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Listen to podcast episodes from the archive. You can subscribe to our free podcast here. Or subscribe for free at Apple, Spotify or Amazon.

If you’re looking for more poetry podcasts, publisher Pan Macmillan has a list of recommended shows here

Comedian Frank Skinner is a big fan of poetry and has his own poetry podcast.

And if you’re a fan of Robert Burns, don’t miss this complete audio archive hidden in the depths of the BBC website. Readers include Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Annette Crosby and HRH King Charles III (or Prince Charles as he was in 2009).

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Bertony Louis Interviewed

November 2023
On Wednesday 27th September 2023 the acclaimed Haitian poet Bertony Louis visited the Scottish Poetry Library to speak at an event where he discussed how his poetry intersects with the situation in Haiti.  Before the event Bertony recorded a...
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Nothing But The Poem – Kei Miller

November 2023
Kei Miller is the latest subject of the Nothing But The Poem podcast. Our regular host Sam Tongue takes a deep dive into two of his poem.
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Nothing But The Poem – Douglas Dunn

October 2023
Douglas Dunn is one of Scotland’s most decorated poets – he has an OBE and a Queen’s Medal – as well as one of Scotland’s most loved poets. He is undoubtedly a major Scottish poet, editor and critic, whose Elegies (1985)...
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Nothing But The Poem – Dionne Brand

September 2023
Dionne Brand was described as “resolutely Black, decolonial, internationalist, lesbian, and staunchly, unswervingly leftist. Both her poetry and her activism take that fateful youthful epiphany of realizing the tear in the world, then make it a portal of observance...
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Nothing But The Poem – Jonathan Edwards

August 2023
Welsh poet Jonathan Edwards is the latest subject of the Nothing But The Poem podcast. As always our host Sam Tongue takes a deep dive into two of his poems which were discussed at the online monthly meet-up of the Nothing...
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Lantern Scottish Poetry, hosted by Kathleen Jamie

July 2023
The Lantern Scottish Poetry podcast launched this week. These first episodes feature seven outstanding poets sharing work across three beautifully recorded episodes.  The Lantern is hosted by Scotland’s Makar, the national poet Kathleen Jamie. She told the SPL about...
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Nothing But The Poem – Ross Gay

July 2023
Sam Tongue takes a deep dive into 2 poems by American poet Ross Gay
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Nothing But The Poem – Neurodiversity Special with Julie McNeil, Victoria McNulty, Beth McDonough and Craig Houston

July 2023
We invited three poets – Victoria McNulty, Beth McDonagh and Craig Houston - to join project-lead Julie McNeil for conversation and readings around their experiences of dyslexia and neurodiversity.
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Nothing But The Poem – Anthony Vahni Capildeo

June 2023
Anthony Vahni Capildeo is the subject of the new Nothing But The Poem podcast. The SPL’s regular podcast host, Sam Tongue, takes a deep dive into two of their poems which were discussed at the online monthly meet-up of the Nothing But...
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Nothing But The Poem – Helen Mort

May 2023
Helen Mort is the subject of the new Nothing But The Poem podcast. The SPL’s regular podcast host, Sam Tongue, takes a deep dive into two of Helen Mort’s poems...
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Hai-àidh! #3

May 2023
Am mìos-sa tha Meg Bateman agus Pàdraig MacAoidh a’ còmhradh air ‘Aig an Fhaing’ le Anna Frater agus ‘Duan an Dannsair’ le Flòraidh NicPhàil.
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Nothing But The Poem – Jorie Graham

April 2023
Jorie Graham is the subject of the new Nothing But The Poem podcast. The SPL’s regular podcast host, Sam Tongue, takes a deep dive into two of Jorie Graham's poems...
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