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A Tale of Two Dickens
6 February 2012
Charles Dickens is renowned as a master of prose. What is less known is his relationship with poetry: the poets he read, the lines he wrote, and the verse he inspired.
In Praise of Libraries
3 February 2012
Library by aha42 | tehaha under a Creative Commons licenseLost for Words?
2 February 2012
detective by olarte.ollie under a Creative Commons license
Leonard Cohen, poet
30 January 2012
Songs of Love and Hate (back) by svennevenn under a Creative Commons license
The new Scottish Poetry Library website
27 January 2012
If you've visited our website this week you might have noticed it's looking different. We're delighted to be able to tell you that our new website is now live.
Burns International
25 January 2012
Central Park by peterjr1961 under a Creative Commons licenseTam O’Shanter – Scotland’s Favourite?
23 January 2012
If 'Tam O'Shanter' is Scots' favourite Burns poem, why?
Storm damage
21 January 2012
The hurricane force winds which bulldozed Scotland on 3rd January left a trail of devastation at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Tom Pow is currently working with the Garden on a project in collaboration with artists Lizzie Farey and...
‘Trouble is not my middle name…’ – a new poem by Liz Lochhead
9 January 2012
The first commission for National Poet Liz Lochhead this year came from the campaign to recruit members for the Children’s Panels, which are such a distinctive part of the Scottish approach to dealing with children and young people...Busy Bees in January
4 January 2012
We’re back! Buffeted by gales and paddling in the tide of emails, but in good poetry heart for 2012. Delighted to hear that The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy has won the Costa poetry award – it has been...