McLellan Festival: Joelle Taylor with McLellan Poetry Competition 2023 winners

The McLellan Poetry Fringe is delighted to welcome the award winning poet, and judge of the 2023 McLellan Poetry Competition to Arran on Friday 6th September 2024. Joelle Taylor [http://www.joelletaylor.co.uk/] will be presenting some of her own work, and will also be presenting a selection of the 2023 winning and commended poets, some of whom will be reading their winning entries in person.

Joelle is a queer, working class author of four collections of poetry. Her most recent collection “C+NTO and Othered Poems” won the T.S Eliot Prize, and the Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. She is co-curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre, and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She has judged several poetry and literary prizes, including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, the Ondaatje Prize and our own McLellan Poetry Competition. Joelle is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year.

Joelle’s novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet has recently been published by Riverrun. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which sold out its run across the UK, with more dates expected for the future.

Please do take this opportunity to come along to hear Joelle on the Isle of Arran and to see and hear the wonderful winning and commended poetry entries from the 2023 Competition. Joelle’s performances are always spell-binding and not to be missed!

See Joelle's website here [http://www.joelletaylor.co.uk/]. And you can read the winning and commended poetry entries from the 2023 Main Competition here [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/ files/ugd/ada7ae 0d56cb67b0dc4fc69cc775a3b4c28dd4.pdf] (read the winning and commended poetry entries from the 2023 Scots Competition here [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/ files/ugd/ada7ae 80bd80e995c744cbabdf42a82abe0905.pdf])

Please note: this event is suitable for aged 16+ only

The McLellan Festival Season Ticket costs £50 and gives access to all of the McLellan Book Festival events AND all the McLellan Arts Festival events except Scottish Ensemble, National Theatre of Scotland and poetry workshop .

The McLellan Arts Festival runs from Friday 30th August to Wednesday 11th September 2024. More info is available here [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/mclellan-festival].

The McLellan Arts Festival Programme

Friday 30th August: Traditional Ceilidh in Whiting Bay Hall with Gillian Frame, Finlay Napier, Arran’s young musicians and John Inglis’s Scottish stories. Whiting Bay Hall 7.30 | £12.00

Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September: McLellan Book Festival and Wee Mac Arran Children's Book Festival. Adult events £12 if bought individually or £40 for a McLellan Book Festival Weekend Pass, children's events free.

Wednesday 4th September: Poor Things – award winning film in Corrie and Sannox Village Hall 7.30 | Entry by donation

Thursday 5th September: Scottish Ensemble - venue, prices and programme to be confirmed

Friday 6th September: Poetry competition 2023 winners’ gig in Corrie and Sannox Village Hall | £12

Saturday 7th September: Poetry competition 2024 winners’ gig including Scots language winners in Corrie and Sannox Village Hall | £12 Poetry workshop - details TBC

Sunday 8th September: Vivaldi’s Gloria in Community Theatre at Arran High School. Performance conducted by Andrew Nunn of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Soloists from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. McLellan Festival Chorus | £12

Wednesday 11th September: National Theatre of Scotland in Brodick Hall - prices and programme to be confirmed

McLellan Book Festival Programme 2024

Sally Magnusson [https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/arran-theatre-and-arts-trust/mclellan-book-festival-sally-magnusson/e-obpdxg]: Saturday 31st August, 4pm

Alex Gray [https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/arran-theatre-and-arts-trust/mclellan-book-festival-alex-gray/e-lbvzgk]: Saturday 31st August, 7pm

Sara Sheridan [https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/arran-theatre-and-arts-trust/mclellan-book-festival-sara-sheridan/e-vlyvqm]: Sunday 1st September, 4pm

Alistair Moffat [https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/arran-theatre-and-arts-trust/mclellan-book-festival-alistair-moffat/e-ploago]: Sunday 1st September, 7pm

More information about the authors and books on our website here [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/mclellan-book-festival].

Also follow us on the McLellan Book Festival facebook page here [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555662311463] for regular updates.

More info on pricing

We offer a range of pricing for savings on those wishing to attend multiple events across the McLellan Book Festival and/or the McLellan Arts Festival:

£12 per McLellan Book Festival [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/mclellan-book-festival] event or

£40 for a McLellan Book Festival Weekend Pass on Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September, giving you access to all of the McLellan Book Festival events (click here to purchase [https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/arran-theatre-and-arts-trust/mclellan-book-festival-weekend-pass/e-qlozje]) or

£50 for a McLellan Festival Season Ticket, running from Friday 30th August to Wednesday 11th September which gives you access to all of the McLellan Book Festival events AND all the McLellan Arts Festival events except Scottish Ensemble, National Theatre of Scotland and poetry workshop

More info about the McLellan Arts Festival is available here [https://www.arrantheatreandarts.co.uk/mclellan-festival].