Graham Fulton It’s getting mighty cold outside these days, and it’s extremely tempting to stay wrapped up warm inside. But trust us, it’ll be worth venturing out on Sunday 25th November to see the fantastic trio of poets we’ve got lined up! Our headline poet for November is Graham Fulton, the author of dozens ofContinue reading Come along to Shore Poets: November!
Some photos from Shore Poets: October
Our wonderful musician, Kirsty Law. New Poet Andrew C Ferguson Host Christine De Luca Shore Poet Angela McSeveney Headline poet Jim Carruth A fantastic night! Looking forward to the next!
The Shore Poets are now on Twitter!
I’m delighted to announce that the Shore Poets now have a Twitter presence! Our user name is @ShorePoets, and you can find our Twitter feed by clicking here. As you can see from the graphic above, we don’t have many followers yet. If you’re a Twitter user and you’d like to get in touch withContinue reading The Shore Poets are now on Twitter!
Latest event
28 October 2012 Jim Carruth Andrew Ferguson | Angela McSeveney Music: tba Henderson’s at St John’s 3 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2EP 7.45 pm to 10.00 pm bar from 7.15pm Admission £5 / concessions £3 If you would like to receive regular news about our poetry events, send e-mail to: newsletter (at) shorepoets.org.uk Join usContinue reading Latest event
Photos from the anniversary party
Fin Wycherley posted these on her Flickr feed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/finwycherley/
Twenty Years a’Growing (Brian Johnstone)
words from Brian Johnstone, co-founder in 1991 of the Shore poets It’s difficult now to think that there was a time when Shore Poets events only got that old chestnut of an audience – one man, his dog and the poet’s wife! But those times are long gone. When Ros Brackenbury and I founded ShoreContinue reading Twenty Years a’Growing (Brian Johnstone)
Early Days at the Shore Poets
Ah but I was so much older then…I’m younger than that now….
Shore Poets Anniversary CD
At Leith’s Shore Gallery in 1991, Brian Johnstone and Rosalind Brackenbury started a series of poetry readings that has become a landmark in Edinburgh’s cultural landscape. In celebration of the 20th anniversary, the current Shore Poets collective invited group members past and present to record this commemorative CD. Contributors: Shaun Belcher, Rosalind Brackenbury, Ken Cockburn,Continue reading Shore Poets Anniversary CD
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