Tuesday 13 March
Tue 13 March | 7.00-8.00pm | Festival Prequel – Kwame Dawes reads at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrshire
On the eve of StAnza 2012, one of this year’s festival poets reads at the birthplace of Scotland’s National Poet
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrshire | £10.00
Wednesday 14 March
Wed 14 March | 10.30am-4.00pm | Linked Forms
Lavinia Greenlaw: Linked Forms, an all-day workshop at Balmungo House
Balmungo House | £6.00/£4.00
Wed 14 March | 6.00-7.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Wed 14 March | 7.00-7.40pm | Festival & Exhibitions Launch
Alistair Moffat, St Andrews Saxophone Quartet, Lavinia Greenlaw, Kwame Dawes, Lucilla Sim, Ramskeerie
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Wed 14 March | 8.00-10.00pm | Kind of Larkin
A celebration of Philip Larkin’s love of jazz from the Dave Batchelor Quintet with special guest, David Hayman
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £8.00/£6.00
Wed 14 March | 10.00-11.30pm | Poetry Café: Student Showcase
Presenting new voices in this student poetry showcase
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro | Free
Thursday 15 March
Thu 15 March | 10.00-11.15am | Poetry Walk: Town and Gown
A poetic perambulation through 600 years of St Andrews as a university town
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Theatre Garden | Free
Thu 15 March | 10.30-11.15am | Inspire Session
A brief session to prompt your own creativity
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Thu 15 March | 10.30am-12.30pm | Ekphrasis: The Art of Stealing
Kwame Dawes: a workshop on how to expand poetic vocabulary
Public Library Meeting Room, Church Square | £3.00
Thu 15 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Past & Present
Jonathan Falla on Ramón López Velarde, Judith Taylor & A.C. Clarke on Gavin Douglas
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Thu 15 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Gerry Cambridge, Tusiata Avia
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room | £3.00/£2.00
Thu 15 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café: Seconds Out
Lunch & verse with Chris Young and Jane Overton
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £6.00/£4.00
Thu 15 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Musings@MUSA
A brief session to prompt your own creativity
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Thu 15 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Alan Buckley, Catherine Hales
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Thu 15 March | 3.30-4.30pm | The StAnza Lecture
A Good Argument : Lavinia Greenlaw
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room | £3.00/£2.00
Thu 15 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table
Intimate reading: John Burnside
The Green Room, St Leonards Quad, South Street | £5.00/£3.00
Thu 15 March | 5.00-6.00pm | Five O’Clock Verses
Reading: Lachlan Mackinnon, Hilary Menos
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £5.00/£3.00
Thu 15 March | 6.15-8.00pm | Submarine
A screening of the 2011 hit indie film based on Joe Dunthorne’s novel
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £3.00/£2.00
Thu 15 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Michael Symmons Roberts, Kwame Dawes
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £8.00/£6.00
Thu 15 March | 10.00-11.30pm | Jazz Night at StAnza
Music from the Byre jazz session players with a spot for the occasional poem
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro | Free
Friday 16 March
Fri 16 March | 10.00-11.00am | Poetry Breakfast: Watch This Space
Gerry Cambridge, Andrew Michael Roberts, Rozalie Hirs and Helen Ivory discuss the appearance of poetry
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £4.00/£3.00
Fri 16 March | 10.30am-12.30pm | Accentuate the Negative
Jo Bell: a workshop on the poetic power of denial
Public Library Meeting Room, Church Square | £3.00
Fri 16 March | 10.30-11.15am | Inspire Session
A brief session to prompt your own creativity
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Fri 16 March | 11.30am-12.15pm | Round Table
Intimate Reading: Keston Sutherland
Fraser East, South Street | £5.00/£3.00
Fri 16 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Rody Gorman, Boel Schenlaer
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room | £3.00/£2.00
Fri 16 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Past & Present
Kwame Dawes on Anthony McNeill, Lavinia Greenlaw on Sir Thomas Wyatt
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Fri 16 March | 12.30-12.45pm | Meet the Artist: Derek Robertson
A chance to meet the artist Derek Robertson
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Foyer/FCA&C | Free
Fri 16 March | 12.45-1.45pm | Clydebuilt Showcase
Clydebuilt: William Bonar, Eveline Pye, Nuala Watt, Samuel Tongue, Irene Hossack
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Fri 16 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café
Enjoy lunch and verses with Claudia Daventry
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £6.00/£4.00
Fri 16 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Musings@MUSA
A brief session to prompt your own creativity
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Fri 16 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Jane McKie, John Siddique
