Poetry Readings
2024
June 29th reading at Perdue poetry/arts venue in Amsterdam, supporting the launch of Milla Van Der Have's new poetry pamphlet.
March 26th as a commended poet, reading alongside the winners and other commendeds of the Troubadour International Poetry Prize , online.
March 8th. As one of the Wigtown winners, in the pamphlet category, I will be reading alongside John Wheway, Craig Aitchinson and Robin Leiper
in a special edition of PoetryLit! as part of the StAnza Festival, St Andrews, live and online.
Feb 8th. I will be supporting the headliners, Isobel Dixon and Mary Jean Chan at St Mungo's Mirrorball, Glasgow, in person and online.
2023
Dec 12th Online launch of Poetry Wales (59.2 winter edition) in which I will read the poem I won 2nd Place with in the Wales Poetry Award competition
and which is published in this edition. 7pm.
Nov 2nd First Thursday, online event organised by Poetry Wales. I have an open mic slot.
Sept 29th Wigtown Book Festival poetry prize-giving event, 7.30 pm.
Sept 8th Featured Poet alongside Milla Van Der Have at PoetryLit online reading series. 7pm GMT. (8pm CEST)
June 25th 2-4pm at the Birds Nest Gallery, Edinburgh with 6 other poets to accompany the Three Graces art exhibition.
May 12th, 7p.m. Reading at prize-winning ceremony online of the Poetry Wales Award in which my poem
'Clara the Rhinoceros' won 2nd prize, judged by Gwyneth Lewis.
2022
Sept 7th, Fri Reading as Featured Poet alongside Milla Van Der Have at PoetryLit
online reading series. 7pm GMT. (8pm CEST)
16th June Reading at online anthology launch in aid of Ukraine, (Dove Tales). 7pm.
2021
Nov 2nd Reading online as part of 'The Day of the
Dead', a Dove Tales event during COP 26.
Sept 3rd Reading online with Milla Van Der Have to support
featured poets MacGilivray, Lois P. Jones, Rebecca
O'Bern as part of extended session to celebrate
the first anniversary of PoetryLit founded by Milla
Van Der Have and co-curated by Stephanie. 7pm
May 31st Reading online with Milla Van Der Have and
Rachel Donati at the launch of Iain Whiteley's
'Ping!' (Write Bloody, U.K.)
2020
Nov 26th Reading my poem 'Grimsey Island' at the
online launch of Issue 3, Channel magazine,
Nov 3rd Reading online my poem 'Platform 17, Grunewald,
Berlin' as part of Dove Tales' 'Day of the Dead' .
Oct 24th Taking part in an online reading 'The Poetry
Without on the Lake', Festival usually held in Orta
San Giulio, N. Italy under its proper name,
Poetry on the Lake.
Oct 2nd, Featured Poet along with Hugh Mcmillan
reading as part of Milla van Der Have's Poetry Lit.
online.
Sept, 22nd Reading my poem, 'A Prayer for Peace,
as part of a Dove Tales event online.
Sept on Reading online as part of a podcast of
the Seamus Heaney Poetry Summer
School participants available
c/o Queens University, Belfast web page.
4 Sept part of online poetry reading in Utrecht in event,
Poetry Lit organized by Milla van der Have.
Mid-July Featured in Hugh McMillan's Blog 'From the Back
Room' as part of his Pestilence Poems project.
6-8th March 'Berlin Umbrella' poetry/sound at StAnza Poetry Festival,
St Andrews. Plus Meet the Artist event with Sonja Heyer
and Valerie Coffin Price, whose artwork 'Berlin Water' is
inspired by the poetry in 'Berlin Umbrella.'
2019
27th Oct with the Dean Group of poets:
Patricia Ace, Anna Crowe, Vicki Feaver,
Stephanie Green, Paula Jennings, Jane McKie
at the Glass Class, St Andrews Botanic Garden,
Canongate, St Andrews KY16 8RT from 2 – 4.30.
Tea and cakes included,Tickets £12 / £10 concession
to Friends of the Garden.
18th July part of the West Cork Literary Festival Fringe
in Bantry, Ireland at the Organico Cafe 4.30pm
2nd June Poetry at the Botanics, Edinburgh reading with
Vicki Feaver, Anna Crowe, Jane McKie, Paula
Jennings and Patricia Ace. At the Botanics' cottage.
3-5pm. £12 (£10 Members)
includes tea and scones. Booking required.
24th March part of The Scotia Extremis event at Aye Write
Festival, Glasgow 3-4pm Mitchell Library.
2019
24th March Reading as part of The Scotia Extremis event
at Aye Write Festival, Glasgow 3-4pm Mitchell Library.
2nd June Poetry at the Botanics, Edinburgh reading with
Vicki Feaver, Anna Crowe, Jane McKie, Paula
Jennings and Patricia Ace. At the Botanics' cottage.
3-5pm. £12 (£10 Members) includes tea and scones.
2018
24 Nov read at the Beauty and the Beast Symposium held at
the Palazzo Contarini-Polignac, Venice.
16th Oct Read as part of Dove Tales peace charity's afternoon
of poetry and prose: A Lament for Palestine,
at the Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close,
Edinburgh EH8 8DT. £5 (£3) from 2-4pm.
A fantastic line-up including actor Barbara Rafferty, poets
Liz Niven and AC Clarke, singer Pauline Brady, and
Elements World Theatre Company.
Sept Reading at the Poetry on the Lake Festival,
Orta San Guilio, Piedmont, N. Italy during the festival
(28-30th) and also at the Awards Ceremony. (3rd prize)
April 6th, Fri. Taking part reading at launch of Magma
(Europe-themed issue) at Europe House, 32 Smith
Square, Westminster, London SW1
Feb 22nd, Thurs. Taking part reading at the launch of 'A Kind of
Stupidity' (Dove Tales) anti-war anthology at
Waterstones, Byres Road, Glasgow. .
2017
September 28th, Thurs. Taking part in a National Poetry Day event on the theme of 'Freedom'. This will be a celebration of various dissident Soviet poets on the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Stephanie will be talking about and reading poems by Marina Tsvetaeva. The event is organised by
William Bonar. In the Moir/Dyer Room, Mitchell Library, Glasgow..
April 30th, Sunday. Taking part in the Shore Poets Open Night with Shore Poet
Jane McKie, music by Kirsty Law.
Oh! Outhouse, 12a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY
March 23rd, Thurs. Reading at Whitespace Art Studios, 76, East Crosscauseway,76, East Crosscauseway, Edinburgh EH8
2016
Dec Filmed reading 'Razzle Dazzle Cabaret' her poem inspired by
the Dazzle ships project along with other poets in the 'Signal' anthology, filmed by senior pupils of Preston Lodge High School. The film was made at the Prince of Wales dock,
Leith in front of the new Dazzle ship designed by Ciara Phillips.
Oct Reading at Poetry on the Lake, Giulio San Orta, Piedmont,
Italy during the Festival (7-9th Oct.)
Aug 22nd, Reading with others to launch 'Signal' an anthology of poems inspired by WW1 Dazzle ships at the Edinburgh Bookshop, 219, Bruntsfield Place.
Feb 20th (Sat) reading with Tessa Berring and Jane Bonnyman.
Venue the Robert Louis Stevenson House, 17, Heriot Row,
The New Town, Edinburgh (the house where RLS grew up.)
Feb 10th, reading as part of the launch of 'Mildly Erotic Poems
Anthology Vol 2' (Emma Press)
in the Upstairs room at the Betsy Trotwood Pub,
Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London.
Jan 31st, taking part in the Shore Poets' Quiet Slam,
Outhouse, 12a, Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh EH1.
2015
Sept 28th, Mon at Scottish Federation of Poets event at the Merlin pub,
Morningside
on Poetry Society theme of 'Light'.
Sept 19th, Sat Reading as headline poet at 'Night Airs', Skerries Mills,
as part of the
Soundwaves Festival, Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland.
June 6th, Reading with Dawn Wood and Nikki Robson
at Platform, Off the Rails Arthouse, Ladybank, Fife.
June 1st, The Edinburgh Launch of 'Flout' at Looking Glass Books,
Off Meadow Walk, The Quartermile, Edinburgh EH3 9GG.
