Remembering Brian Johnstone

The Scottish Poetry Library is sad to learn of the death of Brian Johnstone, poet and friend of the SPL.

Care Experienced History Month

We mark Care Experienced History Month with poems written to mark it.

Become a Poetry Ambassador for the SPL

The SPL invites expressions of interest for this year's cohort of our Poetry Ambassadors programme.

Return to Form

Interested in exploring poetic form? Check out the recent Return to Form project from I Am Loud Productions!

SPL AGM 2020: OUTCOMES

Outcomes of the recent SPL AGM.

A Tour of the Scottish Poetry Library in Gaelic

We've recorded a tour of the Library for our Gaelic-speaking audiences. Features Alison Lang, Dolina MacLennan, Martin MacIntyre and Marcas Mac an Tuairneir.

Giving Sorrow Words – and Sound

Poets Larry Butler and former Edinburgh Makar Valerie Gillies read poems about grief as part of a special podcast.

Online vs In-person Literature Events

Can you help a student working with us on the subject of 'Online vs In-person Literature Events'?

Pass the Mic

Hosted by Vic Galloway. Pass the Mic is a virtual ceilidh - a joyous, collective provoking first foot for 2021. Join us for an hour of music and poetry.

Burns Week

Earlier this week, we shared via social media three videos featuring readings of Robert Burns' poetry. We've collected them in one place.

Sheena Blackhall and James Robertson read children’s poems in Scots

We invited James Robertson and Sheena Blackhall, two of Scotland’s leading proponents of Scots language, to select and share their favourite children’s poems that they think young people and teachers would enjoy as much as they do.

Joy Hendry wins SPL’s inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Poetry in Scotland Award

The Scottish Poetry Library is launching a new literary prize, a biennial Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Poetry award. The first winner is Joy Hendry, the editor of influential magazine Chapman and a poet in her own right.