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room | £3.00/£2.00
Fri 16 March | 2.15-3.15pm | My Dante
Enthusiasts introduce their favourite passages from the great mediaeval poet
Parliament Hall, South Street | Free
Fri 16 March | 3.30-4.30pm | Filmpoem Live
A unique synthesis, a cleaving together of words, sound and vision
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £3.00/£2.00
Fri 16 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table: Afternoon Tea with Jackie
Intimate Reading: Jackie Kay
The Albany Hotel | £7.00/£5.00
Fri 16 March | 5.00-6.00pm | Five O’Clock Verses
Reading: Bernard O’Donoghue, Tony Curtis
Parliament Hall, South Street | £5.00/£3.00
Fri 16 March | 6.15-7.15pm | Quiet Open Mic
An early evening open mic
Zest Juicing and Coffee Bar, South Street | Free
Fri 16 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Chase Twichell, Lavinia Greenlaw
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £8.00/£6.00
Fri 16 March | 10.15-11.30pm | Risk A Verse
Open Mic with MC, Jim Carruth
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro | Free
Saturday 17 March
Sat 17 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-4.00pm | Meet the Artist: John Neilson
Poetry carved into stone as you watch
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Theatre Garden | Free
Sat 17 March | 10.00-11.00am | Poetry Breakfast: Iconic
Robert Crawford, Norman McBeath, Lavinia Greenlaw and Michael Symmons Roberts focus on images and imagery
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £4.00/£3.00
Sat 17 March | 10.30am-12.30pm | Picture This
John Glenday: a workshop on stimulating the imagination
Public Library Meeting Room, Church Square | £3.00
Sat 17 March | 10.30-11.15am | Inspire Session
A brief session to prompt your own creativity
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Sat 17 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Past & Present
Chase Twichell on Robinson Jeffers, Keston Sutherland on William Wordsworth
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Sat 17 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Words Alive!
Children’s Show: Words Alive with Jackie Kay
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £3.00/£2.00/£5.00
Sat 17 March | 11.30am-12.15pm | Round Table
Reading: Matthew Hollis
The Green Room, St Leonards Quad, South Street | £5.00/£3.00
Sat 17 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Helen Ivory, Tadeusz Dąbrowski with translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street | £3.00/£2.00
Sat 17 March | 12.00-2.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Sat 17 March | 12.00-4.00pm | Poets Market
Presses big and small, pamphlets, magazines, curated by Alan Gay
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room | Free
Sat 17 March | 12.45-1.45pm | HappenStance Showcase
Showcase event with Niall Campbell, Richie McCaffery, Theresa Muñoz
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Sat 17 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Musings@MUSA
A brief session to prompt your own creativity
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Sat 17 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café
Enjoy lunch & poetry with Young Dawkins
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £6.00/£4.00
Sat 17 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Past & Present
Christopher Reid on Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Anna Crowe on R.S. Thomas
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Sat 17 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Andy Jackson, Pippa Little
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street | £3.00/£2.00
Sat 17 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Whistle
Unique coming-of-age story from Martin Figura, told with insight and gentle humour
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £3.00/£2.00
Sat 17 March | 3.30-4.30pm | Pulsars – New Music: New Poetry
Music, poetry & text composition in this electro-acoustic performance by Rozalie Hirs
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £3.00/£2.00
Sat 17 March | 3.30-4.30pm | In Conversation
Matthew Hollis talks to Joyce McMillan about Edward Thomas and Robert Frost
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £6.00/£4.00
Sat 17 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table
Reading: John Glenday
The Green Room, St Leonards Quad, South Street | £5.00/£3.00
Sat 17 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Inspire Session
A brief session to prompt your own creativity
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Sat 17 March | 5.00-6.00pm | Five O’Clock Verses
Reading: David Morley, Kerry Hardie
Parliament Hall, South Street | £5.00/£3.00
Sat 17 March | 6.05-6.45pm | Horse Tales and Saddle Songs – the launch
The launch of a revised edition of Judy Steel’s anthology of horse poetry, with a foreword by HRH the Princess Royal
J&G Innes Ltd, Booksellers, South Street | Free
Sat 17 March | 6.15-7.15pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Sat 17 March | 7.00-7.20pm | Imprisoned Poets Reading
Readings from the work of imprisoned poets
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | Free
Sat 17 March | 7.30-7.45pm | The Sign – Astrology for a New Era (Tecknet - astrologi för en ny era
A short live webcast of the videoed performance by Sharks, the experimental poetry collective from Gothenburg.
