Scotland’s International Poetry Festival
Book launch: War and Poetry
Saturday 7 March 2015, 6.15-7.15 pm
J&G Innes Ltd, Booksellers, South Street, St Andrews, Free
New Scottish poems inspired by Italy’s great poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, with Katherine Lockton, Carlo Pirozzi.
This event launches a new Luath anthology that contains new translations of one of Italy’s most respected poets, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and allows Scottish poets such as John Burnside, Gerry Cambridge and Christine De Luca amongst others to respond to Ungaretti in their own words.
Installation: War and Poetry
4 – 8 March 2015, 10am-10pm
(in rotation with other installations)
The Byre Theatre, Abbey St. Foyers, Free
Italy’s great Giuseppe Ungaretti and poems he inspired. 2014 saw the 100 year anniversary of the First World War. 2015 marks the Italian centenary of that same war. Much has been written and debated about Italy’s involvement in the war, but how did it impact on the poets in Italy? What were they thinking? This digital installation offers a glimpse inside a new book on the subject.
Border Crossings
Sunday 8 March 2015, 2.15-3.15 pm
The Undercroft, St John’s House, South St. St Andrews
£3.75/£2.75
Reading: Ian Stephen, Anna Cristina Serra
Our final Border Crossings reading brings together two writers for this festival’s focus on islands. Ian Stephen hails from the Isle of Lewis and is a writer, storyteller, artist and sailor. His prose, poetry and drama have been published internationally and garnered several awards. Anna Cristina Serra is a Sardinian-speaking Italian poet with four collections. She frequently judges Sardinian and Italian national competitions and has been involved in various educational projects promoting the Sardinian language.
www.stanzapoetry.org