Poets & musicians archive 1991– |
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| 2009-2010 |
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| 2008-2009 |
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| 2007-2008 |
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| 2006-2007 |
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| 2005-2006 |
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| 2004-2005 |
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| 2003-2004 |
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guest poet |
featured poet |
Shore Poet |
Music |
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| August 2nd 1991 |
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Brian & Ros meet at reading in Shore Gallery: Idea of Shore Poets
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Shore Gallery, Leith |
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| 1991-1992 |
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| Oct 6th |
Ken Nelson |
Ros Brackenbury |
Brian Johnstone |
John Young |
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| Nov 3rd |
Elizabeth Burns |
Andrew Greig |
Ros Brackenbury & Brian Johnstone |
Jan Wightman |
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| Dec 1st |
Jim Glen |
Jim Crumley |
Mark Ogle |
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| Feb 2nd |
Dante Jack Clegg |
Kathleen Jamie |
Brian Johnstone |
Norman Chalmers |
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| March 1st |
James P Spence |
Gordon Meade |
Ros Brackenbury |
Jan Wightman & Anne Ward |
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Mark joined |
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| April 5th |
Anna Crowe |
Angela McSeveney |
Ros Brackenbury |
Hugh Dailly |
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| April 22nd |
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Shore Poets meet with Andrew Brown of 369 Gallery. Move to 369 gallery
agreed |
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| May 3rd |
Open Reading: Ian McDonough, Dougie Mackenzie etc. |
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Brian Johnstone, Ros Brackenbury |
Hugh Dailly |
369 Gallery |
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| June 7th |
Mark Ogle |
Robert Crawford |
Brian Johnstone |
Peter Thomas |
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| July 5th |
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Dougie McKenzie |
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| 1992-1993 |
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| Aug 2nd |
Deborah Moffat |
Harvey Holton |
Ian McDonough |
Jim Glen |
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| Sept 6th |
Donal McLaughlin |
Hugh MacMillan |
Mark Ogle |
Sandy Semeonoff |
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| Oct 4th |
Jim Glen |
Norman MacCaig |
Mark Ogle |
Jan Wightman & Anne Ward |
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1st anniversary |
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| Nov 1st |
Marianna Lines |
Gordon Meade |
Ros Brackenbury |
Ali Semeonoff banjo duo |
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| Dec 6th |
Nancy Somerville |
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Brian Johnstone |
Rosa Michaelson, Kathleen King & Anne Ward |
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| Feb 7th |
Morelle Smith |
Edwin Morgan |
Mark Ogle |
Hugh Dailly |
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| March 7th |
D E Poole |
Joy Hendry |
Jim Glen |
Jan Swanson duo |
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| April 4th |
James P Spence |
Janet Paisley |
Dougie McKenzie |
Mary McGookin |
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| May 2nd |
Ian McDonough |
Desmond Graham |
Brian Johnstone |
Julian & Sharon Goodacre |
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| June 6th |
(Alan Jackson cancelled) |
Anna Crowe |
Ros Brackenbury |
Ian Stewart band |
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| July 4th |
Wojtek Bochenek |
Dante Jack Clegg |
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Tron Tavern |
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| 1993-1994 |
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| Aug 11th |
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Brian Johnstone, Ros
Brackenbury, Mark Ogle & Jim Glen |
Jan & Anne |
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Shore Poets first out of town reading: Pittenweem Arts Festival |
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| Sept 26th |
Tony MacManus |
Hugh Ouston |
Ian McDonough |
Wendy Stewart |
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Events move to last Sunday in the month |
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| Oct 31st |
Christine De Luca ? |
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Ken? Christine, Jim G join (?) & Stewart becomes president |
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| Nov 28th |
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Liz Lochhead? |
Nancy Somerville |
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| Jan 30th |
Joy Pitman |
Tom Pow |
Brian Johnstone |
Norman Chalmers & friends |
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Ros leaves for USA |
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| Feb 27th |
Ian Stewart |
Kathleen Jamie |
Mark Ogle |
Sandy Semeonoff |
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| March 27th |
Mike Dillon |
Gordon Meade |
Morelle Smith |
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| April 24th |
Ann Gwilt |
Brian McCabe |
Jim Glen |
Tony MacManus |
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| May 29th |
Donal McLaughlin |
John Glenday |
Ian McDonough |
Wendy Stewart & Alan Jones |
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| June 26th |
