Videos from the launch of Let Out the Djinn, debut poetry collection by Jane Aldous, at Lighthouse Radical bookshop, Edinburgh, with readings from Jane herself, and friends Lindy Barbour and Simon Maclaren
part 2: from prehistory to space…
Lindy Barbour reads Doggerland
Jane reads A Dead Lamb in Polbain
Simon Maclaren reads Crow’s Eye
Lindy Barbour reads Eel Ghazal
Jane reads Goodbye Voyager 1
Videos from the launch of Let Out the Djinn, debut poetry collection by Jane Aldous, at Lighthouse Radical bookshop, Edinburgh, with readings from Jane herself, and friends Lindy Barbour and Simon Maclaren
part 1: Family and identity
Simon Maclaren reads Dave Off in Five – inspired by Jane’s Dad’s war time diary.
Jane reads Let Out the Djinn, the title poem – the title came first!
Jane reads With Meme at Mellon Urdigle Beach
Lindy Barbour reads Death Waiting
Jane reads In the New Leaf Co-op
more tomorrow…
Happy Publication day, to Jane Aldous, as her debut poetry collection, Let out the Djinn hits the streets.
See you at Lighthouse Radical Bookshop in Edinburgh at 5pm on Saturday
Cake in preparation
Jeremy Dixon likes to travel and he is off to Edinburgh for Book Fringe
The Book Fringe is a free, community book festival run by two independent Edinburgh bookshops, Lighthouse in Southside, and Golden Hare Books in Stockbridge.
Lunchtime at Lighthouse: These start at 1pm and run for 30 minutes.
Evenings at Golden Hare: These start at 6.30pm and run for 1 hour.
ALL events are FREE: no tickets, no ticket booking!
Jeremy is taking In Retail to Lighthouse on Sat 3rd August. 1pm for their event QUEER WORDS WITH QUEER POETS
Final line up, subject to confirmation from the writers
Edinburgh
Stories
A Vampire at Noon, Patience Mackarness
High Noon, Marka Rifat
Woman and Child, Barbara Renel
On Kings and Falling, Roppotucha Greenberg
Poems
Angelus At Noon, Patricia McCaw
Arthur Streeton Advises his Students, Mandy Macdonald
By the Obelisk Sundial Drummond Castle, Jane Aldous
Moon Jellyfish, Ness Owen
Noon Talk, Graham Burchell
On the First Calculation of the Circumference of the Earth, Alison Gerhard
Precarious, Michelle Penn
Fire at Midday Susan Cartwright-Smith
Sun Beats over New Orleans Natalie Gasper
Readers/performers Lindy Barbour, Anita John, Patricia McCaw, Bev Sommerville, Jane Aldous