Name: Poetry and Independent Publishing in Scotland | Reading & Discussion
Start: 2026-05-13T14:15:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-13T15:45:00+02:00
Location: Filozofická fakulta, náměstí Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Prague, Czech Republic

Poetry and Independent Publishing in Scotland | Reading & Discussion

The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invities everyone interested to a discussion panel and a poetry reading with three acclaimed poets based in Scotland: Annie Brechin, Rob A. Mackenzie, and Medha Singh. The panelists will share their experiences with writing and publishing and read from their own works. As Blue Diode Press, founded by Rob A. Mackenzie, has published several collections by Czech poets in English translation, the discussion will also touch on the links and exchanges between Czech and Scottish poetry.
Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Room 111, Jan Palach Square 2, Prague 1, Wednesday 13 May 2026, 14:15-15:45
The event is a great opportunity for everybody interested in contemporary poetry, be it as a reader or a writer. Free entry, all welcome!
PARTICIPANTS
Following periods in Prague, Paris and Dubai, Annie Brechin now lives, writes and performs in Edinburgh. Her first collection, The Mouth of Eulalie, was published by Blue Diode Press in March 2022. Her new collection, How To Make Love, a romantic tour of five cities, came out in October 2025.
Rob A. Mackenzie is a Glaswegian poet, editor and reviewer, who lives in Leith. His four full poetry collections are The Opposite of Cabbage (2009), The Good News (2013), The Book of Revelation (2020) and Woof! Woof! Woof! (2023), all published by Salt. He has also had poems and articles published in many magazines and anthologies. He runs the literary publisher Blue Diode Press.
Medha Singh is a poet from Delhi, based in Edinburgh. She is the author of Afterbody (Blue Diode Press, Edinburgh). She is a winner of the New Writers Award 2023 (Scottish Book Trust). Her works appear or are forthcoming in Poetry London; Irish Pages; The Dark Horse; Bad Lilies; The Bombay Literary Magazine; Indian Quarterly and The Robert Graves Review, among numerous others. She took her MSc in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. Her work has been translated into Hindi, Spanish and French. She is editor-at-large at Pen and Anvil Press, Boston.