University of St Andrews, Schools of English and Modern Languages
Thursday, 28 May, 2 – 4 pm Laidlaw Music Centre Reading Room In this creative writing poetry workshop, we will draw on decolonial environmental thought to consider the ways in which race and legacies of colonialism affect climate crisis and shape our individual and collective relationship to the environment. We will write about Scotland and … Read more
Wednesday 27 May 2026 St Andrews, Laidlaw Music Centre, McPherson Recital Room 7:30 to 9:00 pm Free In Project Earth, the Iris Trio brings vital new works by internationally decorated poet Karen Solie and celebrated Canadian composers Andrew Downing and Sarah Slean to Scotland. The Iris Trio, Christine Carter (clarinet), Zoë Martin-Doike (viola) and Anna Petrova … Read more
Friday 22 May 2026 Hebdomadar’s Room 5-7pm This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium. The contributors to his wide-ranging anthology engage with political and social concerns, women’s and LGBTQ identities, local, multicultural, and international perspectives, alongside explorations of history, cultural exchange, … Read more
Monday 24th November 2025, 5.30pm-7pm in UCO 32 Dr Bénédicte Letellier This talk offers an overview of contemporary Arabic poetry and its presence across the world. It will explore the main trends and voices shaping the field today, both within the Arab world and in the diaspora. Attention will be given to the themes that dominate … Read more
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 4pm to 5.30pm, Younger Hall, Stewart Room Artist Leena Nammari, poet Yousif Qasmiyeh, and children’s writer Feda Shtia in conversation about their practice. This event was held in collaboration with the Centre for the Critical Reimagining of Human Rights.
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 11am to 1pm, Bute Building, A11 Yousif discussed a selection of poems from his two volumes Writing the Camp and Eating the Archive. Please email [email protected] for copies of poems. This event was held in collaboration with the Centre for the Critical Reimagining of Human Rights.
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 6pm, School III Yousif Qasmiyeh & Contributors to SINK magazine Organised in collaboration with SINK magazine and the Centre for the Critical Reimagining of Human Rights
Tuesday 11th November 2025, 6:00pm-7.30pm – Lawson Lecture Room Jennifer Soong’s recent books of poetry include My Earliest Person (The Last Books, 2025), Comeback Death (Krupskaya, 2024), and Suede Mantis / Soft Rage (Black Sun Lit, 2022). In addition to her poetry, she has published essays in Critical Inquiry, Modernism/modernity, and Post45, among others. In 2025, the University of Chicago Press published her monograph Slips of … Read more
Wednesday 5 November 2025, 5.30pm-7.30pm – Lawson room Karen Solie is the author of six collections of poetry, and the recipient of awards including the Griffin Prize, the Latner Poetry Prize, a Canada Council Martyn Lynch- Staunton Award, a Chalmers Fellowship, and a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. A volume of selected poems, The Living Option, was … Read more
Tuesday 4 November 2025, 5.30pm-7.30pm – Lawson room St Andrews student Connor Jones lives in Edinburgh. Neutral Wisowb (Mouse Press, 2024) is their first pamphlet. Helena Fornells Nadal is a Catalan poet based in Edinburgh. She is currently engaged in research on the intersection between land politics and ecopoetics. I Could Not Ask You To (Mouse Press, 2025) … Read more