Our City, Our Stories In brief Date - 19 August 2023 Venue - Baillie Gifford Storytime Yurt Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event We believe everyone has a story to tell and that stories help us make sense of our world. Join us as we bring together local writers and poets from across Edinburgh to create a collective love letter to the city they call home. Jane McKie, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, will be joined by her fellow authors as she reads from their poetry collection 'Spaces Open'. The collection grew out of their visits to West Port Garden and learning about its origins. The Garden was designed by Norah Geddes and became a green oasis amid Edinburgh's Old Town slums. 'Spaces Open' was authored by The 12, a collective of women writers - Tessa Berring, Anne-Laure Coxam, Lynn Davidson, Georgi Gill, Marjorie Lotfi, Jane Goldman, Saskia McCracken, Jane McKie, Theresa Muñoz, Em Strang, Alice Tarkbuck, and JL Williams. About the reader Jane McKie studied at Edinburgh, Cambridge, Lampeter St David's, and Warwick, and has a background in psychology, anthropology, myth, religion, and literature. Her first collection, 'Morocco Rococo' (Cinnamon Press), was awarded the 2008 Sundial/Scottish Arts Council prize for best first book of 2007. Her other publications include 'When the Sun Turns Green' (Polygon, 2009), 'Gardens of Bedsteads' (Mariscat, 2011) which was a Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice, 'Kitsune' (2015), 'From the Wonder Book of Would Your Believe It?' (2016), 'Quiet Woman, Stay' (2020), and 'Jawbreaker' (2021), and 'Carnation Lily Lily Rose' (2023). Visit Jane McKie's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 19 2023 18.15 - 19.55 Our City, Our Stories A poetry reading by Jane McKie (English Literature) and other writers from the anthology 'Spaces Open: Poems for West Port Garden' as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford Storytime Yurt Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue on Google Maps Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Our City, Our Stories In brief Date - 19 August 2023 Venue - Baillie Gifford Storytime Yurt Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event We believe everyone has a story to tell and that stories help us make sense of our world. Join us as we bring together local writers and poets from across Edinburgh to create a collective love letter to the city they call home. Jane McKie, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, will be joined by her fellow authors as she reads from their poetry collection 'Spaces Open'. The collection grew out of their visits to West Port Garden and learning about its origins. The Garden was designed by Norah Geddes and became a green oasis amid Edinburgh's Old Town slums. 'Spaces Open' was authored by The 12, a collective of women writers - Tessa Berring, Anne-Laure Coxam, Lynn Davidson, Georgi Gill, Marjorie Lotfi, Jane Goldman, Saskia McCracken, Jane McKie, Theresa Muñoz, Em Strang, Alice Tarkbuck, and JL Williams. About the reader Jane McKie studied at Edinburgh, Cambridge, Lampeter St David's, and Warwick, and has a background in psychology, anthropology, myth, religion, and literature. Her first collection, 'Morocco Rococo' (Cinnamon Press), was awarded the 2008 Sundial/Scottish Arts Council prize for best first book of 2007. Her other publications include 'When the Sun Turns Green' (Polygon, 2009), 'Gardens of Bedsteads' (Mariscat, 2011) which was a Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice, 'Kitsune' (2015), 'From the Wonder Book of Would Your Believe It?' (2016), 'Quiet Woman, Stay' (2020), and 'Jawbreaker' (2021), and 'Carnation Lily Lily Rose' (2023). Visit Jane McKie's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 19 2023 18.15 - 19.55 Our City, Our Stories A poetry reading by Jane McKie (English Literature) and other writers from the anthology 'Spaces Open: Poems for West Port Garden' as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford Storytime Yurt Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue on Google Maps Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Aug 19 2023 18.15 - 19.55 Our City, Our Stories A poetry reading by Jane McKie (English Literature) and other writers from the anthology 'Spaces Open: Poems for West Port Garden' as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
