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Heigh ho! ‘Twas not to be. Congrats to the wonderful @ae_stallings , who’ll be the next Oxford Prof of Poetry. She’ll be absolutely terrific. Thanks to anyone out there who voted for me - it was an honour to be part of such a fine line-up.

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Who can forget the fearless attacks on Scottish book festival funding in the 2020s which did so much to so much to stop the rise in global temperatures

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Baillie Gifford backing of Wigtown Book Festival to end after 14 years as Scottish arts crisis escalates

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I know I’m breaking the first rule of Poetry Club here but if you’re in London on the 24th September, do come along and hear me and Laird and be BOUND BY OUR SPELLS

Poetry Club: Don Paterson & Nick Laird – The Coronet Theatre

Poetry We are delighted to welcome Don Paterson and Nick Laird for a spell-binding evening of poetry in our atmospheric and intimate auditorium –...

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don paterson

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Seem to have inadvertently acquired some followers here, so may post news of the odd gig … If anyone in Edinburgh fancies a bit of jazz guitar on Friday, it’d be lovely to see you:

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John Burnside, who died this week. Colleague, pal, conductor of chaos, huge soul. Thanks to my friend @SusanSellers1 who sent this yesterday.

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If you’re in Edinburgh on Wednesday, I’ll be talking about Toy Fights at the EIBF. (Excuse the ancient photo.) There will be little mention of poetry but I’ll try to keep it funny. Come and say hi and have your book defaced afterwards

Don Paterson: A Poet's Life

Famous for his poetry, Don Paterson’s new book barely mentions it. Toy Fights is a raw, brutally honest, and painfully funny memoir about his first 20 years, shot through with a passion for music…

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don paterson

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Folks - can I draw your attention to this excellent crowdfunder for an award set up in Michael’s name. It’ll help fund a place for someone to study on the Arvon Advanced Writers Programme. We’d be grateful for anything you can chip in.

The Michael Donaghy Award

In memory of Michael Donaghy we are raising £8K to support a poet to attend the first Arvon Advanced Writing Programme starting in 2024.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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@fossilfreebooks the only thing BG has divested from is literature. genius, honestly.

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@RSLiterature @SalmanRushdie are you referring to the two ‘get well soons’ you sent at the time? because that wasn’t quite the condemnation some of us were looking for.

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5 months

Re Hay / EIBF vs Fossil Free Books: this is a damn sight more restrained and sensible than anything I am currently capable of posting, so let’s go with this.

Statement on the Fossil Free Books campaign against the Hay Festival - Mark Lynas

As a writer and campaigner who has spent 25 years working on climate change, there is something I feel I need to say about the fossil fuels divestment campaign targeting Hay and other literary...

marklynas.org

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don paterson

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7 years

should really tweet something

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Scottish writers criticise 'perverse' book festival protest as sponsorship ends

Open letter expresses alarm at impact of climate campaign on event’s future

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don paterson

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@ChillyMagma I agree, but I don’t think that’s fair on the festivals; they really were under intolerable pressure from threats of disruption. fossil free books made sure their own campaign - ludicrously, cynically and hypocritically - was closely tied to the pro-palestinian cause.

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don paterson

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6 years

great new venture, courtesy of my friend Mhairi Owens - affordable residential writing retreats/courses in the East Neuk of Fife - please spread the word

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6 years

Early bird offers on 5 day creative writing programmes from £240. Qualified tutors and noted writers with BOB residential courses. Fellow scribes and sea views! (link: ) #creativewriting #poetry

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don paterson

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Folks - if you’re in Wigtown, Braemar or Blairgowrie in the next couple of weeks (most likely because you live near Wigtown, Braemar or Blairgowrie) I’ll be banging on about Toy Fights … Do come along and say hi. Wigtown Book Festival, 29 September

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@tamdeanburn @ChillyMagma @fossilfreebooks @edbookfest @BaillieGifford Tam: you can’t go trashing beautiful things that folk have nurtured and built over decades, on which other folks’ livelihoods depend, and then cry victim because you’re not being praised for it. I have said nothing inflammatory. I was only critical.