May 28th: Reading with Lindy Barbour, William Bonar, Ian McDonough
and Eveline Pye at a St Mungo's Mirrorball event at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 350, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
May 9th, Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Newcastle.
Launch of Butcher's Dog Poetry Magazine, (5th edition).
Compered by the editors, Carolyn Jess-Cooke,
Amy Mackelden and Andrew Sclater.
May 1st: with the Thornfield Poets at Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street,
Dublin in support of the Yes vote in the Equality Referendum
in Ireland.
April, 18th: at the Culross Poetry Hub, The Biscuit Cafe, Culross, Fife.
April 1st, at 10Red, at the Persevere pub,
Easter Road, Leith. Hosted by Kevin Cadwallender.
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March 6th: Border Crossings: Stephanie Green and DA Prince
StAnza Poetry Festival, St. Andrews, Scotland. Stephanie will be launching her pamphlet 'Flout'
(HappenStance Press, 2015), inspired by Shetland landscape, folklore and culture.
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PREVIOUS YEARS' READINGS
Poetry on the Lake Festival, 2014
Oct.
Stephanie read her poem 'Veriditas' at the launch of Hildegard: Visions and Inspiration, an anthology to celebrate Hildegard de Bingen, edited by Gabriel Griffin (Wyvern Works, 2014) at an event held in Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, N. Italy.
Fright Night
Hallow e'en Party and Open Mic at the Scottish Poetry Library,
Crichton Close, Edinburgh
31st October, 2013 at 6.30pm £5/£4
Stephanie is participating in the open mic - and possibly pouring the blood-red wine.
see SPL website.
St. Magnus Festival, Orkney
Sunday 23rd June, 2013
'Poems with Tunes, Tea and Cake',
the 8 participants, including Stephanie, of the Orkney Writers' course,
accompanied by James Boyd on classical guitar
16.30-17.50
at Stromness Hotel, Stromness.
Luminate Poetry Slam
14th October, 2012, 7.30pm for 8pm
at Ghillie Dhu, 2, Rutland Place
Edinburgh EH1 2AD
Stephanie will compete against her son amongst other poets!
Poetry on the Lake Festival
reading in the Pallazzotto, Piazza Motto
Friday 28th September, 2012
and in Thesaura Naturae as part of a celebration of Hildegard de Bingen,
Sunday 30th September, 2012,
Giulio San Orta, Piedmont, Italy.
Poetry in the Persian Tent
(a fund-raising series of poetry events for the Oxfam Old MacDonald had a Farm in Africa project)
22nd-26th August, 2012
St John's Church, Edinburgh.
11-12pm in the persian tent/church hall.
22nd Aug Stephanie will be reading with Ryan Van Winkle, Liz Lochhead, John Glenday plus musical interludes from virtuoso wind player, John Samson.
Stephanie is organizing all 5 events and will be the M.C.. Part of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace, Edinburgh, 2012. During the series different poets will read each day, including Vicki Feaver, Jackie Kay, Aonghais MacNeacail, Stewart Conn and many others with singers/musicians.
Norman MacCaig Centenary Celebration
Sunday 14th November, 2010
Norman MacCaig Centenery Celebration
at the GRV, Guthrie Street, Off Chambers St., Edinburgh.
7.45-9.15pm.
Poets reading MacCaig poems and their own inspired by MacCaig include: Andrew Phillip, Janie McKie, Colin Will, Stephanie and others.
The Norman MacCaig Poetry Festival
Friday, 13th November, 2010 ,
5pm Lochinver Village Hall, Assynt.
Stephanie is reading her commended poem in the competition, with 1st prize winner, Pippa Little and 2nd prize winner, Nancy Campbell, along with main festival guest poets Liz Lochhead and Roddy Gorman.
Poetry on the Lake, Italy.
1st October, 2010
At the launch of the 'Reflections on Orta' anthology during the Poetry on the Lake Festival, Orta San Giulio, Italy and also Stephanie's commended poem in the prize-giving reading in Sala Tallone on the island of San Giulio.
