SPL
Programme » spring/summer 2009 |
| When |
What |
Where |
| Wednesday 8 July, all day |
Oxfam All Day Bookfest
Oxfam loves books and to prove it, they're launching their very first book festival. This summer, Oxfam Bookfest will be bursting onto the book scene with a bang - starting on 4 July and running for a page-turning, poverty-busting, fortnight of fun.
Including 11am - 1.45pm: Scottish Poetry Library presents Liz Lochhead, Gerrie Fellows, Jim Carruth, Donny O'Rourke, Gerry Loose.
For full schedule, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/books
All day ticket £8 |
Glasgow
Glasgow City Chambers
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| Thursday 9 July, 4pm, 6pm |
Poetry Event and Book launch
4pm (at SPL): A guided concrete poetry tour of the library including a viewing of some of the rare concrete poems held in the collection. This is also one of the last chances to view the current Edwin Morgan Archive exhibition, and there will be a special playing of an audio recording of Ian Hamilton Finlay reading from The Dancers Inherit the Party in the 1960s.
6pm (at Ingleby Gallery): Artist and publisher David Bellingham will be in discussion with artist and poet Thomas A Clark, who will be reading extracts from A Model of Order - Selected Letters on Poetry and Form by Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Booking is not essential for this event, but please email Julie or call the SPL for more details. Email: julie.johnstone@spl.org.uk; telephone: 0131 557 2876
Ingelby Gallery website: http://www.inglebygallery.com/ Free |
Edinburgh
Scottish Poetry Library & Ingleby Gallery
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| Saturday 25 July, 11am |
Concrete Poetry
A free guided viewing of the Ian Hamilton Finlay collection. Librarian Julie Johnstone will introduce the SPL's Ian Hamilton Finlay and Wild Hawthorn Press holdings, which include rare prints, cards and booklets. Related collections, such as the Edwin Morgan Archive, and publications of Thomas A Clark's Moschatel Press and Alec Finlay's Morning Star Folios will also be available to view.
Booking is not essential for this event, but please email Julie or call the SPL for more details. Email: julie.johnstone@spl.org.uk; telephone: 0131 557 2876
Ingelby Gallery website: http://www.inglebygallery.com/
Free |
Edinburgh
The Scottish Poetry Library
5 Crichton's Close
Canongate
|
| Wednesday 19 August, 8.30pm |
Scottish Poetry Library at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Find out what inspires Scotland's new Minister for Culture, as he picks favourite poems in discussion with Robyn Marsack of the Scottish Poetry Library.
Please book with EIBF Box Office
Telephone:
0845 373 5888
Website: www.edbookfest.co.uk
£9/£7 |
Edinburgh
EIBF, Charlotte Square |
Friday 21 August, 3.30pm |
Scottish Poetry Library at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Three outstanding poets read from their own work, and from past great voices associated with the Scottish Poetry Library, to celebrate its twenty-fifth year.
Please book with EIBF Box Office
Telephone: 0845 373 5888
Website: www.edbookfest.co.uk £9/£7 |
Edinburgh
EIBF, Charlotte Square |
Sunday 30 August, 4.30pm |
Scottish Poetry Library at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Literature Across Frontiers and the Scottish Poetry Library have brought together a unique quartet of international poets to create new work under the presiding spirit of Robert Burns. Join Michael Augustin, Sujata Bhatt, Ioana Ieronim, Donny O'Rourke and Wojciech Bonowicz for this very special occasion.
Please book with EIBF Box Office
Telephone: 0845 373 5888
Website: www.edbookfest.co.uk £6/£4
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Edinburgh
EIBF, Charlotte Square |
| 17 - 22 & 24 - 29 August, 2 - 3pm |
Want to read your own poems aloud?
Come to the Courtyard Readings at the Scottish Poetry Library, and enjoy an hour of poetry, hosted annually by the School of Poets. Read / perform your own or other writers' work in any language. Outdoors when the weather is favourable.
Free, non-ticketed |
Edinburgh
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close |
SPL Programme » Poetry
reading groups |
| When |
What |
Where |
| Various times |
Reading
Room
Poetry ideas, talk, reviews... and with
four different reading groups to choose from, and an online group
too, there's bound to
be one that suits you.
Visit our brand-new readers' website Reading
Room, for poetry reading ideas, news, podcasts and to sign up to our quarterly e-newsletters. We'd like to keep you
up to date with reading choices and any changes of plan, so please
let us know if you're intending
to come along to any of the discussion groups you'll find here.
To find out more contact the Scottish Poetry
Library
|
www.readingroom.spl.org.uk
Various locations and online |
First Monday of the month
|
New Books
Julie Johnstone picks a new poetry book each month for you to read and discuss.
New Books has finished for the summer. It will resume again in October. Email us if you'd like a mail to alert you to the next reading group sessions...
£5 (£3 concessions and Friends of the SPL) |
Edinburgh
The Scottish Poetry Library
5 Crichton's Close
Canongate
|
From June to September in various locations
|
Nothing But
The Poem
Renew your love of poetry with this fresh approach to reading.
In these relaxed discussions you won't need any background
knowledge; you'll simply come fresh to the text of single
poems, take the time to read deeply and let new discoveries emerge – without
the pressure of reviews, criticism and hype. Facilitated by SPL
staff.
Send your email address, and we can send you a reminder email before each meeting
...at Scottish Poetry Library,
Tuesday 7 July, 6.30-8pm;
Tuesday 4 August 6.30-8pm;
22 September 6.30-8pm
£5/£3
call us on 0131 557 2876 to book your place.
...at Central Library, George IV Bridge
Wednesday 8 July, 6.30-8pm
Thursday 17 September, 6.30-8pm
Free, unticketed
...at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Thursday 20 August
Thursday 27 August, 11am
£12/£10
Please book with EIBF Box Office
Telephone:
0845 373 5888
Website:
www.edbookfest.co.uk
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Edinburgh
The Scottish Poetry Library
5 Crichton's Close
Canongate;
Central Library, George IV Bridge |
Monday 15 June, 6.30-8pm
|
Round Table
This informal, friendly evening gives you the freedom to choose
for yourselves what poetry you'll read. With as many different
approaches and passions as there are readers round the table, discussions
truly take off. Led by group members.
Free, but please book in advance
Send your email address,
and we can send you a reminder email before each meeting |
Edinburgh
The Scottish Poetry Library
5 Crichton's Close
Canongate
|
SPL Programme » Exhibitions |
| When |
What |
Where |
| 27 April 2009 – 11 July 2009, Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 1-5pm |
Bawr stretter! Messages from a poet
An exhibition to mark the opening of the Edwin Morgan Archive at the Scottish Poetry Library
Free |
Edinburgh
The Scottish Poetry Library
5 Crichton's Close
Canongate |
| 5 August - 5 September 2009, Mon-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 1-5pm |
A Stuggy Pren
A Stuggy Pren is an inspired collation of Katrina Lithgow's photogrpahs of the late, great Ivor Cutler. These photographs, with Cutler's original handwritten fragments, celebrate the essence of an eccentric genius; this exhibition is a treat for fans and newcomers alike.
Free |
Edinburgh
The Scottish Poetry Library
5 Crichton's Close
Canongate |
SPL Programme » Booking
Please book in advance for events held at the Scottish
Poetry Library.
Address: The Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, Canongate,
Edinburgh
Telephone: 0131 557 2876
Email: reception@spl.org.uk
Please let us know in advance if you wish to cancel. Bookings can only
be held until five minutes before the start of each event.
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