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Shore Poets SEPTEMBER: Donny O’Rourke, Richie McCaffery, and Martin McIntyre
Welcome back to another season of Shore Poets, everyone! We’re glad to have survived the festivals, and by the time this event rolls around, we’ll have survived the Referendum. (Unless we don’t, in...
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Shore Poets OCTOBER: Brian Johnstone, Ken Cockburn, Lindsay Macgregor, and...
October already! Time for woolly scarves and pumpkin-spice flavoured everything, including – I am not making this up; they exist at Trader Joe’s – pumpkin-spice flavoured pumpkin seeds. Whether...
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Shore Poets bonus events (November)
We had great fun at our October event, and the November event (Sunday 30 November – mark your diaries!) is going to be a cracker – we are, as I believe the young people say, Mixing It Up A Bit. But the...
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Shore Poets JANUARY: Jen Hadfield, Niall Campbell, and Tracey S. Rosenberg
Yes, it’s Burns Night, and to honour The Bard we’ve put together this cracking poetic lineup. SHORE POETS: JANUARY 2015 Sunday 25th January 2015, 7.45 pm to 10.00pm (doors open 7.15pm) Henderson’s at...
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Shore Poets FEBRUARY: James Robertson, Annie Pia, Christine De Luca + Andy...
It’s still pretty dark in the evenings, but we have poetry and music and some really nice little cakes, so do come along to a bumper evening: SHORE POETS: FEBRUARY 2015 Sunday 22nd February 2015, 7.45...
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Looking back, looking forward (MOMA and the Open Night)
Looking back: Sunday’s event was fantastic, and we were so thrilled that Kathleen Jamie was able to read her Mark Ogle Memorial Poem. Here she is with Deborah (who was Mark’s wife) and Jane, one of...
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Shore Poets MARCH: John Glenday, Molly Vogel, Hamish Whyte + Tuesday Rose...
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a clarsach. (Little-known Gaelic proverb.) SHORE POETS: MARCH 2015 Sunday 29th March 2015, 7.45 pm to 10.00pm (doors open 7.15pm) Henderson’s at St John’s,...
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Shore Poets APRIL: Open Night, Claire Askew + musician
SHORE POETS: April 2015 Sunday 26th April 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...
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Shore Poets MAY: Vicki Feaver, Ian McDonough, Harry Giles + Matt Smith and...
SHORE POETS: May 2015 Sunday 31st May 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...
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Shore Poets JUNE: Ron Butlin, Nancy Somerville, Jane McKie, Rachel McCrum +...
SHORE POETS: June 2015 Sunday 28th June 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...
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Looking ahead to the new Shore Poets season
In case you’re wondering what we’ll be up to in 2015-16 – more excellent poetry and music as well as the famous lemon cake raffle. All this will happen in our new location: Henderson’s, 94 Hanover...
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Shore Poets SEPTEMBER: Alexander Hutchison, Angela McSeveney, Jenny Lindsay +...
SHORE POETS: September 2015 Sunday 27th June 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...
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Shore Poets OCTOBER: Liz Berry, Martin MacIntyre, Louise Peterkin + Sheena...
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...
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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...
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Shore Poets NOVEMBER: Tawona Sithole, Hamish Whyte, Flora Sinclair + Tuesday...
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...
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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...
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Callout for performers – the Shore Poets Quiet Slam in January 2016
Last year, we had a Quiet Slam (which looked like this), and we liked it so much we’re doing it again. There will be a proper event blogpost in the new year, but if you want to sign up, here are the...
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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...
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Shore Poets FEBRUARY: Maoilios Caimbeul, Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi Gill +...
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...
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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...
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