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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.Poetry and Mindfulness
12 December 2019
This page collects together the Scottish Poetry Library's resources dedicated to mindfulness, wellbeing and bibliotherapy.‘Mind’ Your Language: Mindfulness and Poetry
12 December 2019
Mindfulness Meditation practitioner Colin McGuire explains how his SPL sessions can help with your writing.Opportunities
5 December 2019
Job Opportunity: Head Librarian (fixed-term to 31 March 2022) Salary: £27,500 per annum Closing date for expressions of interest: 12 noon, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 Interviews dates: Monday, 17 February 2020 The Scottish Poetry Library is seeking a motivated...365: Stories and Music
5 December 2019
We're hosting a sound installation based on James Robertson and Aidan O’Rourke's 365: Stories and Music Project.The Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2020
20 November 2019
The 2020 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award is now accepting entries from young Scottish poets or poets living in Scotland. Happy Birthday, National Lottery
19 November 2019
The SPL gives thanks for the Lottery grant that gave us a new home with a specially commissioned poem by Roseanne Watt.Rachel Plummer Wins Mach 1 Poetry Commission
14 November 2019
Rachel Plummer is the winner of its poetry commission in celebration of the creation of Mach 1 – its iconic marketing suite designed by award-winning artist David Mach.Best Scottish Poems 2019
7 November 2019
We are delighted to announce that the editor of Best Scottish Poems 2019 is Roseanne Watt. A classroom activity inspired by a visit to the Scottish Poetry Library
6 November 2019
Jennie Gill, an infant teacher from Derbyshire, blogs about how a visit to the SPL gave her the inspiration to teach poetry to her kids in a new way.