Shore Poets

Yes, you heard correctly … We’re rounding up our 2025-26 season with an ALL OPEN MIC event – so get your reading & writing muscles working & make your bid to grace the stage! Shore Poets Honorary President Tom Pow will steer us through an elementally themed evening, in which readers are invited to pairContinue reading Shore Poets June 2026: Themed Open Mic Night! With host Tom Pow & music from Saturn the Goddess →

We’ll have had wir Bank Holiday weekends, aye – but what better excuse for a sneaky wee Thursday night outing, a little ciao to the month we love, O month of Bank Holidays, than a glass of something upstairs at the Waverley with the Shore Poets? And folks, it’s our penultimate event of the 2025-26Continue reading Shore Poets May 2026: Ellen McAteer, Zain Rishi, Open Mic + Lake Montgomery →

You might get hailed on, or it might be twenty degrees. Sure, it may even be snowing. But whatever the weather, you’re definitely going to want to brave it (or step away from it for a spell if it’s actually nice) in order to attend our fabulous April event. Do join us upstairs in TheContinue reading Shore Poets April 2026: Sarah Stewart, Lynn Davidson, Open Mic + The Self-Righteous Brothers →

The smell of spring is finally in the air! And it’s the month of leprechauns and shamrocks! Meanwhile, here at Shore Poets HQ, we’re delighted to present news of our upcoming March event. With readings from Karen McCarthy Woolf and Jane Bonnyman, open mic performances, and music from Dekoy, this is one you’ll want toContinue reading Shore Poets March 2026: Karen McCarthy Woolf, Jane Bonnyman, Open Mic + Dekoy →

It’s raining – and possibly even hailing (and snowing) – poetry! You might need to muster your brolly, bunnet and mittens to get there – but, sure, it’ll sharpen ye. And once you’re safely up the stairs in The Waverley, the unrelenting outdoor skies will soon be forgot and you’ll be pleasantly ensconced in theContinue reading Shore Poets February 2026: Jay Whittaker, Stewart Conn, Open Mic + Clea Friend →

Poem lovers of Edinburgh! We’re back! And we’re back in the usual place, and at the usual date and time (last Thursday of the month, upstairs in The Waverley)! Shore Poets are delighted to welcome in the new year (or, well, to see out January) with sets from Gordon Meade, who joins us from theContinue reading Shore Poets January 2026: Gordon Meade, Vicki Husband, Open Mic + Dekoy →

‘Change rules’, said Edwin Morgan, Push the Boat Out festival’s muse. So this month, we’re changing it up in every which way possible bar our usual format. Thursday becomes Saturday; evening becomes afternoon. Upstairs at The Waverley morphs into the Pleasance Cabaret Bar. In place of the wee cardboard sign and the slightly stressed Shore/sContinue reading November 2025: Shore Poets Go Rogue @ Push The Boat Out! Feat. Karen Solie, Tim Cresswell & The Self-Righteous Brothers →

For our October event, we’re delighted to present readings from new collections by Edinburgh-based poets Alan Gillis and Medha Singh. And since, like our season opener, this event is taking place a week earlier than is usual for the Shores, on the penultimate Thursday of the month, you don’t have to face the dilemma ofContinue reading Shore Poets October 2025: Alan Gillis, Medha Singh, Open Mic + Dekoy →

Now you’ve got your breath back post the summer festivals, you’re needing a lick of poetry in your life, aye? And music, and bonhomie? Look no further! Shore Poets is back with a brand new programme of events, and we’re delighted to be kicking things off this month with headliner readings from Robert Crawford andContinue reading Shore Poets September 2025: Robert Crawford, Theresa Muñoz, Open Mic + The Self-Righteous Brothers →

Our 2024-25 season at Shore Poets closes on a high this month with a not-to-be-missed evening in the rafters of The Waverley – for our June event, we’re delighted to present readings from Jeda Pearl and Sean Wai Keung, plus open mic performances and music from our house band, Dekoy. We’ll be taking our usualContinue reading SHORE POETS JUNE 2025: JEDA PEARL, SEAN WAI KEUNG, OPEN MIC + DEKOY →