Black Out

[Untitled] and Falkirk District Arts and Civic Council present: BLACK OUT.

 A candlelit evening of poetry readings, spoken word and dark storytelling all in aid of Earth Hour 2014. 

We are still looking for 2 more female writers to read at this event, if you would like to perform at Black Out please get in touch via [Untitled]'s facebook page. The theme is Earth Hour.

Starring: 

Paul Tonner -

Paul won his first national literary prize in 1982, at the tender age of 11, a runner up in the Cadbury Children’s Poetry Competition. Overwhelmed by this success, he decided to take a sabbatical from his glorious writing career until the year 2013. 

Samuel Best -

Samuel Best is a Glasgow-based writer, and one of the editors of Octavius, a literary magazine for students studying in Scotland. Samuel's short stories have been published in a variety of magazines and his début novel, Shop Front, was published by Fledgling Press on March 24th. It is mainly about shelf-stacking, friendship and knife-crime.

Paul Cowan -

Sometime words and phrases come into my head uninvited and float around looking to be attached to a page. 

Sometimes it good and a lot of the time it's not so good. They just seem to always be appearing. I've always been fascinated by creativity and how it leaks out of people in different guises.

Karyn Dougan -

Known in Glasgow for being "the cheerleader of Scottish literature", Karyn is a dabbler of prose, poetry and all things wordy. She likes to think her unhealthy addiction to Twitter makes her a better writer..

Stephen Shirres -

Stephen has been writing stories for as long as he can remember. He is the presently chair of West Lothian Writers as well as a movie and TV reviewer for the website Culture Jam. His work has been published a number of magazines including Far Off Places, Anti-Zine and [Untitled]#3.

Bethany Ruth Anderson -

Bethany is a Falkirk-born writer who enjoys scribbling poetry and prose. She has an MLitt in Creative Writing from Glasgow University, and her work has been published in several places, including From Glasgow to Saturn, Octavius, and Book Week Scotland's Treasures project. Bethany's debut novel, Swings & Roundabouts, explores mental health in Scotland, and was published late 2013.

Dickson Telfer - Bio to follow.

This event is open to all to attend although we have limited space we can only accommodate 30 to 40 people including the performers. To make sure you book your place please confirm that you will be attending this event well in advance.