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Typewronger Books runs a FREE events program, so you can turn up to any of these you like! Should you wish to set up an event with us please click here to find out how that might work!
Muted Minds Returns to Typewronger! - Sunday 9/2/25 @ 7:15pm
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From November 2024, on every second Sunday of the month, Muted Minds returns to Typewronger for a series of six, monthly evening sessions. The Muted Minds therapeutic poetry series invite participants to get involved in a joyful exchange of words, punctuation marks, and experiences, co-creating a poem alongside others that document personal and collective narratives of the present.
The sessions aim to provide a collective experience that captures the essence of “Docupoetry” facilitating an exploration of the interplay between words and personal encounters that can offer a ‘healing’ outcome. “Docupoetry”, or else documentary poetry, is a form of socially engaged poetry that combines non-literary forms of writing with personal observations, and it is based upon the universal character of language. The universality of language shared inclusively amongst the participants, lays the groundwork for the therapeutic purpose of the process. At the same time, language shapes the journey based on the idea that every rule is made to be broken. Each session will explore a different theme, revealed on the day to amplify spontaneity.
The Muted Minds sessions are open to anyone, and everyone interested in getting involved in a participatory creative process where we will be co-creating poems driven by the documentation of personal and collective narratives of the present. Let’s gather around Typerwonger’s wooden table and (e)m(b)ark on the poetic adventures of the evenings.
McNaughtan's Non-Fiction Book Group: Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey - Wednesday 19/2/25 @ 6:30pm
Join us for the discussion of
Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey
For two millennia, Christians have looked forward to the end, haunted by the apocalyptic visions of the Biblical books of Daniel and Revelation. But for two centuries or more, these dark fantasies have given way to secular stories of how the world, our planet, or our species (or all of the above) might come to an end.
Dorian Lynskey's fascinating book explores the endings that we have read, listened to or watched over the last two dozen decades, whether they be by the death and destruction of a nuclear holocaust or collision with a meteor or comet, devastating epidemic or takeover by robots or computers.
The result is nothing less than a cultural history of the modern world, weaving together politics, history, science, high and popular culture in a book that is uniquely original, grippingly readable and deeply illuminating about both us and our times.
TypeCast! - Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill - Friday 21/2/25 @ 6:30pm
We are delighted to announce the next TypeCast!, our play reading group at Typewronger.
All you need is a copy of the play, which you may source yourself or purchase from the shop. We usually read plays written by living authors to help support their continuing work.
Please email info@typewronger.com ahead of time to secure a spot and order a copy of the play if you are interested in attending, as these events tend to be popular, and we sometimes run out of playscripts (and parts!).
Take a seat on the welcoming stage of this little bookshop as we read aloud Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill. We'll randomly assign parts on the night, and then get reading!
A landmark play about sexual politics in colonial Africa and modern-day Britain, in which all our assumptions about sex and gender are stunningly exploded. Set in both colonial Africa and modern-day Britain, Cloud Nine is about relationships – between women and men, men and men, women and women. It is about sex, work, mothers, Africa, power, children, grandmothers, politics, and money.
Caryl Churchill's play Cloud Nine was first staged by Joint Stock and premiered in London at the Royal Court Theatre in 1979. It has since been staged all over the world.
Open Mic - Sunday 23/2/25 @ 7:00pm
Edinburgh's anarchic open mic night where there's no limit on what can be performed, only how much time performers get! We run for 90 minutes, and divide that time by the number of performers who sign up to get our set times. There's a bell 30 seconds before the end of each set, and a gong at the end which performers CANNOT go past! Sign up is 7-7.30 - comedy, music, poetry, short stories, film scripts, magic acts - we've had all sorts over the years, so just rock on down!
Aerie Tales by Sondos Al-Saqqa - Monday 24/2/24 @ 7:30pm
Come join us for the launch of 'Aerie Tales', the wonderful first poetry booklet by Sondos Al-Saqqa. Sondos is a Palestinian poet living in Gaza who writes about living under occupation and genocide and whose heartfelt words have reached multiple countries and has been illustrated by Ken Tanaka.
You will be able to hear some of her poems (maybe one in her own voice!) and the voices of Edinburgh-based poets and storytellers Aliya Davids, Alma (Tere Bertucci), Sandra MacDonald, and Paige Summerhill. And also get a copy of Aerie Tales!
All donations and proceeds will go towards Sondos' family in Gaza through their Chuffed campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/help-mohamed-and-his-family
Short King Story Hour: The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova - Wednesday 26/2/25 @ 7pm
We are overjoyed to welcome Camilla Grudova herself as the guest reader this month! She will be reading from her latest short story collection, The Coiled Serpent.
Here at Typewronger, we love a short king-- a sharp and snappy piece of prose that draws us in and leaves us changed. This new book group will highlight a different short story or essay collection each month, and you don't need to read anything in advance! Simply turn up to the shop and sit back while a story or essay is read aloud, and then everyone is welcome to linger to explore the story further or disappear into the other stories on the shelves. We loved being read to as kids, and we want to share that delight with folks of all ages!