diff --git a/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts b/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
index c1dc14b..15d77e1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
@@ -155,3 +155,29 @@ describe('dict literals', () => {
   c=3]`).toEvaluateTo({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 })
   })
 })
+
+describe('curly strings', () => {
+  test('work on one line', () => {
+    expect('{ one two three }').toEvaluateTo(" one two three ")
+  })
+
+  test('work on multiple lines', () => {
+    expect(`{
+      one
+      two
+      three
+    }`).toEvaluateTo("\n      one\n      two\n      three\n    ")
+  })
+
+  test('can contain other curlies', () => {
+    expect(`{
+      { one }
+      two
+      { three }
+    }`).toEvaluateTo("\n      { one }\n      two\n      { three }\n    ")
+  })
+
+  test("don't interpolate", () => {
+    expect(`{ sum is $(a + b)! }`).toEvaluateTo(` sum is $(a + b)! `)
+  })
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/parser/shrimp.grammar b/src/parser/shrimp.grammar
index e9bc2ec..6221c2e 100644
--- a/src/parser/shrimp.grammar
+++ b/src/parser/shrimp.grammar
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ finally { @specialize[@name=keyword]<Identifier, "finally"> }
 throw { @specialize[@name=keyword]<Identifier, "throw"> }
 null { @specialize[@name=Null]<Identifier, "null"> }
 
-@external tokens tokenizer from "./tokenizer" { Identifier, AssignableIdentifier, Word, IdentifierBeforeDot }
+@external tokens tokenizer from "./tokenizer" { Identifier, AssignableIdentifier, Word, IdentifierBeforeDot, curlyString }
 @external specialize {Identifier} specializeKeyword from "./tokenizer" { Do }
 
 @precedence {
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ expression {
     IdentifierBeforeDot dot (Number | Identifier | ParenExpr)
   }
 
-  String { "'" stringContent* "'" }
+  String { 
+    "'" stringContent* "'" | curlyString
+  }
 }
 
 stringContent {
diff --git a/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts b/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts
index 716ef1c..3b5dc00 100644
--- a/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts
+++ b/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const
   AssignableIdentifier = 21,
   Word = 22,
   IdentifierBeforeDot = 23,
+  curlyString = 85,
   Do = 24,
   Comment = 25,
   Program = 26,
diff --git a/src/parser/shrimp.ts b/src/parser/shrimp.ts
index afd774f..3960f20 100644
--- a/src/parser/shrimp.ts
+++ b/src/parser/shrimp.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import {highlighting} from "./highlight"
 const spec_Identifier = {__proto__:null,if:66, null:94, catch:100, finally:106, end:108, else:116, while:130, try:136, throw:140}
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   propSources: [highlighting],
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+  tokenizers: [operatorTokenizer, 1, 2, 3, tokenizer, new LocalTokenGroup("[~RP!O!PU~ZO!}~~", 11)],
   topRules: {"Program":[0,26]},
   specialized: [{term: 20, get: (value: any, stack: any) => (specializeKeyword(value, stack) << 1), external: specializeKeyword},{term: 20, get: (value: keyof typeof spec_Identifier) => spec_Identifier[value] || -1}],
-  tokenPrec: 1634
+  tokenPrec: 1658
 })
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/strings.test.ts b/src/parser/tests/strings.test.ts
index 3f78f56..288315b 100644
--- a/src/parser/tests/strings.test.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tests/strings.test.ts
@@ -127,3 +127,31 @@ describe('string escape sequences', () => {
     `)
   })
 })
+
+describe('curly strings', () => {
+  test('work on one line', () => {
+    expect('{ one two three }').toMatchTree(`
+      String  one two three 
+    `)
+  })
+
+  test('work on multiple lines', () => {
+    expect(`{ 
+      one
+      two
+      three }`).toMatchTree(`
+    String  
+          one
+          two
+          three `)
+  })
+
+  test('can contain other curlies', () => {
+    expect(`{ { one }
+      two
+      { three } }`).toMatchTree(`
+    String  { one }
+          two
+          { three } `)
+  })
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/parser/tokenizer.ts b/src/parser/tokenizer.ts
index cbaac67..e6b6971 100644
--- a/src/parser/tokenizer.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tokenizer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ExternalTokenizer, InputStream, Stack } from '@lezer/lr'
-import { Identifier, AssignableIdentifier, Word, IdentifierBeforeDot, Do } from './shrimp.terms'
+import { Identifier, AssignableIdentifier, Word, IdentifierBeforeDot, Do, curlyString } from './shrimp.terms'
 
 // doobie doobie do (we need the `do` keyword to know when we're defining params)
 export function specializeKeyword(ident: string) {
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ export const setGlobals = (newGlobals: string[]) => {
 export const tokenizer = new ExternalTokenizer(
   (input: InputStream, stack: Stack) => {
     const ch = getFullCodePoint(input, 0)
+
+    // Handle curly strings
+    if (ch === 123) { // {
+      return consumeCurlyString(input, stack)
+    }
+
     if (!isWordChar(ch)) return
 
     // Don't consume things that start with digits - let Number token handle it
@@ -151,6 +157,31 @@ const consumeRestOfWord = (input: InputStream, startPos: number, canBeWord: bool
   return pos
 }
 
+const consumeCurlyString = (input: InputStream, stack: Stack) => {
+  if (!stack.canShift(curlyString)) return
+
+  let depth = 0
+  let pos = 0
+
+  while (true) {
+    const ch = input.peek(pos)
+    if (ch < 0) return // EOF - invalid
+
+    if (ch === 123) depth++ // {
+    else if (ch === 125) { // }
+      depth--
+      if (depth === 0) {
+        pos++ // consume final }
+        break
+      }
+    }
+
+    pos++
+  }
+
+  input.acceptToken(curlyString, pos)
+}
+
 // Check if this identifier is in scope (for property access detection)
 // Returns IdentifierBeforeDot token if in scope, null otherwise
 const checkForDotGet = (input: InputStream, stack: Stack, pos: number): number | null => {