Illicit Ink

27/10/2017

Call-out for Book Week Scotland 2017: Locally based storytellers/performers/authors who are comfortable sharing their work to an intimate, attentive audience and can present something in-keeping with both the theme of the evening and the II ethos.
We're looking for up to forge new relationships with people who are based locally as well performers we already know. This is a paid opportunity, and participants will need to have full availability on Saturday 2nd December, as well as being to spare a couple of hours in the preceding week.

Further details will be posted in a note; keep your eyes peeled! :)

12/10/2017

Exciting times here at Illicit Ink - into final deliberations for our SMS funding opportunity! Thanks to everyone who applied or shared the opportunity. :)

Plus - keep your eyes peeled for an opportunity to participate in our Book Week Scotland event, Battered. We'll be making announcements next week!

31/08/2017

Open Funding Call - Science Meets Storytelling

Just when you thought the end of the month couldn't get any more exciting!

II presents SMS...

We are looking to fund exciting work combining science and storytelling. New and existing projects which fit the Illicit Ink ethos with a focus on inclusivity, diversity and equality will be considered.

Check out our notes section for more info.

02/10/2016

ONE DAY LEFT! We're still accepting applications to perform at our next horrifyingly good event Hector Kreeping's Tales of Terror, with performances in Edinburgh AND Glasgow!

Storytelling and spoken word wizards Illicit Ink are looking for rib-tickling and spine-chilling performances for their upcoming event Illicit Ink Presents…Hector Kreeping’s Tales of Terror, taking place in Glasgow on the 29th October and in Edinburgh on the 30th October. We’re celebrating Hallowe’e...

08/07/2015

Well well. What can this be?

A night of twisted fairytales and unexpected antics in the beautiful surroundings of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Spiegeltent. Part of Jura Unbound and featuring some of the best spoken word and storytelling performers we could gather whilst out picking berries for grandma.

And what's that? It's FREE!?
We do spoil you.

Jura Unbound

16/04/2015

That was lovely. We loved it. And we wish you could all have been there with us. But since you couldn't, here's a glimpse of what happened last night.

Taking place as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival, Illicit Ink's latest Skyground offering took the audience from the Royal Observatory on Blackford Hill into a perilous Earth orbit with a tale of lost astronaut Tara Beckett...

08/01/2015

Do you have a passion for Edinburgh’s literary history? The Palimpsest writing comp wanyd respond to this rich literary history and/or to Edinburgh’s geography and urban development, taking as your starting point either a map or a text. The style and genre of the piece are up to you, but submissions should be prose fiction up to a maximum of 3000 words. The contest will be judged by a team of literary critics and published authors, led by Edinburgh-based novelist Doug Johnstone. The results will be announced at public reception in March and shortlisted authors will be invited to read at the reception. There will be one winner, who will receive a cash prize of £250. The winning entry will be incorporated into Palimpsest’s literary history of Edinburgh through publication on their website.

Check it out!

http://palimpsest.blogs.edina.ac.uk/competition/

04/12/2014

Well, we just got an early Christmas present - The Company We Keep made The Skinny's top 10!! Which in case you didn't know is tomorrow. At the Scottish Storytelling Centre. It's going to be awesome.
Join us for a story that will be sinister, corrupt, and maybe a little merry (just watch out for the punch).

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/zap/zap_scotland/309691-top_events_scotland_411_dec_watch_wolf_game_masters_summerhall

Top events in Scotland this week, including Watch & Wolf, Game Masters and Summerhall Beer Festival.

27/11/2014

What a great gig! Thanks to all who came out to our first time in Glasgow. It definitely won't be our last. And don't forget, we're back in Edinburgh next week for Skyground!

Elegantly hosted by Derek Johnson, Illicit Ink celebrated Book Week Scotland in Glasgow by inviting professional liars - be they poet, writer, comedian, storyteller, magician... - to tell some home truths, with confessions from Rachel McCrum, Declan Dineen, Gerard Durkin, Keith Gray and Andrew Learmonth.