CHE Fellow Tessa Ransford will soon be launching her latest book, Not Just Moonshine: new and selected poems (Luath Press), with poems from the last four decades. The book also celebrates Tessa’s 70th birthday! The launch reading will be on 24 August at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and will also feature readings by Ken Cockburn. More details available on edbookfest.co.uk.

Tessa will also be giving a reading with Pauline Prior-Pitt, entitled In Two Minds: Poetry in Performance, on Wednesday 13 August, 1:00 pm, at Word Power Books, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.