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Anne Macleod? |
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| 1994-1995 |
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| Oct 9th |
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Various poets included |
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Launch of The Golden Goose Hour -- first Shore Poets anthology |
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| Oct 30th |
Stewart A Paterson |
Robert Crawford |
Christine De Luca |
Julian & Sharon Goodacre |
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| Nov 27th |
Shampa Ray |
Elizabeth Burns |
Ken Cockburn |
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Also Andrew Hennesey reading |
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| Dec 10th |
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Brian Johnstone, Mark Ogle & Ian McDonough |
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Shore Poets second out of town reading at Tulloch Castle, Dingwall |
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| Jan 29th |
Dingwall poets |
Tom Bryan |
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Gerry Cambridge Blues Duo |
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| Jan 31st |
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Brian Johnstone, Christine De Luca & Ian McDonough |
Hugh & friends |
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Shore Poets out of town reading at The Clutha Vaults, Glasgow |
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| Feb 26th |
Hugh McMillan |
Roddy Lumsden |
Christine De Luca |
Shirley Bennet & Stewart McLaren |
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| Mar 26th |
Wojtek Bochenek |
Harvey Holton |
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Shore Thing |
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| Apr 30th |
Matthew Hollis |
Tom Pow (AG cancelled?) |
Ian McDonough |
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Part of Edin Spring Fling programme |
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| May 28th |
Ken Nelson |
Tessa Ransford |
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| June 18th |
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Ian McDonough? Christine De Luca |
Hugh |
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Shore Poets
out of town reading The New Bazaar, Dumfries |
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| July 23th |
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Iain Crichton Smith, W.N. Herbert, Valerie Gillies, Anne
Frater |
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Wendy Stewart, Christine Kydd |
Jacobite night at Café Royal |
The Ghost in the Snow' Commission |
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| 1995-1996 |
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| Aug 11th |
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Christine De Luca & Brian Johnstone |
Hugh Dailly |
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SP at Pittenweem Arts Festival Cave Readings |
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| Aug 12th |
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Mark Ogle & Brian Johnstone |
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SP at Pittenweem Arts Festival Cave Readings |
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| Aug 13th |
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Ken Cockburn & Brian Johnstone |
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SP at Pittenweem Arts Festival Cave Readings |
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| Sept 24th |
Sean Belcher |
Aonghas MacNeacail |
Jim Glen |
Norman Chalmers |
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Nancy Somerville joins |
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| Oct 29th |
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Gerry Cambridge, Jenni Daiches + ? |
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Scottish Cultural Press focus event |
Special Event |
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| Nov |
Cancelled due to lack of venue |
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| Jan (28) |
Brent Hodgson |
Andrew Greig |
Ian McDonough |
Wendy Stewart |
Fruitmarket Gallery |
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| Feb 25th |
Gael Turnbull |
Donny O'Rourke |
Ken Cockburn |
Shanks & Russell |
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| Mar (31) |
Jim C Wilson |
Stewart Conn |
Christine De Luca |
Peter Thomas |
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| Apr (28) |
John Purser |
Gillian Ferguson |
Shaun Belcher |
Auld Alliance |
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| May 2nd |
Special event |
Tom McGrath (at the Filmhouse) 'Birdcalls' Publication |
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Pub 'Birdcalls' ed Ken |
Special event at the Filmhouse |
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| May (26) |
Edin Univ Poetry Society guests |
Valerie Gillies |
None |
Julian & Sharon Goodacre, Jon Redpath |
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| June (30) |
Sandy Craigie |
John Burnside |
Mark Ogle |
Three-piece suite |
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| 1996-1997 |
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| Aug (9) |
SP Grouse on the Fringe |
Christine |
Mark Ogle |
Auld Alliance |
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| Aug (15) |
SP Grouse on the Fringe |
Tom Pow |
Brian Johnstone |
Wendy S & Alan James |
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| Aug (22) |
SP Grouse on the Fringe |
Stewart |
Ian McDonough |
Masatero Tembo & Raymond Kasawaya |
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| Aug (29) |
SP Grouse on the Fringe |
Andrew Greig |
Ken Cockburn |
Three-piece suite |
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| Sept (29) |
