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SCOTTISH POETRY BOOK OF THE YEAR - LONGLIST

LONG FIELD LOOP, RS's latest collection with Tapsalteerie has been longlisted for the Saltire Society's Poetry Book of the Year Award. 

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NEW WORK IN DEVELOPMENT: MAIDEN MOTHER MAGE

Supported by Creative Scotland, RS is writing a new text for performance; also working with visual artist Frances Law and musician-composer Alex South. In development for performances in Fife and Glasgow in 2025. 

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WRITING GROUP - FIFE:

RS leads a new creative/writing programme at Off the Rails Arthouse in Ladybank, Fife: Off the Rails Writing Group. The ongoing group runs in blocks of 5 fortnightly sessions (Wednesdays 6-9pm), with newcomers welcome. *The next available Block begins 2nd October 2024*. Information can be found here. 

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LONG FIELD LOOP: 2024 dates

Readings and workshops for RS's new collection Long Field Loop can be found in the dedicated Diary page.

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NEW COLLECTION: LONG FIELD LOOP

RS's new full-length poetry collection Long Field Loop is now available from publisher Tapsalteerie.

“an extraordinary, utterly unique collection … an antidote to the Anthropocene” – John Glenday.

"Sharp’s is the warmest kind of magic. Long Field Loop is more than a book, it’s an invitation to a party." – Amanda Yates Garcia. Written while RS was Artist-in-Residence with the Centre for Energy Ethics (University of St Andrews) 2022-2024, supported by Creative Scotland and the CEE. 

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AUTHOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FUND​

RS has been granted funding from Publishing Scotland / Scottish Books International's Author International Travel Fund, to support her appearance at the Between.Pomiędzy festival in Gdańsk, Poland in June 2024, reading from her new collection Long Field Loop (Tapsalteerie). 

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I OFFER YOU A NEEDLE - STANZA POETRY FESTIVAL

A collaboration between RS and Monika Szuba (University of Gdańsk + Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society): a braided text, I offer you a needle. Premiered at StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival 2024, accompanied by a workshop with RS, MS and Elodie Laügt (Centre for Poetic Innovation). 

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PEATLAND POEM

RS's poem 'Peatland' is featured on the newly launched 'Peatland Restoration: A Guide for Crofting Communities', taken from her new collection Long Field Loop (Tapsalteerie, May 2024). ​

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ANTHOLOGY: HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT KNIVES

The new anthology that RS co-edited with Marcas Mac an Tuairneir and Samina Chaudhry - How Do We Talk About Knives: contemporary writers in Scotland on names, language and identity (Matecznik Press) - launched at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2023. The book is available here. 

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POETRY FILM SHORTLISTED

Velella velella was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Trust's Scottish Landscape Awards, shown as part of the exhibition at City Art Centre, Edinburgh from Nov 2023 - March 2024. The film is made by Steve Smart, with original score by Alex South, from RS's poem of the same name. 

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, CENTRE FOR ENERGY ETHICS

RS is the inaugural Artist in Residence with the Centre for Energy Ethics (University of St Andrews). For 18 months, supported by Creative Scotland and the CEE, RS will work on a full-length poetry collection, for publication with Tapsalteerie in 2024. Including online and in-person events. More information and updates about the residency can be found here. 

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ROAD & RAIL​

Newly available through Souterrain Press (RS's micro press for niche and limited edition releases) - a 1-act micro play, with illustrations by Scottish artist John Johnstone. “Rebecca Sharp’s miniature elegy channels the melancholy spirit of Ivor Cutler to navigate its way through the ups and downs of family matters, and the hand-me-down rituals that mark them. A funny, tender and ultimately triumphal rollercoaster of everyday purging, Road & Rail is anything but pedestrian.” – Neil Cooper, Writer and Critic, Edinburgh, May 2022 

 

HELIOS INTERVIEW

Read RS's interview with Imre Szeman and Caleb Wellum for the Energy Humanities' series Helios (#3), discussing all things Rough Currency.

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POEM RECORDING

Enjoy this short reading with imagery, of RS's prose poem The Residents of Airth, from Rough Currency. 

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ROUGH CURRENCY

Rough Currency, RS's poetry pamphlet collection with Tapsalteerie is available here. "...an achingly beautiful, far-sighted sequence... Visionary. Oracular. Fearless. Compelling."- John Glenday