For our final event of 2024, Shore Poets are delighted to welcome Tapsalteerie Press authors Rebecca Sharp and Rachel Plummer. Rebecca and Rachel, who’ll be reading from debut collections, will be joined by Tapsalteerie founder Duncan Lockerbie, as well as by open mic performers. Also featuring tunes from honorary Shore Poet and all-time musical whizz, Frank Glynn, this is set to be a not-to-miss evening … So scratch whatever’s in your diary and get on over to the Waverley – further details below!
The When & the Where:
Thursday 28th November 2024
7.15pm – 9pm (doors open 7pm)
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:
REBECCA SHARP
Rebecca Sharp is a poet, playwright and interdisciplinary artist from Glasgow, now based in Fife. Interdisciplinary collaborations have been shortlisted for the Brush & Lyre Prize for Multimedia Poetry and the Scottish Landscape Awards. In 2022-24 she was the inaugural Artist in Residence with the Centre for Energy Ethics, supported by CEE and Creative Scotland. Her debut full-length collection, Long Field Loop, was long-listed for this year’s Saltire Society Poetry Book of the Year Award.
RACHEL PLUMMER
Rachel Plummer is a poet living in Edinburgh. They are a Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Award winner (2016) and have published widely across numerous magazines and journals. Following on from Wain: LGBT reimaginings of Scottish folktales (Emma Press, 2019), their collection aimed at younger readers, Once I Carried Three Crows (Tapsalteerie, 2024) is Rachel’s first full collection for grown-ups. Rachel has two children, three guinea pigs, and entirely too many books.
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!
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