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Poetry on Lockdown: Brecht’s ‘When the times darken’
31 March 2020
As part of our blog series where Library staff reflect upon poems chosen from our website, we look at Brecht's 'When the times darken'.Poetry in Quarantine #1
27 March 2020
In this new weekly blog, we hope to bring you news of and links to an array of interesting things we’ve found onlineFrom the Front Lines: Alan Spence
26 March 2020
Today, we begin a new series of blogs written by poets about what they have been doing since the lockdown began.Poetry on Lockdown: Alec Finlay on Tom Leonard’s ‘June the Second’
24 March 2020
Today, we're starting a new blog series in which writers and Library staff reflect upon poems chosen from our website. The Library and Coronavirus
17 March 2020
We’re putting into place a number of changes designed to protect visitors and staff. Jules Bradbury on of wild kin
24 February 2020
Jules Bradbury's exhibition of wild kin opens on Thursday 12th March 2020. Ahead of the exhibition, Bradbury blogs for us about it.The Thursday Post: The Poetry Reader returns
13 February 2020
It’s that time of year again when the latest issue of our newsletter the Poetry Reader appears. But what's in it?A Tribute to Roddy Lumsden
31 January 2020
Scottish poets are coming to the SPL in March to honour Roddy Lumsden. Learn more in our blog.Have your Say on National Development of Creative Words for Wellbeing Services in Scotland
22 January 2020
The Scottish Poetry Library and Lapidus Scotland, supported by the Scottish Library and Information Council, warmly invite you to a Roundtable.Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2020: Judges Announcement
21 January 2020
We are pleased to announce the names of 2020’s Edwin Morgan Poetry Award: John Glenday and Kathleen Jamie.Spring Into Events 2020
9 January 2020
This spring, we have a smorgasbord of poetry events featuring, to name but a few, John Burnside, Vahni Capildeo, Imtiaz Dharker, Denise Riley and Aonghas MacNeacail.‘I have another enquiry’: Behind the scenes of the SPL enquiry service
18 December 2019
We're often asked to track down a poem that users can only recall a few lines of. How do our librarians do it? Here, they tell all.