The third of our collaborations with the Edinburgh International Book Festival is the Scottish Spoken Word Showcase Podcast - a companion to the live event of the same name. For it we interviewed six spoken word performers (Tzusan, Noon Salah Eldin, Angie Strachan, Empress, Rona MacDonald and Colin McGuire - all pictured above) who tell us about who they are, what they do, why they do it, and give us just a taste of their work.
As well as those core conversations we also talk to the Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Nick Barley, and Alice Tarbuck from Creative Scotland.
Put together it offers just a small example as to the variety and diversity in the Spoken Word scene in Scotland today, and we hope you'll be encouraged to seek out, and investigate further, the work of our featured artists, and be persuaded to seek out spoken word events across the country.
To learn more you can visit edbookfest.co.uk & creativescotland.com. or click on artists links below...
And you can still listen to, and view, the Celebrating Inclusion podcast with writers Ever Dundas and Julie Farell, and the Shaping Scotland's Stories: New Voices Podcasts, also in conjunction with EIBF.
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