Chuckies Fir The Cairn - Globe Inn reading postponed

The reading at The Globe Inn, Dumfries, featuring Chuckies Fir The Cairn, the new Scots anthology,has been postponed. The event will now take place at The Globe Inn on Saturday 4 April at 7.30pm.

This is a great chance to hear some of the region's most talented Scots poets read their work - performing on the 4th will be Betty Tindal, Hugh Bryden, John Burns and Davie Douglas.

Goosechase - new poetry at WWT Caerlaverock

Goosechase is new work from a partnership of poets who have been working with Wild Goose Chase Across Dumfries & Galloway to produce new writing inspired by the wild geese that come home here for the winter.

There will be two public readings of Goosechase

Saturday 14 March at the Wildfowl and
Wetlands Centre at Caerlaverock at 2.30pm. For further information please ring
01387 770200

Saturday 28 March at RSPB Mersehead at 2pm. For further information please ring
01387 780298

The four poets are Jean Atkin, Jackie Galley, Vivien Jones and Fiona Russell. There will be a chapbook of their work available at the readings.

The Goosechase poetry readings are part of Wild Goose Chase Across Dumfries and Galloway, which is a Homecoming Scotland 2009 event that has been created by a partnership between Dumfries & Galloway Council, The National Trust for Scotland, the RSPB and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, in a bid to encourage residents and visitors to come down to the Solway and find out about the thousands of geese who migrate home to Scotland each winter.

Hear Angus McMillan and Derek Ross at Open Stage March 2009

Calling all poets and songwriters!

Open Stage returns to The Birkhill Hotel on Wednesday 25 March for an evening of poetry and song. Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association would like to invite local songwriters and poets to get up on stage and perform. As well as an Open Mic there will be some fantastic guest spots to spur things on. This month's guest spots are provided by musician Sarah Ade and poets Angus McMillan and Derek Ross.

Rab Wilson, DGAA's Burns Writing Fellow says: "Even if performing’s not your thing, don’t miss the chance to see and hear some great original material! Whatever your tastes in music or poetry come along to Open Stage, showcase your skills and meet like-minded people in a friendly and chilled out atmosphere."

Make sure you get there early – registration for all those who wish to perform will take place between 7pm & 7:30pm on the night! Entry is £3. For more information call Davie Kelly, Literature Development Officer for DGAA on 01387 253383.