Podcasts

Aileen Ballantyne

Aileen Ballantyne on childhood plane journeys to America, the 1969 moon landings, and the Lockerbie bombing.

Alan Spence: Edinburgh Makar

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.

Stewart Conn

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

Tolu Agbelusi

Tolu Agbelusi talks about building communities and empowering people through literature.

Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Hamish Henderson and The Darg

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

Penny Boxall

Winner of the 2016 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award Penny Boxall discusses her collection Who Goes There?

Niall O’Gallagher

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

Mary Jean Chan

Mary Jean Chan discusses fencing, learning English, and queerness.

Nina Bogin, Eoghan Walls and Beverley Bie Brahic

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

Liz Berry

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.

Fiona Moore

Fiona Moore Moore discusses grief, dictators and Brexit.

Ilyse Kusnetz and Brian Turner

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