Perth Festival Of The Arts 2025 Brochure

P E R T H F E S T I V A L O F T H E A R T S 18 P E R T H F E S T I V A L . C O . U K SCOTLAND TRENDING WORDS POEMS FROM PERTH ART GALLERY Presenting Scotland’s New Voices Curated by Perthshire poet and 2024 Scots Writer of the Year, Jim Mackintosh , this unique event and first of its kind at Perth Festival of the Arts, presents new writings by five exciting rising stars in poetry from across Scotland. Join us for a promenade around Perth Art Gallery, exploring new poems inspired by the Gallery and presented by the writers. Scotland’s top folk musicians, Ali Hutton, Patsy Reid, Owen Sinclair and Laura-Beth Salter, respond to the poetry through music in real time, connecting spoken word, music and visual art in this hour long, immersive, multi-arts experience. MORAG ANDERSON is a Scottish poet living near Loch Tay. Her second chapbook, And I Will Make of You a Vowel Sound (Fly on the Wall Press, 2024), won the Aryamati Poetry Prize. She was poet-in-residence for the 2024 Birnam Book Festival and for Creative Brain Week 2024, Trinity College, Dublin. 18:00 | THU 29 MAY | PERTH ART GALLERY Running time approx. 1 hour Free but ticketed. Reserve at perthfestival.co.uk