How cool is this, we’re hosting the

Scottish Fair Trade Awards 2016

Click the link above to find out more about the event and also to get a free ticket if you’d like to come along.

Evening kicks off at 6pm and goes through to 8pm.  There’ll be a wee drink on arrival canapes after the awards.

Super excited to have Jodie and Stephen coming to put their pop up shop, HIP life in place from Thursday 21/7/16 until Saturday 23/7/16.

There’ll be a small sample in the Bookstore and then a full shop on the top floor of Books and Beans.

Come on down, have a browse a chat and a coffee.

http://hiplife.co.uk/store

https://www.facebook.com/events/1848181132078024/

http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/creative-writing-award/

Feeling creative…?

Prizes

• £500 prize money for the Poetry winner
• £500 prize money for the Short Fiction winner
• Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology
• A selection of books from Vintage and Bloodaxe Books
• One year print subscription to Granta
• Full Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner)
• Consultation with Redhammer Management (Short Fiction Winner)
• A complimentary copy of the Anthology

Guidelines

• Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines
• Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words
• Works published elsewhere are accepted
• You may enter as many times as you wish
• Both Poetry and Fiction entries should be written in English
• Deadline for submissions: 31 August 2016
• For more information, please read our Frequently Asked Questions
• Regarding our cancellation and refund policy, please click here

Lovely poem by Gerard Rochford.

Valerie came to most Poetry Nights from way back in 2003 onwards.

Lovely lady

http://www.scottishreview.net/GerardRochford45a.html

Hello Books and Beaners,