Next Thursday 24th, Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery plays host to an evening celebration all about water.

The wonderful Shetland poet Jen Hadfield will be reading a selection of work, keeping in with the theme of Tania Kovat’s oceans exhibition, and water sommelier Ericka Duffy will be be giving attendees a flavour of different mineral waters from around the world.

It starts at 6.30pm and to book your place contact bookshop@fruitmarket.co.uk or call 0131 226 8181. Tickets cost £5 (£4 conc.), free for water collectors for All The Sea. Refreshments are included. The event is supported by The Scottish Book Trust Live Literature Fund.

Jen Hadfield was recently on Radio 4 via Shetland, with Paul Farley, reading some of her new poems. Listen to her here