A Son of the Rock

I am a member of the Edinburgh-based spoken word performance group Writers’ Bloc. (Try saying that without your wallies* in.)
Normally we give the Edinburgh Festival a wide swerve but this year a few of us are giving performances at various places. So here’s the info:-

Monday 11th August: Story Shop — Gavin Inglis.
Gavin returns to the Edinburgh International Book Festival in
Charlotte Square for the first of a series of short readings
organised by the City of Literature. See him in the bookshop at 4pm.
http://www.cityofliterature.com/

Wednesday 13th August: Ferguson and Friends — Foreign Parts
Andrew C Ferguson kicks off the first of three solo shows as part
of the Free Festival. Expect faraway places, exotic special guests,
and a first glimpse of his musical side. Jekyll & Hyde bar, Hanover
Street, 5.40pm-6.40pm.
http://www.freefestival.co.uk/

Thursday 14th August: Story Shop — Andrew C Ferguson.
Andrew brings a touch of Fife attitude to the genteel gardens of
Charlotte Square. Catch him at 4pm in the Book Festival bookshop.
Don’t be late! Then have your tea in time to catch:

Thursday 14th August: Writers’ Bloc at West Port Book Festival.
A tasty sampler from Andrew C Ferguson, Jane McKie and Gavin Inglis
in this lively alternative to the “official” Book Festival. The Bloc
event runs 8pm-9pm in Pageant, a men’s boutique in Laurison Street.
Oh yes.
http://westportbookfestival.org/
http://www.pageant-store.com/

Saturday 16th August: Story Shop — Stefan Pearson.
Hot from the Prague Writers’ Festival comes Bloc’s very own
dealer in fish, filth, and figments of the imagination.
4pm in the EIBF bookshop, Charlotte Square.

Sunday 17th August: Ferguson and Friends — Edinburgh Tales.
Inside information and sinister local knowledge about a city
which experiences the cultural equivalent of a mass hallucination
every April. More special guests. More music. Better than lunch.
Espionage, Victoria Street, 1.40pm-2.20pm.

Wednesday 20th August: Ferguson and Friends — Fifestyle.
He saved the best for last, or so say three hundred and fifty
thousand people on the other side of the river. But what would you
expect from the the world expert in Scottish Common Good Law?
Jekyll & Hyde, Hanover Street, 5.40pm-6.40pm.

and finally featuring a reading or two from yours truly including a brand new story hot off the presses (okay a dodgy printer):

Wednesday 3rd September: watch out for news of an artful reading
at the Owl and Lion Gallery.

*wallies = false teeth.