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The Thursday Post: Kokedama

5 May 2016
Image: Kokedama Olea europaea by La Florida studio, under a Creative Commons licence
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The Thursday Post: A Year, and an Hour, in Beadnell

14 April 2016
Image: 20120106-OC-AMW-0645 by U.S. Department of Agriculture, under a Creative Commons licence
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The Thursday Post: My Life in Poetry with Agnes Török

11 February 2016
Poet Agnes Torok is coming to the SPL (on Thursday 18 February, 6.30pm, as part of the Edinburgh Student Arts Festival) to tell us the story of her life through her favourite poems. She is a spoken word performer and TED speaker...
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The Thursday Post: The Invisible Web – highlights of the SPL spring events programme 2016

28 January 2016
Image: taken from the website of PYRUS (http://pyrusflowers.co.uk/) ‘Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.’ Dalai Lama XIV
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The Thursday Post: CAESURA

6 May 2015
A four-pronged attack marks the opening of the sixth European Literature Night in Edinburgh on 14 May 2015. CAESURA is one of these prongs. Three other free events take place across the city, all starting at 6pm:
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The Thursday Post: Aye Write

15 April 2015
We’re all very excited about Aye Write kicking off in Glasgow tomorrow, Friday 17th. There are so many great poetry events taking place during the festival. Not the least of which is the Scottish Poetry Library’s own event, a...
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The Thursday Post: A Good Cause

2 April 2015
Carry a Poem: Poets for Haiti by Chris Scott, under a Creative Commons licence
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The Thursday Post: StAnza

5 March 2015
It’s that time of year again. The birds are singing, the buds are blooming, there’s even a little bit of sunshine here and there. No, I’m not talking about spring. StAnza is here!
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The Thursday Post: Confessions of a poetry critic

27 February 2015
Writers Block (8) by Jonno Witts, under a Creative Commons licence
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The Thursday Post: Delicious Spring Poetry Events

29 January 2015
Image (c) The Herald and Times Group
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