Upcoming Events
Poetry Reading
1 November (7–9PM) | Oxford Review of Books Reading w/ Hannah Sullivan & Jennifer Wong | Magdalen College Auditorium, Oxford.
Poetry Reading
6 November (7–8PM) | ignitionpress Edinburgh Reading w/ Alycia Pirmohamed & Clementine E Burnley | Typewronger Books, 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE
Translation Reading
11 November (6–7.30PM | Tolka Issue 6 Launch | The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Dublin
Poetry Reading
14 November (6–8PM) | Book Week Scotland/SUISS Presents Patrick James Errington & Jane McKie | 50 George Square, Project Room, Edinburgh University
Poetry Reading
25 November (3–4PM) | Push the Boat Out Festival w/ Jane Clarke | Anatomy Room, Summerhall, EH9 1PL
**Check back for more festival appearances, public workshops, lectures, and poetry readings**
Past Events
Poetry Reading
Oxford Brookes Poetry Reunion w/ Mary Jean Chan & Fahad Al-Amoudi | Clerici 1.09, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford | October 2023
Poetry Reading
Topping & Company Bookshop Reading w/ Kris Johnson & John Challis | 2 Blenheim Pl, Edinburgh EH7 5JH | October 2023
Poetry Reading
Hudson Valley Writers’ Center Reading w/ Rachel Hadas | 300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 | October 2023
Craft Talk/Workshop
‘Metaphor in the Flesh’, Hudson Valley Writers’ Center | 300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 | October 2023
Poetry Reading
Black Spring Books Reading w/ Meghan Maguire Dahn, Erin Lynn, & Alan Gilbert | 672 Driggs Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 | October 2023
Poetry Reading
Moonstone Arts Center Reading | 110A South 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | October 2023
Poetry Reading
Columbia University Alumni Reading Series, w/ Tiffany Troy, Anna V. Q. Ross, & India Lena Gonzalez | 501 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 | October 2023
Poetry Reading
Late Nights with Kingston Writers Fest w/ Carolyn Smart, Paul Vermeersch, Jason Heroux, & Stuart Ross | Curate.Social, 340 King St E, Kingston | September 2023
Poetry Reading
McGill University / Poetry Matters | The Yellow Door, 3625 Aylmer St, Montreal H2X 2C3 | September 2023
Craft Class/Seminar
‘Revocation/invocation: Responding to, through, and with the poem’, McGill University / Poetry Matters | Arts (McCall MacBain) 160, McGill University | September 2023
Poetry Reading & Conversation
Toronto Festival of Authors, Patrick Errington & Erin Noteboom: Science of Poetry | Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto | September 2023
Conversation
Toronto International Festival of Authors, Banned Books Conversation | West Bays, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto | September 2023
Poetry Reading
The Art Bar Poetry Series | Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., Toronto | September 2023
Poetry Reading
Wet Grain Issue 4 Launch, w/ Agata Maslowska, Gabriel Levine Brislin, Roshni Gallagher | Typewronger Books | September 2023
Poetry Reading
Gubsmacked Fringe Reading hosted by Layla Josephine & Colin Bramwell | Summerhall Tech Cube | August 2023.
Poetry Reading
Sensings & Spaces w/ Tim Tim Cheng, Kate Rogers, Jason Eng Hun Lee, Oliver Fox, hosted by Jenny Wong | Charing Cross Library, London | July 2023
Conference Paper
‘The phenomenological and neural impact of reader response ‘task sets’ on poetic language processing’ | CognitiveFutures in the Arts and Humanities 2023 | University of Warsaw, Poland | July 2023
Presentation
Green Tease: Reimagining climate resilience through ecopoetics w/ Yulia Kovanova, Jessica Gaitán Johannesson, & Alec Finlay | Edinburgh Climate Change Institute | May 2023
Poetry Reading
Hidden Door Festival w/ Alyson Kisner | 15 Dalkeith Rd, Edinburgh | June 2023
Poetry Reading
University of Edinburgh Poetry Celebration w/ Ryan Van Winkle & Jane McKie | Project Room, Edinburgh | May 2023
Poetry Reading
Newcastle Poetry Festival, Canadian Poets Reading (Sponsored by the High Commission of Canada) | w/ Karen Solie & Sheri Benning | Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne | May 2023
Book Launch
Edinburgh Launch of THE SWAILING w/ Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo & Helena Fornells Nadal | French Institute of Scotland (hosted by Portobello Bookshop) | April 2023
Poetry Reading
This Lyric Earth: New International Poetries | w/ Devon Walker-Figueroa, Justin Boening, L. Kiew, Samuel Tongue, Maria Sledmere, & Patrick James Errington | Good Press Gallery, Glasgow | April 2023
Poetry Reading
AWP Offsite: Situated Sublimities w/ Elizabeth Metzger, Meghan Maguire Dahn, John James, Austen Leah Rose, J. Mae Barizo, Kelly Weber, Julia Guez, Patrick James Errington | Beneath the Streets, Seattle | March 2023
Panel Discussion
AWP Panel Discussion: Studying Creative Writing in the UK w/ Lucy Durneen, Alycia Pirmohamed, John Mungo Reed, & Patrick James Errington | Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center | March 2023
Poetry Reading
Lovecrumbs Reading Series w/ Lindsay MacGregor, Nasim Rebecca Asl, & Agata Maslowska | Lovecrumbs Cafe | August 2022
Poetry Reading
Interpret Magazine Launch w/ Tim Tim Cheng, Medha Singh, & others | Golden Hare Books, July 2022
Poetry Reading
PoetryLit, with Sonya Smith and Open Mic | Zoom | June 2022
Academic Lecture
‘The sweet spot: an optimal defamiliarisation of conventional metaphors’ | British Society of Literature and Science (BSLS) 17th Annual Conference, Manchester, April 2022
Academic Paper
‘The Wood or the Trees? On the (Im)Possibility of an Ecological Criticism’ | LLC English Department Lecture Series, University of Edinburgh / Online, November 2021.
