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In the Loop
10 May 2019
As we move towards the end of Deaf Awareness Week 2019, we’re delighted to announce that we shall soon be installing a new, and much improved, hearing loop in the Scottish Poetry Library thanks to assistance provided by the...The Thursday Post: Crossways
18 April 2019
Poet Stewart Sanderson on this year's Crossways festival, the Irish-Scottish Cultural and Literary Festival. The Thursday Post: Pencil Lines
11 April 2019
Joyce Gunn Cairns explains why she was so attracted to drawing poets over three decades, the basis of a new SPL exhibition.The World on our Shelves
10 April 2019
Our new exhibition celebrates the diversity of our collections. We spotlight the works of poets from around the globe.Sarah Howe on Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics Programme
26 March 2019
T.S. Eliot Prizewinner Sarah Howe explains how the Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics programme is changing the face of criticism.Revealed: The line-up for Aye Write’s Best of the Best Scottish Poems event
25 February 2019
Discover who is on the bill for our Aye Write event at the end of March.New Poetry, New Challenges: Digitising the SPL’s Archives
25 February 2019
Nell Widger is currently researching digitization methods for the Library's special collections. Here she blogs about the challenges.Meetup Groups in Edinburgh
21 February 2019
Find out more information about poetry groups that meet outside of the SPLThe Thursday Post: The latest issue of the Poetry Reader is here
14 February 2019
The latest issue of the Poetry Reader has arrived. Find out what delights it contains in our blog.The Thursday Post: Women and the Small Press
7 February 2019
Throughout February and March, the Library is hosting an exhibition, Women and the Small Press, which features items taken from the Library’s small press and pamphlet archive. Learn more in our blog.The Thursday Post: Nora Gomringer
31 January 2019
We’re delighted that Nora Gomringer will be performing at the Library on Saturday, 16 February. Learn more about this fantastic Swiss-German poet in our blog.The Thursday Post: Best of the Best Scottish Poems is Coming
17 January 2019
Next Friday, on Burns Night, we will launch a new online anthology, available to read on our website for free: The Best of the Best Scottish Poems. What’s more, it has been edited by journalist and broadcaster James Naughtie