Kathleen Jamie on ‘How to write a poem for a report’ (Spoiler: Contains brand new poem by our Makar!)

Artists are the bottom of the heap. So when you’ve got a chance , three minutes in the room with them, you’ve got to make the point that artists are often forgotten about,...

Utøya Thereafter

Over the space of four and a half years, and through the pandemic, Norwegian poet Endre Ruset has been working with UK poet Harry Man to write poems in memory of those who were killed during the tragic events...

Seamus Heaney and the Art Speech of Robert Burns

SPL Comms Manager Kevin Williamson on Heaney on Burns.

Poetry Unravelled

What do Keanu Reeves, John Lennon, Cher and Kiera Knightley have in common? Read on to find out.

Push the Boat Out poetry festival 2022

Diverse, eclectic, entertaining and challenging - contemporary poetry is in pretty great shape. Push the Boat Out is a cross-genre explosion of poetry, hip hop, and spoken word; the point where artforms from spoken word, live music, hip hop,...

Dublin to Edinburgh poetry exchange

Watch Irish and Scottish young people perform poems they wrote together during a week-long exchange workshop.

Happy 1st birthday Kathleen Jamie

A short film of Kathleen Jamie reflecting on her first year as Makar.

William Neill

We are marking a hundred years since the birth of he poet William Neill, with a special display, including a selection of items from our collection.

Donnchadh Bàn @ 300 / Duncan Ban @ 300

A stellar line-up of Gaelic poets join us to celebrate the anniversary of Duncan Ban MacIntyre.

Scottish Parliament oak to become final Glasgow 2026 poem-baton

The timber will then be turned into a baton, incorporating the completed poem.