Poet Michael Pedersen - "the throaty voice of modern Scotland"

Scottish poet and writer Michael Pedersen co-runs and founded Neu! Reekie! a UK arts collective which produces shows all over the globe and hosts take-overs for National Galleries, National Museums and major festivals. His most recent poetry collection, Oyster was illustrated by and performed as a live show with Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison. Michael will read some poems, including Oyster, which is about his later-to be girlfriend (and vegetarian) Hollie McNish's first mouth encounter with a bivalve mollusc. Michael Pedersen is in New Zealand next month for the Verb Festival before embarking on a nationwide tour with poet Tourette's (aka Dominic Hoey) and author, rapper and poet Omar Musa. Details here. Please note that this interview references suicide. There are helpline numbers at the bottom of this page.