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | Free
Sat 17 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Jackie Kay, Christopher Reid
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £8.00/£6.00
Sat 17 March | 10.15pm-12.00am | The StAnza Slam
With MC, Tony Walsh (aka Longfella)
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £4.00/£3.00
Sunday 18 March
Sun 18 March | 10.00-11.00am | Poetry Breakfast: Translating the Image
Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Nikola Madzirov and Bernard O’Donoghue discuss the joys and problems of translating poetry
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £4.00/£3.00
Sun 18 March | 11.15am-12.45pm | The StAnza Masterclass
Led by David Morley
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room | £4.00/£3.00
Sun 18 March | 11.30am-12.15pm | Archive
Chris Jones discusses the archiving of Douglas Dunn’s papers
Parliament Hall, South Street | £3.00/£2.00
Sun 18 March | 11.30am-12.30pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Simon Barraclough, Gill Andrews
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street | £3.00/£2.00
Sun 18 March | 12.00-2.00pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Sun 18 March | 1.00-2.00pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Joe Dunthorne, Nikola Madzirov
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber | £3.00/£2.00
Sun 18 March | 1.00-1.45pm | Poetry Café: Tony Walsh
Enjoy lunch and verses with Tony Walsh
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £6.00/£4.00
Sun 18 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Split Screen
A stellar line-up of poets to launch this lively anthology of poems inspired by TV and film, introduced by the editor, Andy Jackson
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £3.00/£2.00
Sun 18 March | 2.15-3.15pm | Border Crossings
Reading: Isobel Dixon, Ghayath Almadhoun
The Undercroft, St John's House, South Street | £3.00/£2.00
Sun 18 March | 3.30-4.00pm | Las Meninas
A poetic reinterpretation of Velàzquez’s famous painting by Lyn Moir
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £3.00/£2.00
Sun 18 March | 3.30-4.20pm | A Drunk Woman Looks at the Thistle
Karen Dunbar stars in Denise Mina’s witty and provocative play
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £7.00/£5.00
Sun 18 March | 3.45-4.30pm | Round Table: Tony Curtis
Reading: Tony Curtis
St Mary's Hall, St Mary’s Quad, South Street | £5.00/£3.00
Sun 18 March | 5.00-5.45pm | Psycho Poetica
Hitchcock’s classic film recreated in original poetry and music
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Studio Theatre | £5.00/£3.00
Sun 18 March | 6.15-7.15pm | Poetry Theatre
Poetic Interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Sun 18 March | 8.00-9.50pm | Poetry Centre Stage
Reading: Kathleen Jamie, Grace Nichols
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium | £8.00/£6.00
Sun 18 March | 10.00-11.30pm | Festival Finale
Western Swing music from the Mending Hearts Trio
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro | Free
Exhibitions, Films and Installations
Thu 19 January - Sun 25 March | 12.00-4.00pm | MUSA’s Mystery Objects
Poetic responses to objects from the University’s Physics collection
MUSA, The University of St Andrews, 7a The Scores | Free
Thu-Sun 12 noon-4.00pm
Mon 05 March - Mon 02 April | 10.00am-10.00pm | Indexed
A photographic response to last year’s festival by Dan Phillips
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro | Free
Mon 05 March - Mon 02 April | 10.00am-10.00pm | Body Bags / Simonides
Robert Crawford's Scots versions of texts by the ancient Greek poet Simonides sit arrestingly beside Norman McBeath's photographs.
