Pibroch

Pibroch tells the story of our/the Climate Emergency through parallels with the Piper Alpha Disaster of 1988.

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Packed up, rehearsed and ready to go! Tomorrow, @ScottishWriters @ the CCA, Glasgow. Material from Pibroch and recent work . First time Pibroch has appeared in Glasgow so on, Glasgow peeps, See you there!
https://t.co/9wwa19msdQ

[John Bolland @jbolland_vftlg]

@PibrochPlay Honing the material for the second performance of Reflecing on a Future Dance Scottish Writers' Centre at the CCA in Glasgow next Tuesday. Looking forward to a great audience and a stimulating discussion.

https://t.co/8ZM6xcqVcq

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Reflections for a Future Dance
@jbolland_vftlg will be sharing new work inspired by the conversations during @Pibroch's tour. New poetry & ideas. The beginning of a dance? Join me at Fittie Community Hall on 21st March. It's free! @ClimateWeekNE
https://t.co/zQw2uOKqIv...

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Four weeks to go until we relaunch Pibroich as part of Climate Week North East. Excited to be performing again in the North East and our first visit to the Mearns and Johnshaven Village Hall. Lots to share and lots to talk about. Come!

https://t.co/MMVzKGoeDk

[Centre for Energy Ethics @EthicsEnergy]

Did you miss @DominicBoyer's discussion of his new book 'No More Fossils'?

Catch the recording now!

No More Fossils tells the story of our fossil civilization, showing what tethers us to the ecocidal trajectory of petroculture today.

https://t.co/we57GqX79C

[John Bolland @jbolland_vftlg]

@PibrochPlay Starting the count-down to @ClimateWeekNE and preparing for the first #Pibroch Event of 2024.
In the meantime, here is the next of the series of #Cruineach post-show reflections #WeNeedtoTalkaboutDesire.
https://t.co/YnY0OdqNOe

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Excited to be announcing the first 2 #PibrochPlay events of 2024. Johnshaven on 20th March and a new exhibition - Reflecting on a Future Dance - at Fittie Community Hall on 21st March. @NorthEastArtsTouring @JohnshavenVillageHall Join the conversation.
https://t.co/nt4e2dwPZE

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Art for Life's Sake: the latest post in the #Cruinneachd series, reflecting on #Pibroch post-show discussions during the 2023 tour. Comment very welcome either here or on the blog.
https://t.co/BngVIQ88gd

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Location, location! Post-Pibroch thoughts on the importance of Transmission in addressing the challenges of Climate Change.
#Pibroch #Cruineachd #transmission
https://t.co/2F7bVEX0EC

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Some thoughts on Reformation and Revolution in the face of Catastrophe.

https://t.co/YUi4JNODrN
#Pibrove #ImprovementNotice

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

The Future is Not F*cked launches tonight at 7pm to 8pm at the Worm (Peacock), 11 Castle St, Aberdeen, AB11 5BQ. A collection of poems by a variety of Northeast poets, including John Bolland, written in late 2021 and forcussing on our relationship to fossil fuels.

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Sweetness, from the Pibroch collection published by @RedSquirrelPres, has been selected as one of the Best Scottish Poems (in English) of 2022.

[John Bolland @jbolland_vftlg]

Seriously chuffed that my poem, Sweetness, has been included in the Scottish Poetry Library's selection of Best Scottish Poems for 2022. And in such fine company.
Thanks to all of the @ByLeavesWeLive team and to Ifor ap Glyn, this years editor
https://t.co/Hgr4Mx2paQ

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

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Best Scottish Poems (in English) was selected by Ifor ap Glyn, the former National Poet of Wales. 20 poems are included and you can explore them all here: #BestScottishPoems

https://t.co/Fkjhv5EBtd

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Evasion is not adaptation. As COP28 kicks off in Dubai, I'm posting Adaptation. the first of the Cruineachdh articles based on the Pibroch 2023 tour. Comments welcome. Lets start a conversation. #COP28 #Pibroch #Adaptation. https://t.co/5hyeXSEyUf

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Winter Hairst. After a period of reflection, it's time to set out on the next stage of this journey. Blogging season reopens with #Cruinneachadh, building on feedback from Pibroch's 2023 tour AND #ImprovementNotice, a new, complementary project.
https://t.co/E7y70reH88

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

So this! What can I say but thank you to Cait and the Glasgow Review of Books. Chuffed.
https://t.co/oH0NLOlqFd

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

These published ocean temperatures are so far from historical norms...we are, as they say, out where the buses don't run.
https://t.co/xe7V6sZvyF

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

@HighMette @EthicsEnergy @CreativeScots Thank you Mette. And yes: I noticed...:) Needs some work but that is my sense of it.

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

Thank you St. Andrews. More thought provoking insights and ideas from the participants at @EthicsEnergy 'Financing the Future' Conference in June. Here is some more of what I heard about Climate Justiice in St. Andrews.
https://t.co/sQPo7WoAy0
@CreativeScots

[Pibroch @PibrochPlay]

What I heard about Climate Justice in Banchory. The last in this series of blogs and another interesting and insightful discussion. Still more to come as we sift through the many ideas and insights inspired by this process.
https://t.co/LaesyDKR4Q