Push The Boat Out: Poetry Extravaganza
Mairi
Push The Boat out is BACK this weekend and they've got a frankly PHENOMENAL line up. The program is rich and clever and varied and yet again PTBO are reaching out to new and possible readers, audiences that will find new joys and stories in poetry spaces and might not even know it yet!
It's a HUGE program, spread through Summerhall's many spaces with speakers as varied as Joelle Taylor and Brian Bilston, Katie Ailes and Julie Rea to Tom Pow, Don Paterson and Jay Gao, talk of football and of minority language, of climate change and folklore - there are panel discussions, performances, workshops, films and more : give it a good gander HERE. You'll find us in the Cafe ALL weekend for books and signings and general book chat!
If we had to pick some highlights, well we'd maybe reach for these goodies (that we are definitely plotting to escape the book stall for):
Friday 4th:
Truth Prevails: Poetry Across Frontiers 4.30pm
Nora Gomringer: The Trilogy of Surfaces and Invisibilities 6pm
Sat 5th:
Through the looking glass: eco-poetry from the personal perspective 11am
Through Folklore and Forests: A wild journey of song and story 7pm
The Saturday Night with The Honey Farm, Omar Musa, Niques and jayda & houseplants 8pm
Sun 6th:
Poetry's Place in a Doomscrolling World 12pm
Linked Books
![Image for In Public / In Private](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819139/9781913958350.jpg)
- title
- In Public / In Private
- author
- Leyla Josephine
![Image for Tiger Girl](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817803/9781780375267.jpg)
- title
- Tiger Girl
- author
- Petit, Pascale
![Image for Wild : Tales from Early Medieval Britain](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815294/9781529424232.jpg)
- title
- Wild : Tales from Early Medieval Britain
- author
- Jeffs, Amy
![Image for Sonnets for Albert : Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry 2022](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815266/9781526649942.jpg)
- title
- Sonnets for Albert : Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry 2022
- author
- Joseph, Anthony
![Image for Like a Tree, Walking](https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31bdDuh3u4L._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_ML2_.jpg)
- title
- Like a Tree, Walking
- author
- Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo
![Image for Heritage Aesthetics](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819150/9781915051004.jpg)
- title
- Heritage Aesthetics
- author
- Anaxagorou, Anthony
![Image for Peach Pig : The debut collection from the Young People's Laureate for London, Forward Prize-shortlisted author](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814721/9781472156815.jpg)
- title
- Peach Pig : The debut collection from the Young People's Laureate for London, Forward Prize-shortlisted author
- author
- Knapp, Cecilia
![Image for There is (still) love here](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819134/9781913437503.jpg)
- title
- There is (still) love here
- author
- Atta, Dean
![Image for Proof of Life on Earth](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819134/9781913437589.jpg)
- title
- Proof of Life on Earth
- author
- Stone, Degna
![Image for Postcolonial Banter](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819125/9781912565245.jpg)
- title
- Postcolonial Banter
- author
- Manzoor-Khan, Suhaiymah
![Image for Killernova](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819150/9781915079824.jpg)
- title
- Killernova
- author
- Musa, Omar
![Image for Bukowski In A Sundress : Confessions from a Writing Life](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801431/9780143128465.jpg)
- title
- Bukowski In A Sundress : Confessions from a Writing Life
- author
- Addonizio, Kim
![Image for Home Is Not A Place](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97800084/9780008469511.jpg)
- title
- Home Is Not A Place
- author
- Pitts, Johny, Robinson, Roger
![Image for Space Baby](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819134/9781913437381.jpg)
- title
- Space Baby
- author
- Evans, Suzannah
![Image for RENDANG](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817837/9781783785599.jpg)
- title
- RENDANG
- author
- Harris, Will