Takeover: Art Riot
Join Art Riot Press, the small press with a big attitude, bringing you the very best new voices from Scotland and beyond! For this unique and quirky takeover, we will be showcasing award-winning visual, performance, and page poets Julie Laing, Aditya Narayan, and EmmaClaire Brightlyn alongside some cheeky poetic audience participation shenanigans, hosted by partners-in-rhyme, and Versaye duo, Lorna Callery-Sithole (Director, Art Riot Press) and Wendy Miller (Editor, Art Riot Press). ‘Mon doon n see what all the buzz is aboot!
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