Podcasts

Nothing But The Poem – Victoria Chang

Victoria Chang is the subject of this month’s Nothing But The Poem podcast. The Taiwanese-American poet has had seven collections of poetry published, her most recent – With My Back To The World (2024) – winning the Forward Prize...

Celebrating 30 years of Dream State with its editor Donny O’Rourke

In this extended version of Nothing But The Poem Kevin Williamson interviews Donny O'Rourke, editor of Dream State - The New Scottish Poets which was published in 1994 and remains the gold standard of poetry anthologies, and, arguably, the...

Nothing But the Poem – Gboyega Odubanjo

The poetry community was shocked and saddened when the much-loved young poet Gboyega Odubanjo died last year. Since then a full length collection of his poetry titled Adam has been published posthumously by Faber; and the Gboyega Odubanjo Foundation for low-income...

Into Poetry – a conversation between David Cameron and Samuel Tongue

Into Poetry is an exciting new outlet for poetry – print and online – based in Scotland. In the run up to its launch its editor, David Cameron, dropped into the Scottish Poetry Library to chat with Samuel Tongue about...

Nothing But The Poem – Kathryn Bevis

“To make art out of something painful, uncertain or damaging is an act of real empowerment” wrote Kathryn Bevis, who died in May 2024. Her first full-length poetry collection, The Butterfly House, was published two months earlier and tells the...

Nothing But The Poem – Caroline Bird

Our usual host, Sam Tongue, puts two poems by the wonderful Yorkshire poet Caroline Bird, under the microscope. Caroline Bird has published eight collections of poetry to date; usually to great acclaim, awards and rave reviews. Her latest collection, Ambush at Still...

Lantern Scottish Poetry Podcasts

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...

Hai-Àidh #7

Duncan Sneddon and Petra Johana Poncarová look at Derick Thomson’s legacy as a poet, editor, and activist

Hai-áidh #6

Hai-Aidh! Pod-chraolaidh #6 - Niall O’Gallagher agus Alasdair C. Whyte

Nothing But the Poem – Alexander ‘Sandy’ Hutchison

Alexander 'Sandy' Hutchison, is the latest subject of the Nothing But The Poem podcast

Moon Tell Me Truth: audio accompaniment

A short audio recording to accompany the Moon Tell Me Truth exhibition at the Scottish Poetry Library.

Hai-áidh #5

Ann an Hai-Àidh #5, thagh Peigi Nic a’ Phiocair ‘Oidhche Na’ Mo Chadal Dhomh’ le Nellie Ruadh, dàn a chaidh lorg o chionn ghoirid ann an tasglann, agus Joy Dunlop ‘An Roghainn’, aon de Dàin do Eimhir le Somhairle MacGill-Eain, mar òran...