Take an evening off from the pumpkin carving and the apple bobbing (you know you want to), and join us upstairs at the Waverley for treat after treat after lovely artistic treat – with poetry from Iona Lee, Kate Hendry and open mic readers, and music from Simmerdim. Further details below 🎃
The When & the Where:
Thursday 26th October 2023
7:45pm – 9:15pm (doors open 7:30pm)
The Waverley Bar, 3-5 St Mary’s St, Edinburgh EH1 1TA
Admission: Our standard entrance charges are £7.50 (waged) and £5 (concession). This includes one raffle ticket, which will also be your receipt of entry. For those keen to increase their chances of a raffle win, we’ve also introduced a Golden Ticket: at £10, this covers entry plus five raffle tickets. Entry is payable by either card or cash, but it’s worth bringing the latter so as not to miss the chance to buy a book from one of our readers.
The Poets:
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer, artist, music-maker, storyteller and spoken-word performer from Edinburgh. She has been a prominent member of Scotland’s live poetry scene for the past ten years, appearing on radio and television and reading her work in venues and on festival stages all over the UK and Europe, including Glastonbury, the world slam championships in Paris, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In 2022, Iona won the John Byrne award for her poetry film, Away with the Fairies – a retelling of the Tam Lin ballad – and she appeared on Young Woman Scotland’s 30 Under 30 list. Her debut poetry collection, Anamnesis, was shortlisted for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, and appeared on SNACK Magazine’s list of the top ten books to be published in Scotland in 2023.
KATE HENDRY
Kate Hendry is originally from south-west England but has been living in Scotland for more than 30 years. She works as a high school English teacher in Edinburgh. Her first pamphlet collection, The Lost Original, was published by HappenStance Press and was shortlisted for the 2017 Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. Her second, MX SIMP, is just out with Mariscat Press. It charts her experience of breast cancer treatment and recovery.
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 scrummy lemon cake. Or you can boost the odds of snaffling that piece of home-baked glory by purchasing one of our new Golden Tickets (further details above, under ‘The When & the Where’). The raffle also frequently boasts other no less wonderful but definitely less edible prizes, in the form of pamphlets or books.
See you there!
Shore Poets 
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