Down with the January blues? Revive your spirits at our first Shores event of 2024! With poetry from Titilayo Farukuoye, Andrés N. Ordorica and open mic readers, music from house band Dekoy, and the un-pass-up-able chance to win a very lovely lemon drizzle cake. So come on, then: shake yourself off the sofa, dust yourself down, and get on over to the Waverley. Whit ye waiting fer? Further details below 💖
The When & the Where:
Thursday 25th January 2024
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:
TITILAYO FARUKUOYE
Titilayo Farukuoye (they/them) is a writer, educator and organiser based in Glasgow. Their work addresses social injustice and community care and is informed by dreaming and the radical imagination. Titilayo co-directs the Scottish BPOC Writers Network and is a co-winner of the 2022 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Their poetry featured at Edinburgh Radical Book Festival, Paisley Book Festival, and Propel Magazine among others. Their poetry pamphlet is forthcoming with Stewed Rhubarb Press.
ANDRÉS N. ORDORICA
Andrés N. Ordorica is queer Latinx writer based in Edinburgh who creates characters who are from neither here nor there (ni de aquí, ni de allá). He is the author of the poetry collection, At Least This I Know, and the novel, How We Named The Stars.
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!
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