North Bridge: Where We Travelled Book Launch Celebration

Join us for a fun evening as we celebrate the launch of North Bridge: Where We Travelled!

North Bridge: Where We Travelled is a new anthology of fiction, nonfiction & poetry from 22 Edinburgh writers.

In our innovative, multi-genre anthology, we have... historical, speculative (sci-fi, fantasy) & contemporary fiction, poetry in Scots & English, memoir, a script and a game! All inspired by the iconic North Bridge – a vital artery of Edinburgh since 1763 – and it’s reach beyond.

Reader line-up: ​Sandy Bennett-Haber, ​​Zain Rishi​, ​​​Sonny, ​Catherine Wilson Garry, ​ABS, ​​​Lesa Ng, ​​Elspeth Wilson​, ​​​​Rachel Gorry​, Nazaret Ranea​, ​Leilani Taneus-Miller​; and our host for the evening is local poet & the book's editor, Jeda Pearl...

This was a limited print run in colour - we have the last remaining copies available at our book launch, so buy a copy with your event ticket to secure your copy. Copies are also available at some local indie bookshops, in Edinburgh libraries, at high school libraries, and as an ebook.

The book and event are suitable for adults and young adults. Parental guidance for under 14yrs. 

Tickets include tea & cake! And go towards covering reader fees and access needs. Prices are £2.75, or £10 (the price of the book).

We have a limited number of free tickets available for people who need them - no questions asked, simply email: jeda@jedapearl.com as soon as possible.

Access

• Format:
  • In-person event.
  • Readers will be reading their pieces from the book and Jeda will be sharing details about the project, followed by book signing.
  • Some contributors will have pamphlets and artworks for sale.
• Venue is wheelchair accessible - more info (new tab). 
• You may wear a mask and masks will be available.
• We do not have the tech for live in-person captions, but might be able to provide a note-taker.
• Hybrid unavailable but we'll have an online event another month. 
• Some captioned recordings shared afterwards TBC.
• Please add your access requirements during booking.

About the book

North Bridge: Where We Travelled navigates North Bridge as connector, communicator, or passageway, has works that criticise the bridge's links with colonialism, empire and industry; celebrate the bridge and the city; speculate on life in Auld Reekie (and alternate realities); or tell it how it is, as a woman, worker, visitor, or homeless person. Humanity, nonhuman experience, and emotional inner lives are explored from many angles.

Contributors include: ABS, Brynn P, Catherine Wilson Garry, Elspeth Wilson, Ema Smekalová, Jay Garfield Oliver, Jeda Pearl, Kate Wilkinson, Leilani Taneus-Miller, Lesa Ng, Margherita Still, Maria Conte, Nazaret Ranea, Rachel Gorry, Rachel McBrinn, Sandy Bennett-Haber, Sonny, Tamzin McDonald, Toni De Luca, Zain Rishi. 

This book is the culmination of a community project called Bridging Time, part of the North Bridge Refurbishment Arts Legacy and Community Benefits Programme and ‘If this bridge could talk: past, present, future’, supported by the City of Edinburgh Council. Partners include Balfour Beatty, Invisible Cities, The Crannie and Southside Community Centre. Contributors participated in free writing workshops and developmental editing, led by Jeda Pearl. Find out more (new tab).