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Edwin Morgan's life in the margins
Author and journalist Peter Ross explores the 13,500-book library of Edwin Morgan, now held at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. Through Morgan’s annotations, clippings and reading diaries, Ross traces a life lived in and through books.
Wild Writing: Early Bird discount on now
How will you start 2027? Why not let loose your inner writer with our popular Wild Writing sessions. Now on sale in-person on Tuesdays and Thursdays or online on Sundays. 10% Early Bird discount until 23/11.
Nothing But The Poem - Cheryl Follon
An SPL podcast - hosted as usual by Samuel Tongue - goes under the bonnet of two intriguing Cheryl Follon poems.
Dympna Bursary awarded to Cat Cochrane
Cat Cochrane is the recipient of this years Dymphna Bursary. Cat is a writer, journalist and performance poet from Glasgow.
NEW exhibition at the SPL
Rarely seen due to their unusual or fragile formats, our archive contains a collection of Edwin Morgan's work from vibrant poster poems and surrealist collages to concrete poetry, cut-ups and sonic permutations. On display for a limited time.
Saltires Poetry Award 2026 shortlist
Browse some of this year's shortlisted poetry books in our shop.
The TS Eliot Prize 2026 shortlist
The shortlist is out. Browse all 10 titles in our online shop.
Selina Tusitala Marsh & Peter Mackay
While in Scotland Selina recorded a podcast at the Scottish Poetry Library with Scottish Makar, Peter Mackay. She brought her official hand-carved New Zealand Laureate tokotoko stick with her, which accompanies her at all her public events!
Rannan Chloinne
The children's poems that have been written for Rannan Chloinne will delight their young readers. In these verses you will find a range of subjects & sentiments – some frivolous, some that will lift your spirits & others that will give you pause, all of them in eloquent Gaelic.
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There they are, widows of the professoriate
Tied to their frail routines, but not unfree
Wheeling their shopping zimmers on Market Street;
And octogenarian still-cycling emeriti
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