Kevin P. Gilday: Anxiety Music Book Launch
Fri 21st Oct at 7pm. 'Join poet and performer Kevin P. Gilday for a night of
hilarious and heart stopping spoken word to celebrate the release of his
new collection, Anxiety Music (Verve Press). Kevin P. Gilday is an
award-winning writer and spoken word artist from Glasgow. He is the
founder of poetry performance collective The Scribbler's Union and was
co-founder of much loved spoken word cabaret night Sonnet Youth. He is a
National Theatre of Scotland Breakthrough Writer, a BBC Writersroom
Scottish Voice and one of Scotland’s most celebrated contemporary poets.
Kevin has performed all over the world, from Hollywood to East Kilbride,
including major festivals (BBC 6Music Festival, Glastonbury), Fringes
(Edinburgh, Toronto, Vancouver) as well as large scale tours of the UK,
Germany, Canada and the US. He has supported artists and public figures
such as Akala, Saul Williams, George the Poet, Jackie Kay, Sage Francis,
Liz Lochhead, The Silencers and Jeremy Corbyn MP.
His new
collection Anxiety Music explores the fragmented nature of our modern
lives and our need for real connection during an era of rampant
individuality. Anxiety Music is a darkly comedic dissection of mental
health, late capitalist dread, existential angst, sexual liberation and
marital breakdown. This collection bridges page and stage, craft and
performance. It is an unfiltered look at the sources of anxiety that
hi-jack our lives and a personal journey to confront them - a rallying
call to face the forces of anxiety wrought upon us by an uncaring society
and fight back.
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£10.00 -
21 October 2022 -
60 minutes -
19:00 -
Scottish Poetry Library -
The Mezzanine -
Age 12+