Take Five event (All day-5th birthday) |
Kathleen Jamie, Ros Brackenbury, Wojtek Bochenek, Gael
Turnbull, Brian Johnstone |
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Tony McManus, Wendy S, Aaron J & Tim o'L, Shore Thing |
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All read from favourite dead poet. Competition winners ' pamphlet
published on the day, edited by Ken Cockburn |
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| Oct (27) |
Colin Will |
Brian McCabe |
Christine De Luca |
Arthur Timperly |
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| Nov (24) |
Maureen Sangster |
Edwin Morgan |
Nancy Somerville |
Shanks & Russell |
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| Dec (2) |
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James Thin, George Street |
Launch of
'The Ice Horses', second Shore Poets anthology |
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| Jan 22nd |
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Brian Johnstone & Stewart Conn |
Wendy S |
SP at Glasgow Concert Hall |
Celtic Connections |
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| Jan (26) |
Anne Shivas |
Ron Butlin |
Ian McDonough |
The Tartan Gussets |
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| Feb (23) |
David Berry |
Robert Alan Jamieson |
Morelle Smith |
Tim o'Leary & Aaron Jones |
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| Mar (30) |
Gavin Jones |
Janet Paisley |
Ken Cockburn |
Eileen Penman |
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| Apr (27) |
Allan Crosbie |
Douglas Lipton |
Nancy Somerville |
Shabrean |
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| May (25) |
Martin Bates |
Alison Prince |
Stewart Conn |
Mae Shaw |
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| June (29) |
Anna Crowe |
Alan Spence (& Gus Ferguson) |
Jim Glen |
Auld Alliance |
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| 1997-1998 |
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| Aug (20) |
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Brian Johnstone, Christine De Luca, Ken Cockburn, Mark
Ogle, Nancy Somerville, Gavin Jones |
Hugh Dailly & Jim Glen |
Edinburgh International Book Festival event |
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| Sept (28) |
D E Poole |
Helen Lamb |
Mark Ogle |
Stuart Hanratty |
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| Oct (26) |
Jenni Daiches |
Christopher Whyte |
Christine De Luca |
The Birlin Ensemble |
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| Nov (30) |
Mike Dillon |
Kate Clanchy |
Brian Johnstone |
Shirley Bennett, Stewart McLaren & Alec Calder |
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| Jan (25) |
Pat Fox |
George Bruce |
Ian McDonough |
Stairheid Gossip |
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| Feb (22) |
Colin Donati |
Ellie McDonald |
Ken Cockburn |
Hugh Dailly |
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| Mar (22) |
French night |
Jean Ristat & Michel Houellebecq (Gavin Bowd &
Graham Dunstan Martin) |
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Auld Alliance |
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| Apr (26) |
Neil Mochrie |
Roddy Lumsden |
Nancy Somerville |
Northcott, Craddon & Astor |
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| May (31) |
Maureen McNaughton |
Basil du Toit |
Mark Ogle |
Mae Shaw |
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| June (28) |
Open night |
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Jim Glen |
The Tartan Gussets |
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| 1998-1999 |
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| Aug (25) |
2nd Book Festival event |
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Ken Cockburn, Ian McDonough, Christine De Luca, Nancy Somerville |
Hugh Dailly & Jim Glen, Wendy Stewart & Brian |
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| Aug (30) |
Kirkcudbright Arts Festival |
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Ian McDonough, Ken Cockburn, Nancy Somerville |
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| Sept (27) |
John Hudson, Elspeth Brown, Chrys Salt, (Donald Adamson?) |
Douglas Lipton + Solway poets |
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(Reciprocal visit to Kirkcudbright , Arts Festival, 30th Aug) |
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| Oct (25) |
Angus McMillan |
James Aitchison |
Christine De Luca |
Hugh Dailly & Jim Glen |
Canons' Gait |
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| Nov (29) |
Brendan Moohan |
John Glenday |
Brian Johnstone |
Arthur Timperley |
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Launch of website (Peter) |
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| Jan (31) |
Melissa Ross |
Roddy Lumsden |
Ian McDonough |
Tony McManus |
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| Feb (28) |
Dennis O'Donnell |
Pam Wilkie |
Ken Cockburn |
Mary McGookin |
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Mark Ogle died 27/2 |
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| Mar (28) |
Ilyse Kusnetz |
WN Herbert |
readings from Mark Ogle's work |
Òrain |
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| Apr (25) |
Manus McGeechan |
Tracey Herd |
Stewart Conn |
Mae Shaw & Tony Mitchell |
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| May (30) |
Lydia Robb |
Tom Leonard |
Brian Johnstone |
Kibushla |
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| June (27) |
Knotbrook Taylor |
Tessa Ransford |
Nancy Somerville |
Ian Carleton & Bob McLaren |
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| 1999-2000 |
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| Sept |
Andrew Forster |
Valerie Thornton |
Jim Glen |
Christine Kydd |
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| Oct |
Willie Hershaw |
Derick Thomson |
Christine De Luca |
Alison Loudon/Sandy Semeonoff |
