I'm over the moon to be the 2023 Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence! Tomorrow morning we drive down to Somerset (!!), so I wanted to share a bit more about the role before the adventure begins! Glastonbury is one of the world's biggest and most iconic festivals, featuring music, theatre, poetry, conversation, arts installations, and … Continue reading 2023 Glastonbury Poet in Residence!
Hello folks! I'm delighted to share with you my new filmpoem "Bareface." I created this filmpoem in April for one of our Loud Poets National Poetry Writing Month (#NaPoWriMo) challenges. Filmpoetry, or cinepoetry, is a fascinating medium in which the text/performance of the poem and the film/video inform each other to co-create the meaning of … Continue reading New Filmpoem: “Bareface”
Want to join a writing group that provides workshops, tailored guidance, and opportunities to share? We'd love to have you join the Loud Poets Writing Club! We've been planning this monthly writing group for a while, and we can't wait to get it going! It will take place from 7-9pm online on the 2nd Wednesday … Continue reading Join the Loud Poets Writing Club!
The surprise is out... we wrote a book! For months the Loud Poets team have been working away behind the scenes on our very first printed anthology, and it's finally here! Loud Poets: Volume I features 12 poems each from Kevin Mclean, Mark Gallie, Bex Sherwood, and myself. It's been beautifully printed in the UK … Continue reading New Poetry Book! Loud Poets: Volume I
After keeping this under my hat for months, I'm so happy to share news of the Loud Poets 2023 Live Season! This is the biggest project the I Am Loud Productions team has ever undertaken, and we're so excited to get rolling with it. Thanks to funding from Creative Scotland and the National Lottery, we’ll be … Continue reading Loud Poets 2023 Live Season!
Hello everyone! I'm so excited to share a project I developed in the spring of 2022: a brand new podcast shining a light on Edinburgh's forgotten women writers. You're probably familiar with the blue plaques placed on buildings across the UK which celebrate historical figures who lived in those places. In Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland … Continue reading Building Stories: New Podcast!
This summer I was delighted to receive a commission from Push the Boat Out Festival for their Poetry Feast of Mythical Beasts! They invited applications from poets to reimagine Scotland's mythical creatures in a contemporary context. I've long been fascinated by the ghostly portent of the bean nighe, a woman who dies in childbirth and … Continue reading Bean Nighe: New Poetry-Dance Piece
Hello all! After a poetry-packed Edinburgh Fringe, I'm looking forward to busy autumn full of gigs, workshops, and lots of exciting projects. One that I'm particularly looking forward to takes place this Thursday (15th September) in Aberdeen. I'm delighted to be reprising my dance-poetry piece 'Cutty Sark' at the Fabulous Cabaret, a free event coordinated … Continue reading ‘Cutty Sark’ Reprise in Aberdeen
Sylvia Plath was my first literary love, so this year it's been an utter joy to work on the Sylvia Plath Literary Festival! I'm doing publicity and blogging for the festival, which is a special one-off event taking place this October in Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall. Our programme features workshops, readings, discussions, and even a … Continue reading Mirroring Sylvia: My Journey to PlathFest
It's August, and you know what that means: time for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! We at I Am Loud have been working hard behind the scenes for the past several months preparing a stellar show for you all. For our 8th (!!) Fringe run, we're presenting Loud Poets: Best of Fringe, a showcase of the … Continue reading Loud Poets: Best of Fringe
Katie Ailes 