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: National Poetry Day 2017
31 August 2017
Freedom! What does that word mean to you? National Poetry Day (Thursday, 28 September) has, this year, chosen ‘freedom’ as its theme. Freedom means many things to many people. Freedom to dream, to think, to question; freedom to speak,...BBC Scotland’s new Poet in Residence revealed
25 July 2017
Today, BBC Scotland, in association with the Scottish Poetry Library, announces the name of its second Poet in Residence. This afternoon, The Janice Forsyth Show revealed Stuart A. Paterson is to succeed Rachel McCrum, who became the first BBC...The Thursday Post: National Poetry Day 2016
5 October 2016
Happy National Poetry Day! Like Christmas, it comes but once a year, but unlike Christmas it won’t make you fat or bankrupt. Yes, it’s the day when everyone in Britain, from prince to pauper, thanks the gods of poetry...The Thursday Post: National Poetry Day
9 September 2016
Each year, National Poetry Day has a theme and for 2016, it’s ‘messages’. Actually, NPD is about sending a message every year – even if it’s the one moment in the year that you might casually put out your...The Thursday Post: Shining a light on National Poetry Day
30 September 2015
Light My Path by Faith Goble, under a Creative Commons licenceThe Thursday Post: First Line Films
20 August 2015
FILMMAKING! by chrisjtse, under a Creative Commons licence