Neu!Reekie!
Neu! Reekie! is an Edinburgh-based literary company and arts production house founded in 2010 by poets Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson. They have produced over two hundred live shows and published poetry anthologies called #UntitledOne and #UntitledTwo.
Previous guests to Neu! Reekie! have included: Irvine Welsh, Jackie Kay, Young Fathers, Margaret Atwood, Charlotte Church, Hollie McNish, Scott Hutchison, Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead, Alasdair Gray, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Akala, Sabrina Mahfouz, Bill Drummond, Andrew Weatherall and many more.
In 2015, Neu! Reekie! were awarded Creative Edinburgh's City Award for outstanding contributions to Edinburgh's cultural scene.
In 2017, Neu! Reekie! hosted a large scale arts festival for Hull City of Culture 2017 entitled Where Are We Now? — a tribute to David Bowie's song of the same name.
In 2018, Neu! Reekie! curated a year-long programme of writing residencies at The Curfew Tower in Cushendall Northern Ireland — this was by invitation and at the request of Bill Drummond. Together, in 2019, Neu! Reekie! and Bill Drummond released a book of the writings on Bill Drummond's Penkiln Burn Press entitled After Curfew.
Neu! Reekie! have hosted international shows in Japan, Indonesia, Spain, New Zealand, the United States of America and more.