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don paterson

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7 years

what does this gif button do

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4 months

@fossilfreebooks please stop talking.

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11 months

If anyone is in Linlithgow this Friday, I’ll be playing some bonny tunes and making some disturbing noises alongside the great Graeme Stephen in the lovely venue of St Peter’s Episcopal Church, 7.30 pm. Next to the chipper.

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1 year

A week tonight in Linlithgow: Don Paterson and Graeme Stephen create guitar magic in the beautifully intimate St Peter's Church:

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4 months

Book festival activists are making absurd demands over Baillie Gifford | Nils Pratley

Insistence on investment purity misses the point and will only lead to a decline in arts sponsorship

www.theguardian.com

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don paterson

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6 years

heavens - there are 300 folk following this account with one jake g gif on it. i’ll try and tweet sth occasionally. here’s an actual nice story

Amazon's AbeBooks backs down after booksellers stage global protest

After almost 600 booksellers withdrew 3.5m books from the secondhand marketplace in support of countries dropped by the website, it apologises for a ‘bad decision’

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5 months

@LucySetonW I wish. John.

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@RSLiterature @SalmanRushdie are you referring to the two ‘get well soons’ you sent at the time? because that wasn’t quite the condemnation some of us were looking for. I see you’ve turned off comments.

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And while I’m here - if you’re fed up with poetry and fancy some LOVELY JAZZ INSTEAD I’ll be playing with the wonderful Graeme Stephen in Peebles on the 5th of October …

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Childish activists who forced end of Baillie Gifford's sponsorship of Edinburgh book festival must...

Self-indulgent climate protesters are threatening Scotland’s literary culture simply to make an immature political point

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Amis and Hitchens ‘would’ve stood up to Hay protesters’, says Simon Schama

The historian made the comments after the book festival cut ties with its sponsors when it bowed to pressure over Israel links

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Filthy lucre is everywhere, but book festivals are an easy target for protesters’ fury | Martha Gill

Hay and Edinburgh forgo pragmatism in turning their backs on the Baillie Gifford fund

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don paterson

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4 months

Jazz alert! I’ll be playing guitar as a much younger man with some of the wonderful Playtime gang on Thurs 13th June at the Outhouse, 8pm, Broughton St Lane, Edinburgh. Come along if you’re in town

Playtime

Our Summer schedule ... exciting!

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@KathleenJamie @bellacaledonia y’know. the kind o totally worthless middle-class fun day oot that appeals to the likes o us. where we can sell books and talk to readers and that. the sort of thing we should really be doing from an icey van on the scheme, or something.

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@tamdeanburn @ChillyMagma @fossilfreebooks @edbookfest @BaillieGifford Tam: FFB authors have not removed their own books from platforms with far greater fossil fuel and Israeli investment. Not saying they should; just that it that covers the hypocrisy. as for the cynicism:

Case against Baillie Gifford ‘rather tenuous’, says lawyer for Palestinians

Philippe Sands KC, who sits on the Hay Festival board, said claims about the asset manager over links to Israel had not yet been established

www.thetimes.com

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don paterson

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@theSNP Well done, Dave. But the party now needs to do a damn sight more than ‘reflect’.

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1 year

Braemar Literary Festival, 1 October Bookmark, Blairgowrie, 7 October

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don paterson

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4 months

@tamdeanburn @ChillyMagma @fossilfreebooks @edbookfest @BaillieGifford @hayfestival the cynicism lay in FFB exploiting a highly tenuous link to achieve their aims. anyway, I’m done. Tam - have a good evening. As far as I can see all FFB have achieved is to set folk on the same side screaming at each other. they might target the actual enemy. it’s big enough.

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don paterson

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@neilsonandrew sorry Andrew - pathetically I don’t check this account much (haven’t quite figured out what twitter is for yet - maybe I will one day). but sure, you’re followed, so drop a line.

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don paterson

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@JohnSwinney @theSNP the question is ‘but will you’

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@PeteWishart @Socratesobvs and ours wasn’t?

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don paterson

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1 year

@LearNonsense You retriggered my survivor’s guilt, if that’s any consolation S … hope the semester goes well & that we see ye in London soon

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