Join us as we celebrate National Poetry Day with an inspiring evening of poetry and creativity, featuring accomplished local poet Patricia Ace. Aspiring poets whose work is selected for our poetry exhibition may also be invited to perform alongside Patricia during the event. This year’s theme, “Wonder”, encourages creativity, curiosity, and reflection. It invites us to explore new perspectives, celebrate imagination, and engage more deeply with the world around us. We look forward to celebrating the wonder of poetry with you.

Suitable for 16+. Tickets available online with Eventbrite or in person from Strathearn Community Library.

Please note that you are welcome to Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) to this event.

Patricia Ace is the author of the collections First Blood, Fabulous Beast, In Defiance of Short Days and The Lido at Night. Her poems have been published in a great number of magazines and anthologies and have found success in many poetry competitions, including being long-listed in the National Poetry Competition on three occasions. She lives in rural central Scotland, where she works as a yoga teacher and yoga therapist. Her latest pamphlet of poems is The Lido at Night (2021), available from www.redsquirrelpress.com.

‘These poems are wonderfully exuberant. Fierce and tender, brave and unafraid, they fizz with life and energy.’- Vicki Feaver

‘Open-hearted and open-eyed, Patricia Ace’s poems are fearless…in The Lido at Night she explores and confronts her conflicting emotions in poems that are honest but also humorous and tender.’ – Stephanie Green