This year, StAnza released a podcast a day during the festival
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The StAnza experience is all about the live interaction between poets and their poetry, but in case you weren't able to come along, this year we released daily podcasts throughout the festival. Hint - if you'd like to listen to all the podcasts, subscribing with iTunes is the best way to do this. |
Latest Podcast:
Day 5 - 22st March
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On our final festival day, we've got interviews with Hardeep Singh Kohli and Jay Parini; excerpts from today's Poetry Breakfast on whether poets or actors are better readers of verse; a chance to hear Burns expert Drew Clegg explore his love of the bard; and Poetry Cabaret with the wonderful Elvis McGonagall. With thanks to musicians Ewen Maclean and Gill Bowman for their permission to use their music in this podcast. Produced and presented by Colin Fraser for StAnza |
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Day 4 - 21st March
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Ian Rankin, Roddy Lumsden, Marco Fazzini and Stephen Scobie discuss the difference between music lyrics and poetry. Robert Crawford and Angus Peter Campbell give different perspectives on Scottish Poets of the Enlightenment. Roddy Lumsden reads from his new collection Third Wish Wasted. And we visit StAnza's Poetry Market to speak to Read This Magazine, Magma as well as Colin Will about his Homecoming Haiku challenge. With thanks to musicians Ewen Maclean and Gill Bowman for their permission to use their music in this podcast. Produced and presented by Colin Fraser for StAnza |
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Day 3 - 20th March
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The choicest cuts from today's StAnza poetry festival. Includes an interview with and poetry from Swiss based sound poetry outfit Trio Pas Lundi; a chance to hear from StAnza lecturer Jay Parini on his memories of Alastair Reid and Jorge Luis Borges; excerpts from today's Poetry Breakfast on the state of Scottish poetry including Stuart Kelly and Roddy Lumsden, experimental poetry from Peter McCarey and a Dalek Love Song from Kevin Cadwallender. With thanks to musicians Ewen Maclean and Gill Bowman for their permission to use their music in this podcast. Produced and presented by Colin Fraser for StAnza |
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Day 2 - 19th March
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In our first full day podcast, we've got excerpts from this year's StAnza discussion, where Kate Clanchy, Thomas A Clark, David Mach, Peter McCarey and Stephen Scobie explore Scottish identity and Homecoming within the context of the national's poetic heritage. We've also got a reading from Stephen Scobie's new collection "Robert Louis Stevenson:From World's End" and a few kind words from poets Robert Crawford and Kate Clanchy about StAnza. With thanks to musicians Ewen Maclean and Gill Bowman for their permission to use their music in this podcast. Produced and presented by Colin Fraser for StAnza |
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Day 1 - 18th March - StAnza Opening Night
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Our Opening Podcast is packed full of excellent poems, music and talk. We were lucky to be able to interview sculptor David Mach before the spectacular burnings of Burns. We include readings from StAnza participants Bill Manhire and Kate Clanchy. The sublime Sheena Wellington sings the original melody for My Love is Like A Red Red Rose And we have the opening speech from First Minister Alex Salmond. With thanks to musicians Ewen Maclean and Gill Bowman for their permission to use their music in this podcast. Produced and presented by Colin Fraser for StAnza |
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StAnza Preview Podcast
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Our first podcast gives you a flavour of what to expect at this year's festival. Including readings of Bill Manhire, Ros Brackenbury, Adam O'Riordan, Jenny Bornholdt and Robert Louis Stevenson read by Festival Director, Brian Johnstone, and Artistic Director, Eleanor Livingstone; music from singer/songwriter/playwright Gill Bowman; and readings from the poet Kate Clanchy. Produced and presented by Colin Fraser |
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We thank all those included in these Podcasts for permission to use their work. Detailed permissions and acknowledgements will be included soon.Preview Podcast thanks and acknowledgements :Kate Clanchy for "A Man With No Sense of Smell", "Overnight", "Slattern" and "Patagonia" (Picador)Gill Bowman for "The Lea-Rig", "Ae Fond Kiss" and "The Deil's Awa wi' th' Exciseman" which can be found on her CD Toasting the Lassies Bill Manhire and Victoria University Press for "On Originality" Jenny Bornholdt and Victoria University Press for "In Memory" Ros Brackenbury for "That Moment" Adam O'Riordan and the tall-lighthouse for "Heels". |