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
Shore Poets OCTOBER: update, and events to the end of the year
So much information to pass on that it all deserved a separate blogpost. Below, you’ll find information about the memorial event for Tessa Ransford. We also regret the recent passing of Elizabeth Burns; as she was awarded the Mark Ogle Memorial Award in 2009, we will be incorporating a memorial for her in the MOMAContinue reading Shore Poets OCTOBER: update, and events to the end of the year
Shore Poets OCTOBER: Liz Berry, Martin MacIntyre, Louise Peterkin + Sheena Jardine
SHORE POETS: October 2015 Sunday 25th October 2015, 7.45 pm to 10.00pm (doors open 7.15pm) Henderson’s at St John’s, St John’s Church, corner of Lothian Road and Princes Street, Edinburgh Admission: £5 (concessions £3) DON’T FORGET THE CLOCKS GO BACK THIS WEEKEND. Obviously all our fancy gadgets tell us this, but just in case youContinue reading Shore Poets OCTOBER: Liz Berry, Martin MacIntyre, Louise Peterkin + Sheena Jardine
Shore Poets SEPTEMBER: Alexander Hutchison, Angela McSeveney, Jenny Lindsay + Familia
SHORE POETS: September 2015 Sunday 27th September 2015, 7.45 pm to 10.00pm (doors open 7.15pm) Henderson’s at St John’s, St John’s Church, corner of Lothian Road and Princes Street, Edinburgh Admission: £5 (concessions £3) NB we thought we would be in a new venue this month, but as it happens, we’re not moving just yet!Continue reading Shore Poets SEPTEMBER: Alexander Hutchison, Angela McSeveney, Jenny Lindsay + Familia
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