Pushing Out the Boat
- probably the best regional literary magazine in Scotland,
- high quality writing, with a unique blend of the local and the global.
- a thrilling place to be published alongside writers and artists from around the world
Issue 15 has landed!
Issue 15 was launched at the Phoenix Hall, Newton Dee Village on Sunday 7 April. A huge thank you to all who submitted to Issue 15 and to the team of volunteers who helped to make the magazine such a success. The number and standard of entries was the highest ever, resulting in what we believe to be our best magazine to date. If you submitted an entry but were unsuccessful, don’t be discouraged, the competition was fierce and we had to reject some very good work. Do try again next time round.
Read about the Launch in our latest blog post by Editor, Martin Walsh and enjoy some photos of the participants in our Launch Photo Gallery.
Our Magazines
You can read about POTB, and how we work, on the About POTB page. Our latest edition, POTB Issue 15, boasts an array of inspiring work by talented authors, poets and artists, from home and abroad, the first-time published beside old hands. You will find within its pages humour, pathos and drama in Doric, Scots and English, along with stimulating works of art. This Issue’s Foreword is by the award-winning Hebridean writer, artist and poet Ian Stephen; while the eye-catching cover is based on an image by Colin Brown, whose work, coincidently, was also selected for the cover of POTB Issue 1.
Click on the image below to take a peek.
Issue 15 can be purchased from our retail outlets or ordered from our online store.
After looking at Issue 15, why not browse through other editions of the magazine. Online versions of Issues 9 – 13 can be read in full and sample extracts from Issues 6 – 8 offer a flavour of earlier editions. Then visit our online shop where all editions of the magazine are available for purchase.
Step on board
The POTB Blog
- Launch of Pushing Out the Boat Issue 15 (Martin Walsh, 29 Apr 2019)
- A Seasonal Bouquet from Pushing Out the Boat (Roger White, 19 Nov 2018)
- Editing POTB: a peek behind the scenes (Roger White, 1 Aug 2018)
- Pushing Out the Boat Reading Event at Books and Beans (Roger White, 2 May 2018)
- Gallery of Young Artists' Work (POTB, 13 Feb 2018)
News
- POTB will be at University May Festival Sunday 26 May
- Boat-load of talented writers – P&J covers Issue 15 launch
- Launch Photo Gallery
- Issue 15 launched
- POTB Winter Newsletter
- Issue 13 now available to read online
- Check out our Useful Links page for literary organisations, publications, events and POTB contributors.
An hour of readings from the latest edition of Pushing Out the Boat at Aberdeen University's May Festival. Free, no booking needed.
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May 19th ·
Were you at the Issue 15 Launch? Check out our gallery of photos taken at the launch. You may be featured there - www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/news/
And if you missed the launch, you can read all about it in the Editor’s blog - www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/blog ... See MoreSee Less
May 13th ·
Miss our Issue 15 launch? Want to hear some new pieces and new readers? Join us at Aberdeen's May Festival on Sunday 26 May at 5 p.m. It's free and no booking required! www.abdn.ac.uk/mayfestival/events/14731/ ... See MoreSee Less
May 12th ·
'Boatload of talented writers.' Stay in the Press and Journal area? Not too late to pick up a copy of today's edition with a photo feature in the 'Your Life' magazine of this years's Pushing Out the Boat launch. Who knows. If you were at the launch you may even appear in one of the P&J's photos. ... See MoreSee Less
April 27th ·
Over 70 at the Cults Over 50s Group (see what we did there?). That's the number of group members who enjoyed an afternoon of readings from the magazine by Pushing Out the Boat Issue 15 editor Martin Walsh and poet Sheila Reid this last week at Cults Kirk Centre; just part of Pushing Out the Boat's roots in its North-East community. Our next outing? Aberdeen's May Festival on the 26th of that month. Get it in your diary. Further details to appear here nearer the time. ... See MoreSee Less
April 21st ·
Writer, poets, artists ... some of the wonderful contributors to our 15th issue, launched on Sunday at the Phoenix Hall in Aberdeen. Take a peek inside (and order a copy!) on our website www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/issue-15/ ... See MoreSee Less
April 8th ·
Only a few days left to grab your tickets for our launch!
£10 for one person, or £15 for two people include a complimentary copy of POTB Issue 15 ,refreshments and an afternoon of storytelling and poetry reading from Issue 15 writers.
www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/ticket-sales/ ... See MoreSee Less
March 27th ·
Only a few days left to grab your tickets for our launch!
£10 for one person, or £15 for two people include a complimentary copy of POTB Issue 15 ,refreshments and an afternoon of storytelling and poetry reading from Issue 15 writers.
www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/ticket-sales/ ... See MoreSee Less
March 27th ·
Join us for the official launch of Issue 15. Be amongst the first to receive your own copy of the new magazine, view some of the original artwork and chat with the contributors and the POTB team over a drink and nibbles. Then enjoy a stimulating afternoon listening to writers reading poems and stories from Issue 15.
Doors open at 1.30pm for a 2.30pm start, aiming to finish by 5pm. TICKETS: £10 for one person, or £15 for two people include a complimentary copy of POTB Issue 15 and welcome/interval refreshments. Young people are very welcome but please note that the event is open only to those aged 12 and over. Tickets can be bought through the link above.
Since places are limited, tickets must be purchased in advance of the event. You will receive an email confirming your ticket purchase. Please print this email and bring it with you to the event where we will exchange it for your complimentary copy of Issue 15. ... See MoreSee Less
March 20th ·
Catch POTB luminary Granite Noir - Jan Simpson joined our illustrious Prose Selection Panel for upcoming Issue 15. Two chances to catch Jan, tomorrow (sat 23rd) 11.30am as part of the Northern Noir talk at the Lemon Tree www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/spoken-word/granite-noir-northern-noir-claire-macleary-an... and again at 3pm at the Central Library. ... See MoreSee Less
February 22nd ·
Submissions now open for Forward Prizes for Poetry!
www.forwardartsfoundation.org/2019-forward-prizes/ ... See MoreSee Less
February 1st ·
Happy New Year from all at POTB! We hope that 2019 will prove creative & rewarding, and bring you all you wish for.
Our valiant panels have completed the nigh-impossible task of choosing contributions to Issue 15, & our website is updated to advise submitters of outcomes. The Team are now hard at work editing and designing the new magazine - but the cognoscenti among you will know that we still continue trying to find space for one or two more pieces. So if you were unsuccessful in the first cut, who knows – perhaps yours might be a lucky one moved from the long to the short list? Fingers crossed! ... See MoreSee Less
January 7th ·
A date for your brand new 2019 diaries! Join John Bolland he debuts his collection Fallen Stock as part of StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival. John is the Convenor of our Prose Panel for POTB Issue 15, our next magazine edition.
stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/book-launch-fallen-stock ... See MoreSee Less
December 12th ·
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