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

1 December 2020
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.
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Scottish Poetry Library welcomes raft of poets into its Online Guide

30 November 2020
To mark St Andrews Day, the Scottish Poetry Library is adding 14 new names to its Online Guide to Scottish Poets, improving its representation of poets writing in Scots and Gaelic.
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Inside the Scottish Poetry Library: The Movie

20 November 2020
Hosted by Saltire Prize-winning poet Janette Ayachi, our new film takes you by the hand as we stop off to look at the SPL's history – and to consider its future.
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Giving Sorrow Words

23 October 2020
Lapidus Scotland in association with the Scottish Poetry Library is running Giving Sorrow Words: Creative Words for Health & Wellbeing, a series of three short writing sessions led by Lapidus Scotland facilitators Valerie Gillies, the former Edinburgh Makar, and...
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Vision On with John Hegley, Padraig Mac Aoidh and more

8 October 2020
This year's National Poetry Day's theme was 'vision', and in that spirit we're presenting in one handy blog all the films we commissioned or were involved in to mark NPD.
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Edwin and Me

28 September 2020
We're delighted to share a short extract from Hamish Whyte's memoir of his friendship with Edwin Morgan, Morgan & Me.
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National Poetry Day 2020 at the SPL

24 September 2020
National Poetry Day will take place next week on Thursday 1 October. From next Thursday onwards, from 10am, you'll be able to watch a film we made with the irrepressible John Hegley.
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Bàrd, File, Bardd

22 September 2020
The literary and arts organisations Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Scottish Poetry Library and Literature Wales have launched a new digital poetry collaboration Bàrd, File, Bardd.
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The Curious Tale of Nan Shepherd’s Christmas Card

28 August 2020
How we came to discover a handwritten letter by Nan Shepherd in a book donated to the SPL.
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Poetry in Quarantine #11

21 August 2020
Our blog bringing you news of and links to an array of interesting things we’ve found online, from actors reading poems to online courses to virtual festivals.
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Geopoetics 2020

18 August 2020
On Thursday, 1 October, Geopoetry 2020 will bring together poets and geoscientists to discuss how, in an era of climate change, their disciplines can influence each other. Headlined by John Hegley, the free event also features Yvonne Reddick, Norrie...
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Translating oranges at midnight: Guest-edited Reviews for the SPL by Suzannah V. Evans

18 August 2020
A collection of reviews of recent poetry titles commissioned to appear in The Compass before the magazine folded. Suzannah V. Evans introduces the reviews.
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