GRV
14th Sept, 2010 at the GRV, Guthrie Street, Off Chambers St., Edinburgh.
7.45-9.15pm.
Loose Tongues,
27th August, Edinburgh Fringe, 2010. See side bar.
Hidden City: 5
27th September, 2009, Glasgow
2pm, 3pm and 4pm poetry readings at a mystery sites, revealed on the day, somewhere in the Merchant City, Glasgow. Meet outside Ramshorn Theatre, Ingram St. Further details: http://www.confab.org.uk/html/events.htm
This was a grand finale performance, including all the poets who have featured in the previous Hidden City anthologies, edited by Rachel Jury of ConFAB. An anthology containing all poems performed on this day is available via confab. Stephanie is one of the 27 poets included.
Strokestown Poetry Festival, Co Roscommon, Ireland
3rd May, 2009
Stephanie read with other competition short listed poets.
http://www.strokestownpoetry.org
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Stephanie read as part of
The Scottish Pamphlet Poetry readings,
at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2007
See Party Pavilion
StAnza Festival
Stephanie read as part of the StAnza Poetry Festival,
March, 2007 in St. Andrew's, Scotland at the 100 Poets'
Gathering celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the festival ,
along with Douglas Dunn, Vicki Feaver, Valerie Gilles,
Gwyneth Lewis, Ruth Padel, Alistair Reid,
Penelope Shuttle,George Szirtes etc.
See Stanza wesbite www.stanzapoetry.org/
Hay Festival
Stephanie read at the Hay-on Wye Festival , Wales
on 30th May, 2006 as part of the launch of
'The Lie of the Land' an anthology of poetry
published by Cinnamon Press in aid of the
Meningitis Trust in Wales, along with many other
poets, including Ruth Bidgood, Christine Evans
and Owen Sheers.
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Sunday, 25th May, 2008,
Stephanie reading with Allan Gillis and Ken Cockburn
at the Shore Poets, c/o the Mai Thai Restaurant, Crichton's Close, Edinburgh
Past Venues include:
Scotland:
St. Andrew's:
As part of the 100 Poets' Gathering celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the StAnza Poetry Festival, along with Douglas Dunn, Robert Crawford, Vikki Feaver, Valerie Gillies, Gwyneth Lewis, Ruth Padel, Penelope Shuttle, George Szirtes etc., etc. March, 2007
Glasgow:
St. Mungo's Mirrorball, at The Poetry Club, The Glasgow School of Art, with with Matthew Hollis,and Nalini Paul Thursday, 23rd November, 2006;
ConFAB event , Hidden Glasgow, Sunday, October 8th, 2006. At an event linked to National Poetry Day, Stephanie was one of 8 poets commissioned to write a poem inspired by and performed at a mystery site in Glasgow. The results were published in an anthology 'Hidden City 2' published by ConFAB and The Poverty Alliance. www.confab.org.uk ;
Tchai Ovna, West End, 2004;
The Scotia Pub 2004;
.Edinburgh:
Edinburgh Book Festival Fringe 2007 14th August, as part of a Scottish Pamphlet Poetry event.
The National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street , with Zoe Strachan and and Mandy Haggith, reading prose and poetry inspired by the Museum's collections, 24th February, 2007;
The Scottish Poetry Library; Oct, 2005: Launch of 'Glass Works'.
Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Riddle's Court, as part of 'Post script ' in 'Diverse Attractions' , August, 2004.
Wales:
Hay-on-Wye Festival, launch of 'The Lie of the Land' May, 2006.
Mold Theatre, launch of 'Blodeuwedd, 2002;
M.O.M.A. Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth Mid-Day Market -Day readings plus performance of her verse-drama, 'Rhiannon' as part of the Fringe Festival 1999.
The Great Oak Bookshop, Llanidloes;
The Great Oak Cafe, Llanidloes;
The Quarry Cafe, Machynlleth;
Loose Tongues' Performances
(Stephanie Green and Mandy Haggith plus invited guests.)
Loose Tongues at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe 27th August, 4-5pm at the Forest Cafe, Bristo Place: Stephanie Green, Mandy Haggith, Jane McKie and Patricia Ace.