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Aileen Ballantyne

January 2020
Aileen Ballantyne on childhood plane journeys to America, the 1969 moon landings, and the Lockerbie bombing.
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Alan Spence: Edinburgh Makar

December 2019
In June 2019, poet, playwright and novelist Alan Spence performed at the Library to mark his first year as the Makar or Poet Laureate of Edinburgh. We recorded the event and present it to you now.
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Stewart Conn

December 2019
Stewart Conn discusses how Edinburgh inspired his latest collection and his collaboration with illustrator John Knight.
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Tolu Agbelusi

October 2019
Tolu Agbelusi talks about building communities and empowering people through literature.
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Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Hamish Henderson and The Darg

October 2019
To mark the centenary of Hamish Henderson's birth, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, discusses his legacy.
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Penny Boxall

August 2019
Winner of the 2016 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award Penny Boxall discusses her collection Who Goes There?
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Niall O’Gallagher

July 2019
To coincide with Niall O'Gallagher's appointment as Bàrd Baile Ghlaschu, Glasgow's Gaelic poet laureate, we present an interview with O'Gallagher.
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Mary Jean Chan

June 2019
Mary Jean Chan discusses fencing, learning English, and queerness.
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Nina Bogin, Eoghan Walls and Beverley Bie Brahic

May 2019
A recording of a reading held in the Scottish Poetry Library featuring Nina Bogin, Eoghan Walls and Beverley Bie Brahic.
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Liz Berry

April 2019
Liz Berry talks about the lack of poetry that tells the truth about the experience of childbirth and rearing, the Black Country accent and pigeons.
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Fiona Moore

March 2019
Fiona Moore Moore discusses grief, dictators and Brexit.
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Ilyse Kusnetz and Brian Turner

March 2019
Brian Turner talks about his late wife Ilyse Kusnetz's life and work, including her love of Scotland and its poetry.
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