Gerda Stevenson pays tribute to Margaret Tait at 100
9 November 2018
To mark Margaret Tait's centenary this weekend, Gerda Stevenson reads three poems by Tait.Charles Hamilton Sorley: It is Easy to be Dead
23 October 2018
As a new production of a play about the Scottish war poet Charles Hamilton Sorley is staged, our latest blog takes a look at it and Neu! Reekie's involvement.The Thursday Post: Tony Harrison Film Poem Season
18 October 2018
One of the UK’s leading poets and dramatists Tony Harrison comes to Edinburgh ahead of a season of his rarely shown ‘film poems’ at Edinburgh Filmhouse. We have all the details in our latest blog.The Thursday Post: The Poetry Reader
12 October 2018
It’s here! The latest issue of our bi-annual newsletter the Poetry Reader has arrived in the Library. Issue number 23 is chock-a-block with news of our projects, interviews with poets and, of course, a poem or two. It’s free and can be picked...The Thursday Post: Welcome to Fright Night
11 October 2018
Halloween’s coming! Where better to celebrate it than at the Scottish Poetry Library? Our latest blog fills you in on the party we're holding on 31 October - and you're invited!The Thursday Post: Watch This Space
4 October 2018
Today, on National Poetry Day 2018, a ceremony took place to mark the tenth anniversary of the dedication of St Andrew Square as Edinburgh’s poetry garden, a city centre space for public enjoyment and quiet reflection. We recorded a...The Thursday Post on NPD: Dr Wha materialises
27 September 2018
With Jodie Whittaker, the first woman actor taking on the title role in its 55-year history, change is very much in the air – which chimes very nicely with National Poetry Day’s theme for 2018, which just happens to...The Thursday Post for NPD: Changing Room Poetry
20 September 2018
When we discovered that the theme for National Poetry Day 2018 is 'change', we came up with some ideas how to mark it. Find out how they came together in our 'transparent' new blog.The Thursday Post: Cyrano in Glasgow
30 August 2018
This autumn, Edwin Morgan’s wickedly funny translation of Cyrano de Bergerac will be revived in a new co-production by National Theatre of Scotland, Citizens Theatre and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.
speak / volumes
6 July 2018
From today, the Scottish Poetry Library hosts speak / volumes an exhibition of work by poet and artist’s book maker Heather Yeung. Yeung is an academic at the University of Dundee, and a fellow of the Centre for Poetic Innovation. Yeung’s...
The Thursday Post: The Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2018 shortlist revealed
25 June 2018
The Edwin Morgan Trust and the Scottish Poetry Library are delighted to announce the poets shortlisted for the 2018 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. In alphabetical order: Tom Docherty Nadine Aisha Jassat Daisy Lafarge Peter Ratter Roseanne Watt With a prize...
The Thursday Post: Fringe Phenomenon
14 June 2018
The SPL has flirted with the Festival before. We’ve taken part in events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The School of Poets have long held al fresco readings at the Library during August, which poets up for the...