December 2010
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This Collection at TraVerses - TONIGHT!
A notice to interested poets/filmmakers: The coordinators of This Collection (which featured a couple of my poems early last year) are now working towards re-starting their programme of filmmaking workshops and gearing up to their next showcase of films and poems. They will be in attendance tonight at TraVerses.
TraVerses is an exploration of poetry in collaboration and poetry that enters...
August 2010
1 post
Eyewear's Young British Poets list
So excited to find my name among the many many excellent young british poets listed on Todd Swift’s list, here:
http://toddswift.blogspot.com/p/young-british-poets-2000-2010.html
He describes this list as follows:
‘The 200+ poets listed below represent a large part of The Young British Poets wave that appeared in the first decade of the 21st century - a decade arguably as...
June 2010
3 posts
Review in Hand+Star magazine
I stumbled upon a review of Obakarama and Coin Opera, two small anthologies by Sidekick Books, at Hand+Star magazine. I have a poem, ‘Kappa’, in Obakarama, so was excited to see it mentioned in John Challis’ review:
‘This is a book of pseudo Japanese fairy tales, illustrated by abbreviated Manga and Chinese dragons, whilst filled with the omnipresent panic of a childhood...
textualities.net Concise Ceilidh Reading!
On June 27th as part of the West Port Book Festival, I’ll be reading again at the Main Point book’s Concise Ceilidh. This ‘literary ceilidh’ takes place inside a lovely wee secondhand bookstore in the West Port. The event is FREE but ticketed (with tickets to all WPBF events available from their site). Hope you’ll come along if you’re in town!
textualities.net...
Edinburgh Review #129 Launch Reading
On June 18th I’ll be reading at the launch of the Edinburgh Review, Japan issue. Hopefully I’ll be able to post some photos or sound clips from the event.
Edinburgh Review: Japan issue Launch Friday 18th June 2010 12:30pm Japanese Consul General’s residence.
Please keep an eye out for ER at your local bookstores, or buy one from the Edinburgh Review online store.
January 2010
2 posts
Event: Base Pairs and Couplets
A handful of my poems were recently accepted for the Human Genre Project, a collaboration of the arts and sciences which asked poets and writers to write about the human chromosomes. Genomics Forum Writer in Residence and Human Genre Project editor Ken MacLeod will be chairing a panel of new and established poets who’ll give us their readings and thoughts on the subject, this Thursday! ...
Poetry at the ... GRV! Reading
Hello! Just a shout that my next reading will be at Poetry at the… GRV. This poetry reading series takes place upstairs at the GRV on Guthrie Street, just off Chambers Street, Edinburgh. From the website: ‘Hear some of the best poetry in the UK in a great atmospheric environment.’
Poetry at the GRV Sunday, March 14, 2010 7.45pm Admission £4 / concessions £3 GRV, 37 Guthrie...
November 2009
2 posts
Rob Mackenzie's Review of 'Masters'
Just thought I’d point you in the direction of Rob Mackenzie’s kind review for the ‘Masters’ Anthology (made by Claire Askew’s Read This Press) which I am featured in along with my poetry classmates from the 2009 Edinburgh Uni MSc in Creative Writing.
He said this about my poem ‘Hart’:
Aiko Harman’s ‘Hart’ impressed me by the way she never quite...
Cut Out & Keep Review
A really kind and generous review of The Adventures of Lion and Sloth, and my writing, can be found at Fuselit Magazine’s blog, Cut Out & Keep, here!: http://fuselit.blogspot.com/2009/11/aiko-harman.html
Especially lovely:
“You can also read her poetry on the blog, where it quickly becomes apparent that Aiko is all about collaboration. From lyrics to spurwords to practical...
October 2009
4 posts
Unpeeled Review
Haven’t got any gigs scheduled until next January & will let you know about that sooner to date. Instead, here’s a nice review for the Golden Hour Book Volume II which just came out — with a mention of my poem, ‘Lunch’!:
http://www.unpeeled.net/albums.html
Plus an embarrassing picture…which they must have found on the internet.. *blush* Topical though! ...
Shore Poets reading: October 25, 2009
Hello! Just wanted to let you know, my next reading is going to be at Shore Poets in Edinburgh. Shore Poets hosts readings by mainly Scottish poets on the last Sunday of every month at 7.45pm.
Shore Poets Sunday, October 25, 2009 7.45pm Admission £4 / concessions £3 The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JU
I’ll be reading with Robert Alan Jamieson (my professor!) and Shore Poet...
The Syllabary launch & reading
A quick note about a launch reading this Saturday.
Peter McCarey is having a launch for his project The Syllabary. He’s asked me to write a poem for the cell ‘FuP’, which I’ve posted to my writing blog. I’ll be reading the poem at the event, along with some of the other poets who wrote the first poems. Details:
Peter McCarey’s The Syllabary: Launches x...
