Join us to launch Ellen Renton's new pamphlet, with guest readings from Ross Mc Farlane, Jeehan Ashercook, and Lucy Lauder

Doors open - 7pm

Event start - 7:30pm

Lineup - Ellen Renton, Ross McFarlane, Jeehan Ashercook, and Lucy Lauder

Pamphlets will be available to purchase on the night

About the poets:

Ellen Renton is a writer from Edinburgh. Her work has been published in journals including Poetry London, Gutter, and Magma, and she released her debut pamphlet An Eye For An Eye For An Eye with Stewed Rhubarb Press. Her work in theatre has included the one-woman show Within Sight (2020), Disciples (2023), and PALS (in development in 2026). She has released an EP and the album My Noise is Nothing with electronic musician Lord of the Isles. She holds an MA in Creative Writing: Poetry from the University of East Anglia.

Ross McFarlane is a poet, performer, host of many nights and Glasgow's (unofficial) Tour Guide – writing queer stories and small moments with the delivery of a 80's hardcore band. He co-created and wrote on horror audio drama series Folxlore, winner of Best New Storytelling Production at the 2020 Audio Verse Awards, and his debut pamphlet, Life Goals of the Millennials: or The Commune Manifesto, was published by Burning Eye Books in 2022.

Jeehan Ashercook is a writer and poet from Edinburgh and DFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. Her work explores a nomadic poetics and engages themes of journeying, drift, and migration. She has been published in Gutter, Speculative Books, Osmosis Press and FoMA Press. She won first prize for The Voice of Peace Continental Anthology Competition, was long-listed for the John Dryden Translation Competition and was a John Byrne Award top-ten finalist.

Lucy Lauder (she/her) grew up in a small village in the Scottish Borders and now lives in Glasgow. Her poetry is interested in the imagery of dreams and non-dual philosophy. She currently works as an Activities Co-ordinator in a care home, where she facilitates yoga and poetry workshops for Dementia.