Shore Poets is back! Be sure and join us as we get our 2024/25 season off to a glittering start, with new poetry from Niall Campbell and Tim Tim Cheng plus open mic performances and music from Edinburgh-based a cappella trio Simmerdim. We’re still happily ensconced upstairs in The Waverley, but please note our new start time of 7pm. Further details below – though, I mean, what more do you need other than to get it in your diary post-haste? 🍂🦔💚
The When & the Where:
Thursday 26th September 2024
7pm – 8.45pm (doors open 6.45pm)
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 Readers:
TIM TIM CHENG
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Tim Tim Cheng is the author of the pamphlet Tapping At Glass (VERVE, 2023), which was a Poetry Society Book of the Year. Her collection The Tattoo Collector (Nine Arches Press, 2024) is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Based in Glasgow, she was an Ignite Fellow with the Scottish Book Trust and a mentee on the Roddy Lumsden Memorial Mentorship Scheme.
NIALL CAMPBELL
Niall Campbell is a poet from the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. His first poetry collection, Moontide, was published by Bloodaxe Books and won the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Noctuary, his second collection, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. His new collection, The Island in the Sound, was published in September of this year. He is editor of Poetry London, and lives in Fife.
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 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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