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| Nov |
Sheila Templeton |
Don Paterson |
Ian McDonough |
Catmelodeon |
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| Jan |
Paula Jennings |
Dilys Rose |
Nancy Somerville |
Lorraine Jordan & Kate Bevan Baker |
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| Feb |
Julia Prescott |
Gerry Cambridge |
Ken Cockburn |
Tony McManus |
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| Mar |
Lesley Harrison |
Kevin MacNeil |
Mark's collection |
Ian Carelton/Bob McLaren |
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| Apr |
Open mike |
Gael Turnbull |
open mike |
Birlinn |
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| May |
Christine Strikland |
Matthew Fitt |
Allan Crosbie |
Wendy Wetherby |
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| June |
Bashabi Fraser |
Allison Funk |
Brian Johnstone |
Crowdie House |
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Pub of Mark Ogle: 'A Memory of Fields' ed Brian J & Hugh |
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| 2000-2001 |
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| Sept |
Elspeth Murray |
Frank Kuppner |
Jim Glen |
Mae Shaw and Tony Mitchell |
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| Oct (29) |
Andrew Neilson |
Diana Hendry |
Allan Crosbie |
Three-piece Suite |
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| Nov (26) |
Andy Philip |
Jim McGonigal |
Brian Johnstone |
Lynn o'Hare, Jayne Wilding, Mike McGuinness |
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| Jan |
John Murray |
Meg Bateman |
Gael Turnbull |
Ken Kelly |
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| Feb (25) |
Irfan Merchant |
Richard Price |
Christine De Luca |
Arthur Timperley |
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| Mar (25) |
Alan Gay |
Alan Riach |
Nancy Somerville |
Eileen Penman |
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| Apr (29) |
Open Night |
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Ken Cockburn |
Shore Thing |
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| May (27) |
Nalini Paul |
Sandy Hutchison |
Stewart Conn |
Colin Donati |
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| June (24) |
David Hopkins |
Gerry Loose |
Ian McDonough |
Stan & Alison Reeves |
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| 2001-2002 |
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| August (Sat 25) |
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Allan Crosbie, Ian McDonough, Nancy Somerville, Gael Turnbull |
Hugh Dailly & Jim Glen |
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10th Anniversary event at Edinburgh Book Festival |
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| Oct (05) |
Shore Poets at StAnza |
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Ken Cockburn, Nancy Somerville, Jim Glen |
Hugh Dailly & Jim Glen |
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| Oct (07) |
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SPL |
Book launch: 'Such Strange Joy', third Shore Poets anthology |
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| Oct (28) |
Andy McNeill |
Angus Peter Campbell |
Allan Crosbie |
Sarah Northcott & Matt Smith |
SPL |
Canons' Gait flood |
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| Nov (25) |
Colin Donati |
Gerrie Fellows |
Paula Jennings |
Ben Young |
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| Jan (27) |
Helena Nelson |
Vicki Feaver |
Ken Cockburn |
Mae Shaw and Tony Mitchell |
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| Feb (24) |
Jen Hatfield |
Anne Macleod |
Brian Johnstone |
Frantically Keen |
Ryries Bar |
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| Mar (31) |
Jayne Wilding |
Eleanor Brown |
Jim Glen |
Colin Donati |
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| Apr (28) |
Alice Mitchell |
Robin Robertson |
Christine De Luca |
Mary McGookin |
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| May (26) |
(Kettilonia night) |
Angus Calder & James Robertson |
Ian McDonough |
Stan & Alison Reeves |
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| June (30) |
Kevin Cadwallender |
David Kinloch |
Gael Turnbull |
Richard Dawson |
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| 2002-2003 |
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| Sept (29) |
Lyn Moir |
Alastair Reid |
Stewart Conn |
The Jean Watt Band |
Canons' Gait |
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| Oct (27) |
Laurna Robertson |
Suhayl Saadi |
Andrew Philip |
Colin Donati |
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| Nov (24) |
Open night |
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Allan Crosbie |
Ben Young |
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| Jan (26) |
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Douglas Dunn |
Diana Hendry |
Bob McLaren & Ruari Wilson |
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| Feb (23) |
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Janet Paisley |
Paula Jennings |
Eileen Penman |
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| Mar (30) |
Edinburgh Review Night |
Paul Grattan, Angela McSeveney |
Brian Johnstone |
Stan & Alison Reeves |
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| Apr (20) |
Galoshen Event (Ceilidh Culture) |
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Gael Turnbull and Jim C Wilson |
Dave Francis & Mairi Campbell |
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| Apr (27) |
Chris Powici |
Kathleen Jamie |
Christine De Luca |
Stan & Alison Reeves |
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| May (25) |
Dawn Wood |
Bill Duncan |
Nancy Somerville |
Gifford Lind |
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| June (29) |
Houra Qadir |
George Gunn |
Ian McDonough |
Sarah Northcott & Matt Smith |
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