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Cut It Up!

19 November 2012
Image: Participants at the Cut It Up workshop in Dundee As we prepare for our Cut It Up workshop on Saturday 1 December, our Abby tells us what you can expect to take place at it....
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On the road with Gifted

16 November 2012
Image: the Gifted exhibition at the Mitchell Library
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Candia McWilliam: What to Look Forward to in Winter

14 November 2012
Image of Candia McWilliam courtesy of Chris Scott "Does anyone who has lived feel that there is one version of their life? There is only the frozen water of story that will melt and retell itself in another shape, there...
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George Philp – a Tribute

7 November 2012
Image: the statue of Robert Fergusson on Edinburgh's Royal Mile We are saddened to hear of the death of Dr George Philp, the Scots language activist, creator of Scotsoun, founding member of the Lallans Society (now The Scots Language Society)...
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Lost for words, again

5 November 2012
open to possibilities by Chris Blakeley, under a Creative Commons licence Can you help us with these lost poems? Warning - we have tried everything we can think of, so they might not be easy!
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Off by Heart

2 November 2012
Study by JuditK, under a Creative Commons licence There’s nothing sadder than confessing you work in a library full of poetry, but can’t actually, really, you know…  remember a complete poem. I’m not the only one, am I?  What about you? ...
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Volunteering at the SPL

1 November 2012
Image: Jess takes down a concrete poetry exhibit In a new blog feature, our Kay interviews some of the people that the SPL is lucky enough to have volunteer with us. We begin by chatting to Jess. If you would...
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Film as poetry, or reading in the dark

24 October 2012
Projector by August Land, under a Creative Commons licence ‘I think that film is essentially a poetic medium, and although it can be put to all sorts of other – creditable and discreditable – uses, these are secondary.’  Margaret Tait
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Happy birthday, Douglas Dunn

23 October 2012
Douglas Dunn poetry reading by chrisdonia, under a Creative Commons licence
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Bones Will Crow: from Burma to Edinburgh

22 October 2012
Free Burma by Asterix611, under a Creative Commons licence Outside of the British literary mainstream—which often tends to dwell upon a somewhat homely plot and, in so doing, all too often treats translation as a ‘special case’—there is a buzz...
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Anne Stevenson: a neglected master

19 October 2012
We’re reading work from four poets this autumn in the Nothing but the Poem sessions:  Margaret Tait, Robin Robertson, Kay Ryan and Anne Stevenson. And of these four, the books I’m most likely to try and press into somebody’s...
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Poetry day, starry night

11 October 2012
Star trails and Star tails. by Joe Dsilva, under a Creative Commons licence You might have noticed we've had a bit of a theme going on lately. This year's National Poetry Day theme was stars: stars of the silver screen,...
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