1pm: Poem and a Piece: Michael Schmidt, Bonar Hall Born in Mexico in 1947, Michael Schmidt was educated at Harvard and Wadham College, Oxford. He is editorial and managing director of Carcanet Press Limited, the literary publishing house dealing in particular with poetry, and he is general editor of PN Review, the literary journal now in its fourth decade. He’ll tell us more his own poems, and a fascinating and diverse life with words, in conversation with Maggie McKernan. £5 (includes lunch) | tickets

5.30pm: New Writing Showcase MLitt Creative Writers – the cream of the University of Dundee’s MLitt crop strut their stuff. Free, drop in

Friday 24th October

11am: Bounce and Tickle, Bonar Hall Rhyme, songs and stories for little ones aged 0-12 months. Come parents, come carers, come babies and join our wee party! Free | tickets

5.30pm: Writing Showcase: Scottish Book Trust, Ms Battenberg’s Tea Room, Bonar Hall Scottish Book Trust’s New Writer Awardees – Edinburgh- based poet Andrew Sclater; Edinburgh-based novelist Lynsey May, Dundee’s own Rob Currie, and Lucy Ribchester, whose debut novel The Hourglass Factory will be published in 2015 by Simon & Schuster. Free, drop in

6.30pm: Books for Doctors and Doctors in Books, Bonar Hall Sir Kenneth Calman, Diana Hendry and Lesley Morrison Doctors and illness lie at the heart of many great stories, from Irvine Welsh to Robert Burns, and their connection goes deeper than just the page. Examining the link between words and medicine are the hugely influential Sir Kenneth Calman, who uncovers this relationship in his new book, A Doctor’s Line. Tools of the Trade is an anthology of poetry published by the Scottish Poetry Library and issued to every graduating medic in Scotland in 2014, introduced today by poet Diana Hendry and Lesley Morrison. Please join us! £3/2 | tickets: full price | concessions

  8.30pm: Culture Laser Live, Bonar Hall Weekly podcast series, The Multi-Coloured Culture Laser, enters the festival fray for a night of performance, discussion, drinking, and hilarious October action. Host Ryan Van Winkle, poet and cultural behemoth from the United States of America via Auld Reekie, welcomes a selection of guests to take to the sofa with him for some beautiful bookish chat. A podcast experience for your ears & your hearts– done live and before your very eyes. Free | tickets

Saturday 25th October

10am: Whaleback City Walking Tour, meet at Bonar Hall Dundee’s first Makar (poet laureate for the city) W.N. (Bill) Herbert invites you on a tour of Dundee by poetry. Co-editor of Whaleback City, Bill will take you on a tour of our city of Discovery in verse in this illuminating morning in the company of the city’s finest wordsmiths, present, past and lang deid. £3/2 | tickets: full price:  | concessions

1pm: Poem and a Piece: Tom Pow and Brian Johnstone, Bonar Hall Tom Pow’s six months as writer in residence at the National Library of Scotland Map Library in Edinburgh inspired his latest collection, Concerning the Atlas of Scotland: one for map lovers as well as poetry fans. Brian Johnstone’s third full collection, Dry Stone Work, is personal and exploratory, full of rural landscapes, music, movies, Europe and the distant past. A lunchtime adventure guaranteed from the comfort of the Bonar Hall. £5 (includes lunch) | tickets

5.30pm: Writing Showcase: Nethergate Writers, Ms Battenberg’s Tea Room, Bonar Hall Nethergate writers – a long-standing creative writing group who meet regularly under the auspices of the University of Dundee’s Continuing Education Department, will read from their latest anthology of new work, Watermarks. Free, drop in

9pm: New Portsound, Bonar Hall New Portsound has been running for six years in the far-off outpost of Newport on Tay. Dedicated to bringing quality new Scottish independent music to an appreciative and intimate crowd, New Portsound is delighted to host a night as part of the Dundee Literary Festival. The enthralling line up will be announced soon, but expect an exciting combination of music, spoken word and visuals. £4/3: tickets: full price | concessions 

Sunday 26th October

1pm: Kei Miller: Poem and a Piece, Bonar Hall Kei Miller, born in Jamaica in 1978, writes across a range of genres: poetry, novels, books of short stories and essays. His poetry has been shortlisted for awards such as John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Scottish Book of the Year. An unforgettable performer, today Kei will read from his 2014 collection, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2014. A wonderful performer. In partnership with the Department of Geography £5 (includes lunch) | tickets

2pm: J.O. Morgan & Ishbel McFarlane, Bonar Hall

It begins with crows, black flecks against the blue

 ‘J. O. Morgan’s At Maldon is a riff on the Old English poem: inventive, striking and memorable. And a reminder that Morgan is one of the most original poets around.’ – Andrew Motion. Come hear the whole glorious poem out loud, co-performed for the first time in full with actor Ishbel McFarlane.

