Festival 2026

Our Coastal Voices: Collective Works

Organised by North Berwick Coastal Community Connections

Wednesday 4 November 2026, 7-9pm.

The Law Pub upstairs room, North Berwick

This activity is open to the public. Please register in advance.

Absent Friends Week is a national festival of storytelling and remembrance - a space to remember those who are no longer with us and share the stories that keep them present in our lives. This year, Coastal Community Connections explores Legacy Burdens – the expectations, beliefs and behaviours around grief that we inherit from our families, communities and wider culture. These can shape how we think grief should look, what we feel able to express and what we learn to keep hidden. 

Join Our Coastal Voices Community Writing Group as we launch and share a collection of writing, creating through workshops led by award-winning poet and playwright Hannah Lavery, with music from renowned folk musician Ciaran Ryan.

Find out more and book your free place here.