Dark Skies
Scottish Poetry Library Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, EdinburghHugh McMillan and Stuart A Paterson introduce their new collections: Looking South and Heliopolis. Learn more here.
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Jackie Kay Workshop
Scottish Poetry Library Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, EdinburghThe Scottish Makar, Jackie Kay is creating a collaborative poem with young Scots with a passion for poetry, which will be performed at the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2018 on 30th November at the SEC Glasgow. Young Scot has partnered with the Scottish Poetry Library to host this exciting …
The Slaminals of Farthing Wood
Scottish Poetry Library Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, EdinburghThe poets of Edinburgh are going about their day - recording podcasts, brewing small batch craft gins, and working their second demoralising temp job - but oh! They rise like meerkats. The poets of Edinburgh have heard a cry on the wind. It whispers to them in a voice like …
Scottish Poetry Library Project Co-ordinator application deadline
Scottish Poetry Library Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, EdinburghThe Scottish Poetry Library (SPL) is a unique national resource and advocate for the art of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular. They are seeking a motivated individual to take forward their new and ongoing projects in support of the SPL Business Plan. You will manage and deliver existing projects …
Crazy Kings and Rising Waters: An Evening with John Burnside
Scottish Poetry Library Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, EdinburghT.S. Eliot Prize and Forward Poetry Prize-winner John Burnside returns to the Scottish Poetry Library for a lecture, reading and Q and A. In his lecture entitled ‘Where the executive would never want to tamper?’ Burnside develops his poetological ideas in response to – and disgreeing with – the famous …