We’re getting things into place! To help you make notes in your diary, here are our upcoming event dates through the end of 2016. We are still at Outhouse on Broughton Street Lane, starting at 7pm (doors open 630pm), but please check back in case there are any changes in the meantime. Sunday 25 September.Continue reading Shore Poets events, 2016-2017
Shore Poets JUNE: Tracey Herd, Ross Donlon, Frank Glynn, Tracey S. Rosenberg + Esther Swift
Our final Shore Poets event of the season! Please come along for what we are unofficially calling The Night Of Two Traceys. (Also a Ross and a Frank, and a musical Esther.) Before we get started, a brief announcement: we have a new mailing list! We will be retiring the old one, which is creakyContinue reading Shore Poets JUNE: Tracey Herd, Ross Donlon, Frank Glynn, Tracey S. Rosenberg + Esther Swift
Shore Poets MAY: Liz Lochhead, Michael Thomas Hough, Ian McDonough + The Madrigal Club
May is here! Cold winds and daffodils. Sunday 29th May 2016 7pm (doors open 630pm) Oh! Outhouse, 12a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY Admission: £5 (concessions £3) Please be there in plenty of time to get a seat. Unfortunately, fire regulations mean we have to turn people away if the room becomes overcrowded. MAINContinue reading Shore Poets MAY: Liz Lochhead, Michael Thomas Hough, Ian McDonough + The Madrigal Club
Shore Poets APRIL: Open Night, Claire Askew + Arlen
It’s the return of our open night! Sunday 24th April 2016 7pm (doors open 630pm) Oh! Outhouse, 12a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY Admission: £5 (concessions £3) OPEN NIGHT This is when we open the stage to local (and not-so-local) poets. Our list is currently full, but you can check with us on theContinue reading Shore Poets APRIL: Open Night, Claire Askew + Arlen
Shore Poets MARCH: Jackie Kay, Ciara MacLaverty, Christine de Luca, Jane McKie + Gladstone’s Bag
Sorry for the delayed post! We’re happy to announce our March lineup. (Oh, and by the way, we are well aware that something is screwy with the font sizing on this blog. It involves something called “CSS”. This does not stand for Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, sadly. We’ll fix it as soon as we are in the sameContinue reading Shore Poets MARCH: Jackie Kay, Ciara MacLaverty, Christine de Luca, Jane McKie + Gladstone’s Bag
Shore Poets UPCOMING
The webmaster is still recovering from her post-StAnza poetry hangover, sorry! Full March entry to go up within the next few days. If you’d like to mark your diaries, here are the dates for the final Shore Poets events of the season (all poets subject to change – well, poets do need to change or we stagnateContinue reading Shore Poets UPCOMING
Shore Poets FEBRUARY: Maoilios Caimbeul, Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi Gill + Poetics (the Edinburgh Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra) + Vicki Feaver and MOMA!
Whew! We’re breathless just from reading that header, because we have a bumper Shore Poets night coming up at the end of February. First, the basic details: Sunday 28th February 2016 7pm (doors open 630pm) Oh! Outhouse, 12a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY Admission: £5 (concessions £3) Our first event in this venue wasContinue reading Shore Poets FEBRUARY: Maoilios Caimbeul, Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi Gill + Poetics (the Edinburgh Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra) + Vicki Feaver and MOMA!
Shore Poets JANUARY: The Quiet Slam! + Mother Superior and the Wherewithals
Sunday 31st January 2016 7pm (doors open 630pm) Oh! Outhouse, 12a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY Admission: £5 (concessions £3) NEW TIME AND NEW LOCATION We’re starting at 7pm, which we hope will make life easier for those who travel long distances to join us and those who wish not to go home veryContinue reading Shore Poets JANUARY: The Quiet Slam! + Mother Superior and the Wherewithals
Sad news
All of us at Shore Poets were extremely sorry to learn about the death of Alexander (Sandy) Hutchison last month, peacefully, after a short illness. Sandy was Tessa Ransford’s son-in-law, so it is likely that Tessa’s memorial service on 7 December will also remember him. (The details are below.) We were very honoured to haveContinue reading Sad news
Shore Poets NOVEMBER: Tawona Sithole, Hamish Whyte, Flora Sinclair + Tuesday Rose McDonough
Sunday 29th November 2015 7pm (doors open 630pm) Clouds and Soil, 4 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3JT Admission: £5 (concessions £3) NEW TIME AND NEW LOCATION Our November event is earlier – starting at 7pm, which we hope will make life easier for those who travel long distances to join us and those who wishContinue reading Shore Poets NOVEMBER: Tawona Sithole, Hamish Whyte, Flora Sinclair + Tuesday Rose McDonough
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