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Levels 2 & 4 | Free
Wed 07 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-5.00pm | Finger to a Blind Eye
A dialogue concerning data transfer to vegetable DNA, in which spoken prose poetry complements a mysterious vegetable helmet and a book of research notes
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Garden Office | Free
Wed 14 - Sun 18 March | 9.00am-10.00pm | Poetry On The Move
Encounters with poetry en route
Leuchars Railway Station, Outside Leuchars/Guardbridge & St Andrews Bus Station, City Road | Free
Wed 14 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-10.00pm | By Leaves We Live
A chance to see two of Edinburgh’s famous anonymous paper sculptures
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Wed 14 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-10.00pm | In S T E R E O S C O P E
Poets respond to photographic images
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro | Free
Also various times Wed 14 and Fri 16 March in the John Barbour Auditorium at The Fairmont, KY16 8PN
Wed 14 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-10.00pm | Scattered Like Seeds
Unique cover art in miniature from Sacramento’s Poems-For-All
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Also at J&G Innes Ltd, South Street and various times Wed 14 and Fri 16 March in the John Barbour Auditorium at The Fairmont, KY16 8PN
Wed 14 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-8.00pm | The Murmur Line
Site-specific sound installations by Holly Pester
Around the festival and around St Andrews | Free
Wed 14 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-10.00pm | Random
Occasional selected digital poetry and photography
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro | Free
Also various times 13-15 March in the John Barbour Auditorium at The Fairmont, KY16 8PN
Thu 15 - Sat 31 March | 10.00am-5.00pm | Ruairidh agus Ruairidh Eile (Derek/Rody and the other Derek/Rody)
Paintings by Derek Robertson respond to the work of Gaelic poet Rody Gorman
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Foyer/FCA&C | Free
Thu 15 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-5.00pm | The Poem Pedlar’s Pearls
Exhibition of Artists' Books
The Trust Museum, North Street | Free
Please note that weekday hours are 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Thu 15 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-5.00pm | The Poem Pedlar
Poetry out and about in St Andrews
Around the festival and around St Andrews | Free
Thu 15 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-10.00pm | Poetry Loops
Loop showing of films by Paul Casey, Samantha Clark, Kyra Clegg, Sue Grierson, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Kevin McCabe, Alex Ramseyer-Bache & Daniel Lucchesi, and Maureen Sangster & Jennifer Kelly
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Conference Room | Free
Also various times Wed 14 and Fri 16 March in the John Barbour Auditorium at The Fairmont, KY16 8PN
Thu 15 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-10.00pm | Grove
Semi-permanent text interventions
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Foyers
| Free
Thu 15 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-10.00pm | Children’s Poetry Competition Display
Winning Junior Poets from Fife Schools
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Level 2 Foyer | Free
Thu 15 - Sat 17 March | 1.00-5.00pm | The Road North
A word-map of Scotland composed by Ken Cockburn and Alec Finlay spelled out in whisky miniatures
Public Library Meeting Room, Church Square | Free
Thu 15 - Sat 17 March | 1.00-5.00pm | Creative Capture: Six St Andrews Poets
Portrait photographs of six poets who are current or former teachers on the University of St Andrews School of English Creative Writing programmes, with autograph verse pieces by each poet.
Public Library Meeting Room, Church Square | Free
Sat 17 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-8.00pm | Poetry Digest presents The Icing and the Cake
Poetry that everyone will want to consume
Around the festival and around St Andrews | Free
Sat 17 - Sun 18 March | 10.00am-5.00pm | Versed in Stone
Lyricism carved into stone by John Neilson finds a perfect setting
The Trust Museum, North Street | Free
Sat 17 March | 12.00-4.00pm | The Edinburgh Poem
Gael Turnbull’s famed kinetic poetry machine
The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Supper Room | Free
Sun 18 March | 4.30-4.45pm | Meet the Artist: Holly Pester
A chance to meet the creator of The Murmur Line sound installations
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Conference Room | Free