Poetry Reading
Blue Diode Book Launch, with Milan Děžinský, Jake Morris-Campbell, & Jane Bonnyman | Leith St Andrews Church, Edinburgh | November 2021
Academic Lecture
‘Useless Literature: Responding-To and Responding-With’ | Uses of Literature Conference, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark | November 2021
Poetry Reading
What We Read Now, with Jill Abram, Katie Griffiths, & Samatar Elmi; curated & hosted by Jennifer Wong | Zoom | September 2021
Poetry Reading
Shore Poets reading, with Janette Ayachi & others | August 2021
Poetry Reading
CultFusion, Leith Festival, with Marjorie Lotfi Gill and Gerda Stevenson | Persevere Bar, 398 Easter Rd, Edinburgh, June 2019.
Poetry Reading
Junor Gallery Afternoon of Poetry, with Alan Riach, Bashabi Fraser, Douglas Dunn | Junor Gallery, 43 South Street, St Andrews, March 2019.
Poetry Reading
Latvian Literature Reading and Reception, with Roseanne Watt, Samuel Tongue, Tessa Berring, Elvīra Bloma, Raimonds Ķirķis, Ausma Perons, & Lauris Veips | The London Latvian Center, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London W2 3SH, March 2019.
Poetry Reading
Ignition Press Showcase, with Lily Blacksell & Belinda Zhawi | StAnza Poetry Festival, The Town Hall, Queens Gardens – Council Chamber, St Andrews, March 2019.
Film/Poem Performance
Critical/Fictional Investigations: Site, Sound, and Listening, with Yulia Kovanova | The Festival of Creative Learning, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 21 Hawthornvale EH6 4JT, Edinburgh, February 2019.
Poetry Reading
Latvian Literature Poetry Exchange Reading, with Roseanne Watt, Samuel Tongue, Tessa Berring, Elvīra Bloma, Raimonds Ķirķis, Ausma Perons, & Lauris Veips | NicePlace TELPA, K. Barona Street 21A, Riga, Latvia, November 2018.
Poetry Reading
Vespers Poetry Series, with Matthew Caley and Kathrine Sowerby | Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Cl, Edinburgh EH8 8DT, October 2018.
Academic Lecture
‘Beyond Critical: A Case for Responding with Poetry’ | Cognitive Futures in the Humanities Conference, University of Kent, Canterbury, July 2018.
Academic Lecture
‘In Kind: How a Co-Creative Response Encourages Enactive Reading of Poetry’ | Educational Role of Language Conference, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 2018.
Poetry Reading
St Mungo’s Mirrorball, with Oli Hazzard, Sophie Collins, Elizabeth Rimmer, & Jane Hartshorn | CCA Clubroom, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD, May 2018.
Poetry Reading
ignitionpress Chapbook Reading, with Mary Jean Chan and Lily Blacksell | Lighthouse Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB, April 2018.
Poetry Reading
ignitionpress Chapbook Reading, with Mary Jean Chan and Lily Blacksell | Garden Seminar Room, Kennedy Hall, University of St Andrews KY16 9AL, April 2018.
Poetry Reading
Oxford Literary Festival Reading, with Mary Jean Chan and Lily Blacksell | Oxford Literary Festival, St Cross College, Oxford, March 2018.
Poetry Reading
ignitionpress Chapbook Launch, with Mary Jean Chan and Lily Blacksell | Society Café, St Michael’s Street, Oxford, OX1 2DU, March 2018.
Poetry Reading
ignitionpress Chapbook Launch, with Mary Jean Chan and Lily Blacksell | The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX, March 2018.
Poetry Reading
Launch of 50GS Journal, Issue Two | Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR, February 2018
Poetry Reading
Shore Poets reading with Ian McDonough and Peter Manson | Outhouse Bar, 12A Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY, January 2018
Poetry Reading
Wigtown Poetry Competition Prize-giving Ceremony | Wigtown Literature Festival | The Print Room, Wigtown, DG8 9HN, September 2017
Academic Lecture
‘Immersive Poetics: Creative Response Writing as an Enactive Approach to Poetry’ | English: Shared Futures, Newcastle University, July 2017
Chair
‘Word for Word: The Art of Translation’ | Sustainability and Transformation Conference, Council for European Studies, University of Glasgow, July 2017
Poetry Reading
Platform Poets, with Beth McDonough and Christine de Luca | Off the Rails Arthouse, Leuchars, October 2016
Academic Lecture
‘The Body In Mind: Poetry and the Re-Embodiment of Abstract Thought’ | Contemporary Poetry: Thinking & Feeling, Plymouth University, May 2016
Poetry Reading
Dead Rabbits Reading Series with Timothy Liu, Jason Porter, Gregory Crosby, Anna Meister, and Carolyn Silveira | DTUT Bar, New York, February 2015
For further information on availability for readings, workshops, craft talks, and lectures, please contact Patrick at patrickjerrington[at]gmail.com