£3/2 | tickets: full price | concessions  

We’ve hand picked a few events which may appeal to students, writers and lovers of the written word.

Thursday 24th October, 12noon

Poet and novelist Robert Alan Jamieson talks to Kirsty Gunn about his work with words.

£3 full price / £2 for students

Thursday 24th October, 4pm

Michael Hulse is a translator, teacher, editor, magazine publisher and critic, as well as a poet. He will share his love of language and thoughts on the landscape of literature with Kirsty Gunn.

£3 full price / £2 for students

Friday 25th October, 9am

Annual MLitt Creative Writing students showcase returns with more exciting talents from the University of Dundee.

Free but ticketed

Friday 25th October, 10am

Debut authors Juliet Conlin, Neil MacKay and the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize 2013 – to be unveiled on Thursday 24th October – will share their journeys to publication.

Free but ticketed

Friday 25th October, 11am

Granta Best of Young British Novelists Sarah Hall and Jenni Fagan will be reading from their acclaimed novels and letting us in on what’s it’s like to be the rising stars of 2013.

£3 full price / £2 for students

Friday 25th October, 3pm

A L Kennedy’s latest book On Writing adds up to the most intimate masterclass imaginable, giving readers and aspiring writers precious insight into the complexities of the writing world. £3 full price / £2 for students

Sunday 27th October, 11am

Patrick Ness will discuss his thrilling and utterly absorbing new novel for Young Adults (and older ones too!), More Than This which chronicles the life - or perhaps afterlife of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world.

£3 full price / £2 for students

CRIME!

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award winner Denise Mina,  Quintin Jardine and Godfather of Tartan Noir William McIlvanney, and are just two icons of the crime world appearing with tales of dark edges, twists and turns…

Prices vary

Every day!

A Poem and a Piece, every day of the festival, combines fantastic poetry and a lovely lunch. Participating poets include Dundee’s new Makar (Poet Laureate) W N Herbert starring alongside Andy Jackson, co-editors of the wonderful Whaleback City, a unique anthology of poems inspired by the city of Dundee and its surroundings. Also starring are Michael Hulse, Paula Jennings and Em Strang.

£5 (includes lunch)

Festival hub!

We hope you’ll make time to soak up the atmosphere in our festival hub. With stalls from local creators, including jewellery, wine, clothes, zines, and Ms Battenberg’s Travelling Tea Room providing seasonal victuals, it’s the perfect spot to lounge between events and get stuck into a good conversation or a good book.

How to book:

Browse the programme on issuu http://issuu.com/literarydundee/docs/final or on our website www.literarydundee.co.uk

Tickets are available:

• online at www.literarydundee.co.uk • by calling 01382 384413 • or emailing [email protected] • in person on the 6th Floor, Tower Building at the University • from Waterstones, Commercial Street • from The Overgate Shopping Centre ticket booth, ground floor • from Dundee Contemporary Arts, Nethergate

Photo by Bob McDevitt

The programme for the 2013 Dundee Literary Festival is live!

Browse yours on issuu or on our website

Tickets are available:

• online at www.literarydundee.co.uk

• by calling 01382 384413

• or emailing [email protected]

• in person on the 6th Floor, Tower Building at the University

• Waterstones, Commercial Street

• The Overgate Shopping Centre ticket booth, ground floor

• Dundee Contemporary Arts, Nethergate

From the archives! Zoe Venditozzi read for us at the festival in 2011, part of our annual showcase of MLitt Creative Writing talent. Zoe published her debut novel, Anywhere's Better Than Here, in 2012. Photo by Alan Hillyer.

You are warmly invited to join us for the unveiling of the Dundee Literary Festival programme for 2013! Drop by Roseangle Arts Cafe (132 Perth Road, DD1 4JW) at 11am to join us in raising a teacup to the delights in store for October. Be the first to hear more about the programme from the Literary Dundee team, and pick up your copy.

From the archives! Novelist and journalist James Meek read for us at the festival in 2012, alongside Alan Warner. Photo by Alan Hillyer.