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	<description>Edinburgh Based Writer</description>
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		<title>Stuart Kelly on the ol&#8217; Pod-Box&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a pleasure to sit down with Stuart Kelly who has recently launched a fiery new literary blog. I can&#8217;t say enough good things about the man / site so have a look yourself and enjoy the podcast. Please &#8211; please subscribe. It&#8217;s free. Below is the spraff:
&#8220;If we don&#8217;t think innovatively, there won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/stuart-kelly-on-the-ol-pod-box/</link>
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		<title>Golden Hour &#8211; Highland Tour &#8211; See US!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Golden Hour is going on the road again. We&#8217;re all ferociously excited to be heading to the highlands and islands, to be gigging in beautiful spaces with new and old friends and we do hope you or your friends will join us. It is going to be a mega-hot series of shows with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/golden-hour-highland-tour-see-us/</link>
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		<title>Get Into the Gutter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gutter Magazine is a compendium of new Scottish writing published out of Glasgow. It is a diverse, eclectic, sometimes edgy read. Not only that but it looks beautiful, has insightful reviews of contemporary literature and features one of my best poems. If you&#8217;ve heard me read in the last two years, you&#8217;ve probably heard me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/get-into-the-gutter/</link>
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		<title>Woof, Said Jack</title>
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I am pleased, honoured, proud, confused, shocked (and a whole host of other superlatives) to say I&#8217;ve been awarded Salt Publishing&#8217;s Crashaw Prize.
What this means is that by the end of 2010 you&#8217;ll have a full-length collection of Ryan Van Winkle poems available in the UK, US and Australia. Salt makes beautiful books and has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/1610/</link>
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		<title>Ryan at Discombobulate &#8211; March 23</title>
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I&#8217;ve been invited to read some poems at the Glasgow Comedy Festival as part of DiScomBoBuLate &#8212; Glasgow&#8217;s great spoken word / comedy night. I&#8217;m not sure who else is appearing with me but I know Alan Bissett will be there and a host of other luminaries. The gig is at The Arches, 23 March, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/ryan-at-discombobulate-march-23/</link>
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		<title>New Poem in Conte</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The nice people at Conte Magazine have published a brand-new, never-before-seen poem that I wrote. The poem, Castles, refrences a Siegfried and Roy magic show that my father once took our family to see in Las Vegas. This was before Roy was mauled by aWhite Tiger. If you happen to not be aware of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/new-poem-in-conte/</link>
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		<title>Poetry Chats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to talk poetry, need help finding an amazing book based on your tastes, or just fancy a little tour of the Scottish Poetry Library?




If anyone would like to have a sit-down in the Scottish Poetry Library with me – I have my regular office hours on Tuesday the 2nd of March. I’ll be in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/poetry-chats/</link>
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		<title>Free Don Paterson Reading &#8211; Cool</title>
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First, the bad news:
Don Paterson on Shakespeare&#8217;s Sonnets at the SPL is Sold Out.
Now, the amazingly good news!
Free Don Paterson Reading on 10 March -- 6pm
On 10th March, poet Don Paterson, Scottish poet, writer and jazz musician will be reading from his work at the University of Edinburgh.  Don, who has collected all the major [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/free-don-paterson-reading-cool/</link>
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		<title>Golden 24 March!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE GOLDEN HOUR!

March 24th, 2010
8pm
Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Pl
Free! Free! Free! (byob)
Reading:
Kona MacPhee – with her brand new collection!
Lawrie Clapton – rocks the chapbooks!
Jenny Lindsay – poetry gets the slam.
Music:
Burnt Island – Short stories set to music for late nights and early mornings,
with Rodge Glass, a guitar player better known for writing books.
Sam and Mike [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/golden-24-march/</link>
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		<title>Poets for Haiti</title>
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Poets for Haiti
Queen&#8217;s Hall, Edinburgh on Sunday 28 February, 6pm

The Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, is to lead a once-in-a lifetime line-up of award winning Scottish and UK poets in Edinburgh to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake disaster appeal.  


A gathering of the foremost poets in the land are coming together for an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryanvanwinkle.com/poets-for-haiti/</link>
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