Imogen STIRLING

STIRLING Imogen

Poems

***

Imogen Stirling is a Scottish artist. A playwright, poet and performer, she was awarded ‘Artist of the Year’ supported by the National Theatre of Scotland and shortlisted for the prestigious Out-Spoken Prize for Poetry. Imogen has performed her work extensively in venues and at festivals around the UK and Europe, including Latitude Festival, Annikin Runofestivaali, Secret Garden Party and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She features as a writer and performer on Sky Arts’ BAFTA-winning television show, Life & Rhymes, and was a participant of the BBC Words First talent development scheme. Imogen’s collection Love The Sinner (Verve Poetry Press, 2021) completed a 26-date book tour, visiting music festivals, literary festivals and arts venues from Finland to the Isle of Mull. Love The Sinner was adapted for theatre, produced by internationally renowned Vanishing Point Theatre Company and directed by their Artistic Director Matthew Lenton. It sold out at the Tron Theatre and Traverse Theatre to five star reviews across the board. Imogen’s first collection #Hypocrisy (Speculative Books, 2019) was longlisted for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. Speaking about Imogen’s work, Benjamin Zephaniah said: ‘This is the work of a lyrical genius. There is nothing like this. There is no one like Imogen.’ 

Follow her at @imogenstirlingpoetry.

  • MuntPunt
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Swedish Institute
  • Commission européenne
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • LOFT 58
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal