Spring is nigh! Join us upstairs in The Waverley Bar, where we’ll be celebrating the turn of the seasons with poetry from Sharon Black, Jenny Hockey and open mic readers, and music from Frank Glynn. Further details below ❤️
The When & the Where:
Thursday 30th March 2023
7:45pm – 9:15pm (doors open 7:30pm)
The Waverley Bar, 3-5 St Mary’s St, Edinburgh EH1 1TA
Admission: Entrance charge is £7.50 (waged) and £5 (concession). This includes one raffle ticket, which will also be your entrance receipt. We have a card machine but it’s worth bringing cash, too, in case you’d like to buy a book.
The Poets:
SHARON BLACK
Sharon Black is from Glasgow and lives in a remote valley of the Cévennes mountains in France. Her poetry is published widely and she has won prizes for her work including the Guernsey International Poetry Competition 2019 and The London Magazine Poetry Prizes 2019 and 2018. She has published four full collections of poetry and a pamphlet, Rib (Wayleave, 2021). Her latest collections are The Last Woman Born on the Island (Vagabond Voices, 2022), set in Scotland and exploring the landscapes and heritage of her home country, and The Red House (Drunk Muse, 2022), set in her adopted homeland of the Cévennes. Since 2016 she has been editor of Pindrop Press. www.sharonblack.co.uk
JENNY HOCKEY
Jenny Hockey’s poems range from the sad to the surreal to the celebratory. A Sheffield poet and retired anthropologist, she takes an oblique view of the ups and downs of everyday lives and in 2019 launched her collection, Going to bed with the moon (overstepsbooks.com, jennyhockeypoetry.co.uk). She also reviews regularly for Orbis and, with Carol Komaromy, has published a memoir (familyhistoryandwar.com).
Signing up for the Open Mic:
We have four open mic spots each month. These are booked in advance. To request an open mic spot in the future, please email us at shorepoetsedinburgh @ gmail.com (remove the spaces)
The Raffle:
Entry includes a raffle ticket; additional tickets are also available to buy when you arrive, should you wish to increase your chances of winning this month’s delectably scrummy lemon cake …
See you there!
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