Tuesday 29 July 2014

Only Three Lines for Mrs Simpson

Brilliant to see some praise for both Tapsalteerie and our pamphlet Sardines in the latest Northwords Now (Summer 2014) magazine. Mandy Haggith says that Sardines is:

"An inspired way for a new book producer to break into the Scottish poetry scene... a collection full of voices you’ll recognise, but won’t read in books from the mainstream poetry publishing houses."

She goes on to quote directly from one of the poems called "Only Three Lines for Mrs Simpson". In celebration of receiving such a nice review in one of the top Scottish literary periodicals we've decided to reproduce the poem in full here. Hope you enjoy it!







Tuesday 15 July 2014

Hedonistic poetry in Aberdeen

Tapsalteerie poet Calum Rodger will be hitting Aberdeen on Saturday 26th July for a whistlestop tour of the city's finest literary showcases.

Lined up first is an appearance on the Literature Show, SHMU FMs weekly broadcast on writing from Aberdeen and beyond. The show has become something of an institution nowadays after going strong for a number of years, with the list of previous guests reading very much like a who's who of the north-east's literary scene. The show starts at 6pm; you can listen live online or, if you miss it, listen again through the show's mixcloud page.

Tapsalteerie do have previous on the show - I appeared with Bill Thom last year to chat about Tapsalteerie's first publication, the Quait Chiel. You can listen to that again too of course (well worth an hour of your time!).

After the literature show it's onwards to Per-Verse, the new incarnation of what used to be called Demented Eloquence, Aberdeen's foremost spoken word night. If you haven't been to one of these nights before then it's highly recommended you do so, there's always a great atmosphere and Cellar 35 is a perfect wee venue for it. Calum will be reading from "Know yr Stuff: poems on hedonism" in support of Richard Tyrone Jones who'll be previewing his Edinburgh Fringe show.

For a wee taster of what to expect do head over to Calum's ever-excellent blog, All Real Culture is Free. To keep you going for now though, here's Calum delivering part two of his now legendary "Burns in Translation" series: