Edinburgh : 2017
Trio Verso's tenth anniversary performance at the Scottish Poetry Library. Richard Ingham (saxes), Lou Major (bass) & special guest Colin Steele (trumpet) with the author on spoken word.
Dundee : 2017
Presenting Double Exposure: a memoir at the Dundee Liteary Festival with chair Peggy Hughes and fellow memoir author Anne Pia.
St Andrews : 2017
Stopping the Photo/Fixing the Poem - giving a 'PhotoPoetry' reading at the Byre Theatre for St Andrews Photography Festival.
Galloway : 2017
Discussing Double Exposure: a memoir with chair Karen Campbell at the Big Lit Festival in Gatehouse-of-Fleet.
Newburgh : 2016
Reading at Lindores Abbey Distillery in Newburgh, Fife as part of the International Year of Architecture.
Granada: 2016
Reading at Poesía en el Laurel, with MC Rosa Gamero, in the garden of San Luis el Real, La Zubia, Granada.
Dundee : 2014
Book signing with Tom Pow after our joint reading at the Dundee Literary Festival.
Québec : 2014
Reading in the Café-Bar Zenob at the Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival in Québec, with Caroline Louisseize reading the translations.
St Andrews : 2014
Taking part in the National Collective literary event in support of the campaign for Scottish independence.
left to right: Jenny Lindsay, BJ, Billy Kay, Robert Crawford, Anna Crowe & Zoe Venditozzi.
St Andrews : 2014
Launching third full collection Dry Stone Work, from Arc Publiactions, at The Byre Theatre.
Edinburgh : 2014
Performing with Trio Verso at the Hidden Door Festival in the Jeffrey Street Vaults.
left to right: Richard Ingham (sax); Louise Major (double bass); BJ.
Perth : 2013
Induction as judge of the William Soutar Writing Prize at the A K Bell Library, with members of the Friends of William Soutar and Perth & Kinross Councillors.
Manchester : 2012
Reading Marilyn Monroe poem at the launch of the Split Screen anthology at the Manchester Literature Festival.
Wigtown : 2012
Performing with Trio Verso and two guest musicians at the Wigtown Book Festival.
left to right: Colin Steele (trumpet); Richard Ingham (sax); BJ; Louise Major (double bass); John Kenny (trombone).
Edinburgh : 2012
Participating in the live reading of Treasure Island at the National Portrait Gallery on Robert Louis Stevenson Day.
New York : 2012
Reading at the Zinc Bar, Greenwich Village, New York City.
Nicaragua : 2011
Main stage reading at the International Festival of Poetry in Granada with translator into Spanish Víctor Rodríguez Núñez.
New York : 2011
Performing at the Roger Smith Art Hotel annual poetry dinner with Ben Bryden (tenor sax).
St Andrews : 2011
At the premiere of Robinson by Richard Ingham, setting the author's text for 20 piece jazz orchestra, soloists & narrators at On the Rocks festival.
left to right: John Kenny (trombone); Colin Steele (trumpet); BJ; Richard Ingham (conductor); Chrys Salt & Ryan Van Winkle (narrators).
St Andrews : 2010
With Seamus Heaney at StAnza 2010, the author's last as Festival Director.
Edinburgh : 2010
With Ryan Van Winkle and Jim Haynes at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Edinburgh : 2009
Launching second full collection The Book of Belongings at the Scottish Poetry Library.
St Andrews : 2009
At the launch of the StAnza Poetry Festival with guest speaker Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland, Artistic Director Eleanor Livingstone and Convenor Colin Will.
Italy : 2009
Live on stage with reader of translations and MC at the Arezzo Festival in Tuscany.
Italy : 2009
Signing the colophons at the launch of the chapbook Terra Incognita, with Douglas Dunn and Italian editor Marco Fazzini at L'Officina Studio, Vicenza.
Edinburgh : 2009
Performing at the Traverse Theatre's poetry sessions with Trio Verso.
left to right: Richard Ingham (bass clarinet); Louise Major (double bass); BJ.
Sweden : 2005
On stage with Swedish translator Boel Schenlaer at the Södermalms Poetry Festival, Stockholm.
Edinburgh : 2004
With Louis de Berniers at the photoshoot for the StAnza programme launch in the National Library of Scotland.
Poland : 1998
On stage with Polish (Gorale dialect) translator Piotr Bies at jazz club performance, Krakow.
Edinburgh : 1992
With Norman MacCaig at the reception before a joint reading for Shore Poets' first anniversary.
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