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Together with a dedicated group of students and young people, the WORD Centre for Creative Writing has devised an exciting line-up of poets, novelists, artists and other creatives for readings, performances, workshops and discussion panels.
Rachelle Atalla & Vikki Patis (Victoria Hawthorne)
5pm, 24/9 | King's Pavilion
Join us for a thrilling start to our main festival week as two of Scotland’s most exciting writers return to WayWORD to discuss their new novels and the art of writing twist-filled suspense narratives across different genres, with 51cg alumnus Rachelle Atalla and Aberdeenshire-based Vikki Patis (Victoria Hawthorne).
WayWORD at The Lampie
7pm, 24/9 | The Blue Lamp
Poetry and music with local, national and international artists, featuring North-East poets, Sheena Blackhall & Noon Salah Eldin, combined with Iranian and Kurdish musicians, Amin Hashemi, Amir Tahghigh, Yahya Salehi and Madeh Mohammadi, spoken-word performance by Jacob Sam-La Rose, with violist Fiona Winning and music by Luke Styles. Finally, Syrian musicians Shamband return by popular demand to round off the night.