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A fantastic programme of literary and cross-arts events, brought to you by 51cg. Find out what's on today!
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.
Neurodiverse Writing | Elle McNicoll & Sarinah O’Donoghue
12 noon, 29/9 | Online
‘’I’m a neurodivergent author. I write about anything and everything, but I always write about neurodiversity’’ - Elle McNicoll, bestselling author of A Kind of Spark, in conversation with Sarinah O’Donoghue, recent UoA PhD graduate researching representations of autism in literature and popular culture.
Sarah Bernstein & Chris Kohler
1.30pm, 29/9 | King's Pavilion
Two of the most exciting novelists working in Scotland today: Sarah Bernstein and Chris Kohler talk realism, identity and current literary culture, with Alan Warner. Sarah’s second novel, Study for Obedience, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Chris’s debut Phantom Limb is a clear landmark in contemporary Scottish writing.
A Nan Shepherd Event: Art Interpreting Literature - Susie Leiper's The Living Mountain
3pm, 29/9 | King's Pavilion
Artist and calligrapher Susie Leiper discusses her relationship to Shepherd's work and her evocative handwritten and illustrated edition of Shepherd's celebrated nature writing text, The Living Mountain. This event includes prizegiving for Nan Shepherd Creative Writing Competition for Young Writers.
Spectrum Ensemble & Fusion Dance Performance
4.15pm, 29/9 | King's Pavilion
Student compositions come to life with performances by young dancers in this collaboration between Spectrum Ensemble and Fusion.
Hear new works from Spectrum, the 51cg’s student-led new-music ensemble, brought to life with dance and choreography by Fusion, Citymoves Dance Agency’s youth dance company.
Zoë Strachan & Louise Welsh
5pm, 29/9 | King's Pavilion
Acclaimed Scottish writers Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh discuss their latest novels, common themes, differing genres, and creative collaborations. Set in Glasgow and Kilmarnock and spanning the 1930s-60s, Zoë Strachan’s Catch the Moments as They Fly is her most personal novel to date. Louise Welsh’s latest gritty novel, To The Dogs, explores organised crime, institutional corruption and moral compromise in Glasgow with much dark humour.
Repurpose Aberdeen: Scratch @ The Blue Lamp
7pm, 29/9 | The Blue Lamp
A new Scratch Night celebrating the performing arts community in the North East, curated by Annabel Lunney. Showcasing the talent of local writers directors and performers,
Want to get involved? You can submit writing via the call-out the top of this page and/or attend our accompanying workshop on Saturday 28th