polblar tmolkop: Indie Poetry Night with Andrew Blair

Let’s make one thing clear: polblar tmolkop by Andrew Blair is not an endorsement of the 2009 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop. If anything, it is an explanation. One that defies explanation itself. In a series of experimental, ludic poems Blair takes us through a series of conversations between the actor and writer Kevin James, and an ambiguous disembodied entity called Polblar.

Andrew will be joined by Marianne MacRae, who will read from Recital, published 2025 by Blue Diode.

About our speakers:

Andrew Blair is a poet, writer and performer living in Edinburgh. His work has featured in Gutter, Umbrellas of Edinburgh and The Last Song: Words for Frightened Rabbit. His debut collection, An Intense Young Man at an Open Mic Night, was published in 2017 by House of Three press, and his pamphlet The R-Pattz Facttz 2020 was released through Speculative Books.”

Marianne MacRae is an Edinburgh-based writer and artist. Her poetry explores themes of familial grief, bereavement trauma and loneliness through a lens of cartoonish dark humour, surrealism and pop culture references.