Skip to content

Scottish Poetry Library

Register/Sign in
Shopping Bag Shopping Bag
Bringing people and poems together
  • Home
  • Poetry
    • Poets
    • Poems
    • Burns Night
    • Scotland’s Makar
    • Podcasts
    • Best Scottish Poems
  • Library
    • Become a borrower
    • Catalogue
    • Collections
    • Ask a librarian
    • Copyright enquiries
  • Learning
    • Nat 5 and Higher poems
    • Dyslexia-friendly lesson plans
    • Poems in Scots for schools
    • Rannan Chloinne / Children’s Verses
    • Nua-Nòs Gaelic Resources
    • Poems in English for schools
    • Scots poems for bairns
    • Posters
  • Events
    • What’s On
    • Organising a cultural event at the SPL
    • Meeting rooms and venue hire
  • Shop
    • SPL Shop
  • About us
    • Our story
    • Our people
    • Our projects
    • FAQs
    • Company papers
    • Jobs & Volunteering
    • Find us
    • Contact us
    • Making a complaint
  • Support us
    • Become a Friend
    • Donate
  • Blog
Shopping BagShopping Bag
Ask a librarian
  • Home
  • >
  • Poetry
  • >
  • Podcasts
  • >
  • Lantern Scottish Poetry Podcasts
Donate Donate icon Ask a Librarian Ask a Librarian icon

Lantern Scottish Poetry Podcasts

August 2024

Here they are! The first 12 episodes of the Lantern Scottish Poetry podcast featuring poems, chat, and a galaxy of wonderful poets and poetry stars. Hosted superbly by Kathleen Jamie and Ally Heather and recorded (10 of them) at the Scottish Poetry Library. Produced by Bespoken Media and supported financially by Creative Scotland.

Reading: John Glenday and Liz Houchin
Water: Don Paterson and Roshni Gallagher
Solitude: Brian Holton and Len Pennie
Inheritance - Niall Campbell live at Push the Boat Out 2023
Male friendships: Andrew Greig and Michael Pedersen
Memorial: Catherine Wilson Garry and Alec Finlay
The Legacy of Robert Fergusson with Robert Crawford
Tradition: Gerda Stevenson and Marjorie Lotfi
The Scottish canon: Titilayo Farukuoye and Alycia Pirmohamed NB.
Animal Spirits: Em Strang and Garry McKenzie
Place: Shane Strachan and Hugh McMillan
Memory: Iona Lee and Kevin P Gilday

Learn more

Kathleen Jamie sitting in front of large plant

Kathleen Jamieb.1962

Kathleen Jamie is a poet, essayist and travel writer. In August 2021, Jamie was appointed Scotland's Makar (national poet).
More about Kathleen Jamie
John Glendlay looking at camera. He has grey hair and blue eyes. Short beard

John Glendayb.1952

A poet who combines the everyday and the transcendent, John Glenday has four collections of poetry.
More about John Glenday
Man with bald head and white beard, wearing a dark green buttoned shirt is standing in fron of white bookshelves filled with books.

Don Patersonb.1963

Since the appearance of his first collection in 1993, Don Paterson has emerged a major poet, as well as an important anthologist, editor and critic.
More about Don Paterson
Roshni Gallagher outdoors. She has dark eyes and black hair.

Roshni Gallagherb. 1997

Roshni Gallagher is a poet and writer from Leeds living in Edinburgh.
More about Roshni Gallagher
man with short grey hair and glasses, wearing a red checked shirt and brown leather jacket is standing in front of a light coloured harled wall

Brian Holton

Brian Holton has published 20 books of translated poetry. He has won prizes for his own poetry in Scots and for his translations into both Scots and English.
More about Brian Holton
Young woman with long wavy red hair on a beach, photographed in front of the sea.

Len Pennie

Len Pennie is a poet who writes predominantly in the Scots language.
More about Len Pennie

Niall Campbellb.1984

Niall Campbell is a Scottish poet originally from South Uist in the Western Isles. His first collection was the inaugural winner of the Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize.
More about Niall Campbell

Andrew Greigb.1951

Poet, novelist, sometime mountain climber and musician, Andrew Greig has faced dangers that have enriched his verse.
More about Andrew Greig
Finlay's face is photographed in front of an obstacle coarse

Alec Finlayb.1966

Alec Finlay is an artist and poet whose work crosses over a range of media and forms.
More about Alec Finlay

Robert Crawfordb.1959

Robert Crawford is Professor emeritus of the School of English at the University of St Andrews, and one of Scotland's most distinguished poet-critics.
More about Robert Crawford
Gerda stevenson in nature smiling. She has long brown hair and blue eyes.

Gerda Stevensonb. 1956

Gerda Stevenson was born and raised in the Scottish Borders, and trained at RADA, London. She is an actor, singer/song-writer, playwright and poet.
More about Gerda Stevenson
photo of Marjorie Lotfi

Marjorie Lotfib.1971

Marjorie Lotfi is an Iranian-American poet, performer and creative writing facilitator living in Edinburgh. Along with her poetry, published in two pamphlets and in numerous periodicals, she has impacted the Scottish literary scene through her engagement work with festivals...
More about Marjorie Lotfi
Head shot, woman with chin length hair, wearing blue top and standing in front of light coloured background

Em Strang

Em Strang is a creative writing tutor, poet and essayist.
More about Em Strang
Young man with brown hair and short beard, sitting on stone steps with iron railings behind him.

Shane Strachanb. 1988-

Shane Strachan is a former Scots Scriever and was awarded Scots Champion at the 2023 Scots Language Awards.
More about Shane Strachan

Hugh McMillanb.1955

Hugh McMillan, from Penpont in south-west Scotland, is a poet whose work often focuses on the culture and history of his home region of Dumfries and Galloway.
More about Hugh McMillan
Young woman with dark hair tied back, and wearing a black high neck jumper. She is wearing several large rings and her hands are sitting under her chin.

Iona Leeb.1996 -

Iona Lee is a poet, artist and performer. She was born in Edinburgh and studied at Glasgow School of Art.
More about Iona Lee
Young man wearing orange and black sports shirt, with glasses on his head in front of metal rail and tall red brick building.

Kevin P. Gilday

Kevin P. Gilday is an award-winning poet and performer from Glasgow. He is a National Theatre of Scotland Associate Artist, a BBC Writersroom Scottish Voice and one of Scotland’s most celebrated contemporary poets.
More about Kevin P. Gilday

Podcasts

Our audio programme of poets, poems and news for you to listen to.
Listen Now
  • Newsletter signup
  • Accessibility
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
Scottish Poetry Library
5 Crichton's Close, Canongate
Edinburgh EH8 8DT
Tel: +44 (0)131 557 2876
© Scottish Poetry Library 2026.
The Scottish Poetry Library is a registered charity (No. SCO23311).
City of Edinburgh logo Green Arts Initiative logo Creative Scotland logo
Scottish Poetry Library
Manage Consent

To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

We use privacy-focused tracking technologies to help us understand and improve the experience of our visitors. We track activity, not users, but you can still object to this tracking via our cookie policy.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}