Brief update of things that catch my fancy

Hello hello!

T-minus 2 months to wedding (less than this actually!), and so I have pretty much gone nuts with all the stuff still to do. Looking forward to the big day, but also looking forward to the delicious quiet that shall replace all this manic craziness. Roll on, July! 

In the interim, there are a few awesome things which have caught my attention that might be of interest to you!:

Fuselit's new issue, Contraptions

"Like a clanking, whirring apparition, steaming out of the Fuselit tool shed, Contraption finally sallies forth! You can read it online, download it for your e-reader or buy a stunning little hand-made 'classic' version in a gold box. There's poetry, prose, artwork, a mascot, an essay, audio experiments, Oulipean mischief, machines as poems, a text adventure game and a story about a confused robot. Where to look first?"

If you're a regular reader, you'll know I'm a huge fan of Fuselit and love the work they put out. 

You can imagine how flattered and excited I was to discovered they had based their mascot for the issue (and a character in one of the short stories) on a 'poetry pet' Robot I'd made for Kirsty (who gave it to Jon)! 

Definitely check it out! (JoAnne McKay - your boys will love it!)

Neu Reekie

Neu! Reekie! is a monthly night (hosted inside the Scottish Book Trust, Edinburgh) in Edinburgh of short film, spoken word and music fusions. They did a full run of it in 2011 and are back in 2012 as a Creative Scotland endorsed soiree, noted to be a 'paragoning piece of Scotland's cultural puzzle'. 

To date they've have everyone from Ron Butlin to Jock Scott, Richard Jobson to Davy Henderson, Des Dillon to Miriam Gamble, Torsten Lauschmann to Malcolm Ross, Tam Dean Burn to BMX Bandits, Lach to Ryan Van Winkle, Teenage Fanclub to Ross Sutherland. Here's a little more on what they did last year: http://www.leithermagazine.com/2011/11/25/the-sound-of-youngish-scotland.html.

I'm so looking forward to attending the next Neu Reekie night on Friday 30th March. See you there? 

More info on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/neureekie

Stirling Uni Reading - more info forthcoming!

Venue: The Junk Rooms, Friars Street, Stirling

Date: Sunday April 15th, ~6pm.

Very tentative info still forthcoming about what will be an amazing poetry reading in Stirling! My pal Chris Emslie clued me, so pencil the date in your calendar, and keep your eyes on their facebook page for more info/publicty: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003480246491

Okay. Shall update links when more info is presented for the various events.
Hope to have more awesome news soon! Until then, from your fair-weather nearly-married friend!