International Women's Day Scottish PEN Event
Word*Power
West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
6pm
Free
To celebrate International Women's Day on 8th March 2007, Word*Power Books are hosting an evening of women's writing and translations in association with Scottish PEN. Writers in attendance will be Anna Crowe, Christine De Luca, Tessa Ransford, Bashabi Fraser and Morelle Smith, and they will be reading from an international selection of writing, from Scandinavia, Catalonia, France, Switzerland, Bengal and Germany.
Scottish PEN is a member of the International PEN organisation, a community of writers upholding freedom of expression and supports writers imprisoned because of their beliefs and writings.
For further details call 0131 662 9112.
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£8.99Parallel Worlds: Poems In English And Shetlandic - Paperback -
Christine De Luca's poetry is written in the beautiful Scots of the Shetland Islands - a blend of Old Scots and Norn - the poems in this title evoke a simple and pure way of life. These are poems with a sense of place, sympathy, commitment to language and the urge to celebrate life itself. -
Add to BasketPunk With Dulcimer - Paperback -
£7.95
Anna Crowe was born in Devonport and educated in France and at St. Andrews, where she now lives, working as a translator and in a second-hand bookshop. She is the director of Stanza, Scotland's poetry festival. -
Add to BasketTartan & Turban - Paperback -
£8.99
A Bengali woman and poet living in Scotland, Bashabi Fraser creatively spans the different worlds she inhabits. The subdued hues of Scotland and the vibrant cacophony of colour that is India come alive in an outrageous game of sound patterns celebrating the contrasts of the two countries.
