We regularly hold exhibitions at the Scottish Poetry Library, featuring works from our Special Collections and new works inspired by our collections.
Contact Rebecca Oliva for information regarding the library’s archives and special collections, and exhibitions.
In 2011 ten exquisite sculptures made from books mysteriously appeared at libraries and cultural institutions across Edinburgh. The first and last were found here at the Scottish Poetry Library, and also a final gift at the end of 2012. You can visit these three – the Poetree, Cap and Gloves, and A Child’s Garden – at any time during the SPL’s opening hours.
The sculptures came with a message: ‘in support of books, libraries, words, ideas’. To this day, no one knows how they arrived, and the identity of the sculptor remains anonymous, but their story has travelled all over the world.
You can read more about each of the sculptures in the booklet below, or download a WALKING TOUR MAP (LARGE PRINT VERSION) which will allow you to locate the works across the city.
