Scottish Poetry Library
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Bringing people & poems together. It is free to join as a borrower & we also operate free postal borrowing.
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🎙️HAI-ÀIDH #4
The second season of Hai-Àidh is here, with three new episodes that all feature singing (and a bonus one with no singing at all). In #4, Meg Bateman and Joy Dunlop travel between the US & Scotland, traditional song and contemporary poetry.
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/hai-ai…
🎙️HAI-ÀIDH #4
The second season of Hai-Àidh is here, with three new episodes that all feature singing (and a bonus one with no singing at all). In #4, Meg Bateman and Joy Dunlop travel between the US & Scotland, traditional song and contemporary poetry.
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/hai-ai…
Congratulations to all on the The Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist 2024, but particularly to Edinburgh-based Martin MacInnes with #InAscension Atlantic Books ! ✨
Martin recently was selected for the #CitiesofLit residency in Wonju, which you can read all about here: cityofliterature.com/wonju-residenc…
We can’t wait to return to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for our monthly showcases. Join us on the 17th of May for an evening of brilliant spoken word.
Keep an eye out for line-up announcements.
Tickets: …storytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5367…
The #InternationalPoetrySymposium starts THURSDAY 9th May 1pm @NorthernStage with a session on how to start writing poetry.
Join for hot tips from #LenPennie ✨Lentil Pentil✨ #CAConrad CAConrad & Kayo Chingonyi @kayochingonyi now chaired by Degna Stone.
northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/npf-2…
In his first speech as First Minister, John Swinney quotes from the great Scottish poet, Hamish Henderson.
“So come all ye at hame wi Freedom,
Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doom.
In your hoose a’ the bairns o’ Adam,
Can find breid, barley-bree and painted room.”
If you're at all interested in the history of how football developed, I commend Julie McNeill's volume of poems inspired by 🌳🏴 ScotchProfessors 🌍⚽️ to you. It's a super tour of icons and memories you should know about. You can get it from Luath Press.
