At this month’s event, we’ll be celebrating some of the most recent arrivals from Leith-based poetry press, Blue Diode. Come and join us for a long tall glass of something cool – and that’s just the poems, people. There’s also a bar! With readings from Marianne MacRae and Tim Craven, plus open mic performances and live music from The Self-Righteous Brothers. For further details, follow the blue- and diode-related emojis below … 🐳💎🔆
The When & the Where:
💙 Thursday 29th May 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:
MARIANNE MACRAE
🐳 Marianne MacRae is an Edinburgh-based writer and artist. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and was the writer in residence at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. She received a Scottish Book Trust New Writers award and won the 2024 Rialto Nature and Place Competition. Recital, published by Blue Diode, is her debut collection 🐳
TIM CRAVEN
✨ Tim Craven is from Stoke-on-Trent and lives in Scotland. He has a poetry MFA from Syracuse University and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, which examined the characterisation of mental illness in Confessional poetry. He received a New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust and an Emerging Writer Award from Cove Park. His debut collection, Good Sons, is published by Blue Diode Press. timcraven.co.uk ✨
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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