The March 25 Shore Poets is definitely One Not To Miss, folks: get it in your diaries & make sure you’ve no clashes or you’ll be outright, downright, proper fully raging with yourselves! With readings from the fantabulous Susannah Dickey and Joey Connolly, both with us all the way from That There London, plus open mic performances and live music from Steve Palmer. Further details below – but yez know the wha yez need to know, aye? Be there, or be pure gubbed with it that you’re not ✨🎊💖
The When & the Where:
Thursday 27th March 2025
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 opportunity to buy a book from one of our readers.
The Readers:
SUSANNAH DICKEY
Susannah Dickey is a writer from Derry. Her debut collection of poetry, ISDAL (Picador, 2023), was the winner of the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the John Pollard Prize, and was a book of the year in the Irish Times and the Guardian. Her third novel, to pieces, will be published in April 2026 by Bloomsbury.
JOEY CONNOLLY
Joey Connolly grew up in Sheffield and now works in London as Director of Faber Academy. His first collection of poems, Long Pass, was published by Carcanet in 2017, and was followed by The Recycling (a Telegraph book of the year) in May 2023. He received an Eric Gregory Award in 2012.
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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