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Scottish artists📢 Connections Through Culture Grants are open! Supporting collaborative arts projects between the UK & countries across Asia & Europe. 🌱 Now expanded to include even more countries 💷 Up to £10K available 📅 Deadline: 23 June 👇 bit.ly/42LkkdU

Thursday, 22 May Start: 5.30pm Tickets: Free National Library of Scotland Celebrating Scottish women’s football Join Fiona Skillen, Karen Fraser and Julie McNeil as they discuss their latest book, ‘A most unsuitable game’. eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-…

The Poetry Submission window is open. Send your poems for consideration to Under the Radar. Click in this link for full details: ninearchespress.com/magazine Get to know our flagship magazine by buying the latest (Issue 34), as either paper or digital: ninearchespress.com/shop.html#!/Un…

🎤 NEW PODCAST! The latest Nothing But The Poem podcast is a Norman MacCaig special. Samuel Tongue takes a deep dive into two of the most famous poems by one of Scotland's most beloved poets to see what lay beneath the bonnet. scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/nothin…

Note to say a poetry collection is #2 in current Sunday Times best sellers list. By a Scottish poet no less. Donna Ashworth is easily the biggest selling poet in the UK, year after year. 1.5m followers on Facebook. A true poetry phenomena of our times. Congrats Black & White

🎤 Disrupting The Nature Narrative A conversation between poets featuring Ngartia, Michelle Angwenyi, Eloise Birtwhistle and Genevieve Carter. A collaboration between the Macondo Book Society, Scottish Poetry Library and the Turkana Basin Institute. youtube.com/watch?v=jp7UxO…

SQA POETRY Ever wondered which poems are taught in Scottish schools for English Nat 5/Highers? Wonder no more. A new updated SQA poetry syllabus was published this week, incl some new/younger poets. Every poet/poem is listed here + learning resources. scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/learning/sqa-s…

BEST SOCIAL MEDIA FOR POETRY? Bluesky v X/Twitter Both Norman MacCaig podcasts posted simultaneously. 39 interactions on Bluesky (3k followers) v 9 interactions on X (42k followers) Bluesky is a better place for connecting & interacting with poets and poetry.

Our next winner is Len Pennie, taking home the Book of the Year: Discover award for poyums (Canongate (has left)) 🎉 “Reading this is an experience that transcends sexuality, race and gender,” said one judge #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

Remembering Lesley Storm A tribute by her publisher Peter Burnett scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/05/rememb…

#ScottishPoetryEvents POETRY & PINTS present TORIA WOOFF Venue: Scottish Poetry Library Date: Wed 21 May Singer, songwriter, painter and poet Toria Wooff tours her debut album. "Potent Gothic-Folk" - Clash magazine.

THE OFFERING Set on a post-apocalyptic world, the show combines storytelling, poetry, hip hop and live cello with sound recordings made in Bornean forest... ... now on its way to the SPL for one night only. Thur 24 July. Dont miss. Details below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-offering…

You got until the 1st June to enter the St Teneu Poetry Competition, part of the #Glasgow850 anniversary celebrations. St Teneu was the mother of St Mungo, co-patron saint of Glasgow. This interview between Sam Tongue and Peter Clive explains everything! soundcloud.com/scottishpoetry…

TONIGHT AT THE SPL! POETRY & PINTS present TORIA WOOFF Singer, songwriter, painter and poet Toria Wooff tours her debut album. "Potent Gothic-Folk" - Clash magazine. Advance tickets: seetickets.com/event/toria-wo…

DISRUPTING THE NATURE NARRATIVE "Who gets to name a bird?" - Genevieve Carver "One way to disrupt narrative is to pay attention to the things that have been marginalised – something that poetry can do beautifully." - Eloise Birtwhistle scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/05/disrup…

🎙️ JOHN BURNSIDE A treasure from the SPL's audio archives: a talk in 2008 by poet and novelist John Burnside on fellow Scottish poet WS. Graham. John Burnside talks about poetry and visual art, the poet as nomad and ‘feeding the dead’. #SPLarchives splpodcast.podbean.com/e/john-burnsid…

#scottishpoetryevents NEW POETRY IN IRISH Thurs 29 May, 7.30pm @ Univ of Edin Free. An evening of readings and discussions in Irish & English from poets Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Simon Ó Faoláin. Chaired by Niall O'Gallagher. eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-poetry-i…

Scots Language Publication Grant 2025 is open for applications. Closes on Wed 18 June. Created to support publishers to publish & promote work written in Scots. Covering costs e.g. editing, advances, illustrations/design, typesetting, printing, etc. scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-au…

THE VERB Sun 25 May, 5.10pm BBC Radio 4 Scottish Makar Peter Mackay will be a guest of Ian McMillan on The Verb this weekend along with fellow poets Lorna Goodison, Tishani Doshi and Scanner. Now THAT is a line up to look forward to. #poetry bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…