A mention from Artist Lucy Roscoe!
The very talented artist, Lucy Roscoe of The Book Tree Press, and my collaboration partner for last year’s DUO exchange (between ECA illustration students and UoE Creative Writing MSc students), had a big exhibition of her artist’s books recently at the prestigious Wigtown Book Festival.
Colin Fraser, editor of Anon magazine, interviewed her at the festival about ‘handmade books...
September 2009
2 posts
The Golden Hour Book Vol. 2 LAUNCH
For the launch of Forest Publication’s The Golden Hour Book Volume 2, I’ll be reading at:
The Golden Hour (a monthly literary cabaret) Forest Cafe, (3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh) Wednesday, September 23rd 8pm with: Craig Bayne, Elizabeth Gold, and Emma Bartholomew
For the same launch, I’ll also be reading at:
The Golden Hour at Blackwell’s Blackwell Bookshop, (53-62...
Reading at the Bowery Book Club
Hello! Just a shout that this Wednesday I will be reading at The Bowery for their monthly:
New Writers Group (aka The Bowery Book Club) New writers in Edinburgh share their most recent work Wednesday 16th September, 2009 7.30pm
I think I’ll be reading along with Dave Coates, Struan Robertson, and Jane Flett, amongst others. Should be a great night! And free as well! Hope to see you...
August 2009
4 posts
Edinburgh Int'l Book Festival: DUO
I can’t believe I’m going to be reading at the Edinburgh International Book Festival! My classmates and I will be reading as part of the New Writing series showcasing the creative writing masters programs at different universities in Scotland. We will be reading from our DUO Project collaboration with the Edinburgh College of Arts. I will be reading ‘Pigeons’. Very...
Open Magazine: a lovely review!
Open Magazine recently reviewed the London Poetry Festival. The author (who I do not know! amazing!) gave me easily the best writerly compliment I’ve ever received:
“Perhaps the best poem of the evening was also by the youngest poet, Aiko Harman, a 24-year-old Los Angeles-native currently studying for a Master’s degree in Edinburgh. In it, the poetic voice recalls memories of...
Anon Magazine reading
Also part of the West Port Book Festival, I’ll be reading at the Anon Magazine event. My poem ‘Mary Celeste’ was published in Anon 6, so I’ll be reading that as well as a couple other poems published in the most recent issue.
Anon Magazine event Peter Bell Books, Sunday, August 16th, 2009 6pm
More about Anon Magazine: http://www.anonpoetry.co.uk/
textualities.net Concise Ceilidh!
For part of the West Port Book Festival, I’ll be reading at the textualities.net Concise Ceilidh! It’s not a Ceilidh so much as a poetry reading inside a lovely wee secondhand bookstore here in Edinburgh.
textualities.net Concise Ceilidh Main Point Books, 8 Lauriston Street, Edinburgh Sunday, August 16th, 2009 2pm with: Valerie Gillies, Robert Alan Jamieson, Anita Govan, Brian...
July 2009
1 post
London Poetry Festival: Poet in Residence
Big event! I was selected to be one of the Poets in Residence for the upcoming London Poetry Festival. This means I’ll be reading 4 days in a row, at the start of each night of the festival! Better still, the Sunday is my 25th birthday! So please come & support me if you’re in the London area.
London Poetry Festival August 7th - 10th, 2009 (Friday - Monday) Waterloo St...
March 2009
2 posts
Creative Writing Masters Students reading
Tomorrow night, after I read at the University prize-giving reading, I’ll be reading at the Meadow Bar with a handful of my Masters coursemates. Details:
Creative Writing Masters Students Reading Meadow Bar, 42-44 Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh March 11th, 2009 8pm Reading with my coursemates!: Dave Coates, Natalia Herrero, Claire Askew, Struan Robertson, Niki Andrikopoulou, Aileen...
University of Edinburgh Prize-giving Reading
I’ll be reading a poem tomorrow for the University of Edinburgh prize-giving reading. This year, I very fortunately won the Grierson Verse Prize, for a poem on the theme of ‘Deception’ written in any recognised verse form (not free verse). I wrote a sestina titled ‘Mimicry’ which I will be reading at:
Edinburgh University Prize-giving Reading David Hume Tower...
December 2008
1 post
Reading at The Golden Hour
Hello! I’ll be reading this week at The Golden Hour at The Forest Cafe this Wednesday night for the festive winter special version of the monthly literary cabaret. Details:
The Golden Hour Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Rd, Edinburgh December 17th, 2008 8pm with Jason Morton, Ben Lancaster. Music by Forest Choir, Blatata, and Rob Hearne.
See you there! It’s free & open to the...