| 9 October 2008 |
Forward Prize winners announced...
The Forward Prize judging panel were unanimous in choosing this year's winner.
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| 9 October 2008 |
Meet the Editor in the Reading Room: James Byrne
The SPL forums have launched "Meet the Editor" - a new feature allowing anyone to post questions to an editor of a recognized literary magazine. And first up is James Byrne.
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| 24 September 2008 |
Edwin Morgan Archive cataloguer vacancy and current volunteer opportunities
We are recruiting for a cataloguer/archivist for our Edwin Morgan Archive work, and have several new openings for volunteers.
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| 22 September 2008 |
Professor Duncan Glen
We are sad to learn of the death of Duncan Glen, poet, publisher, scholar and typographer.
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| 26 August 2008 |
The Scottish Book Trust Mentoring Programme
Scottish Book Trust is currently open for applications for our hugely successful mentoring programme.
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| 25 August 2008 |
Poetry, paper lotuses and people in St Andrew Square Garden
St Andrew Square became a Poetry Garden yesterday at 1.30pm with a special, free poetry event.
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| 20 August 2008 |
Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition Winners 2008...
Kate Miller has won the inaugural Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition for her poem 'After the Ban'.
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| 18 August 2008 |
Anon seeks new Editor...
The anonymous-submissions poetry magazine Anon is looking for a new editor.
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| 1 August 2008 |
Forward Prize shortlist revealed
Britain's most valuable poetry prize announced its shortlist today for 2008.
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| 15 July 2008 |
Quick! Get your bids in before 18 July!
Stars of stage and screen support Scottish Language Dictionaries' eBay Auction
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| 4 July 2008 |
CLPE Poetry Award 2008
And the winner is...
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| 24 June 2008 |
Edwin Morgan wins Sundial Scottish Arts Council Award for A Book of Lives
A packed Festival marquee at the 5th Borders Book Festival in Melrose gave a standing ovation for Scotland's first Makar Edwin Morgan on his triumph over a diverse and sterling set of fellow shortlisted nominees.
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| 18 June 2008 |
Wer d'ye come fae?
Launched just in time for Refugee Week 2008, this project encouraged participants of a range of backgrounds to share stories about life in Scotland and to write about their experiences. As well as developing skills in writing, participants explored ideas of identity, with the aim of helping to change perceptions of both incomers and native Scots.
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| 10 June 2008 |
Reader in Residence
The Scottish Poetry Library's new Reader in Residence, shared with Edinburgh City Libraries, is Ryan Van Winkle.
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| 6 June 2008 |
Angus Calder 1942 - 2008
We are sad to note the death of Angus Calder.
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| 5 June 2008 |
From Kyoto to Carbeth to Edinburgh
The summer exhibition this year combines poetry, Japanese calligraphy and ikebana.
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| 4 June 2008 |
Poetry for SPL's Ayr collection
Rae Riach has been working on the SPL's collection in Ayr - with some great results for poetry readers in the area.
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| 27 May 2008 |
Poetry for St Andrew
The opening of St Andrew Square to the general public for the first time in over 230 years offers an opportunity for poetry to be promoted and experienced in the city by both residents and visitors.
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| 08 May 2008 |
The Callum Macdonald Memorial Award
Prize winners for the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award, now in its eighth year, were announced last night at the National Library of Scotland, Causewayside Building.
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| 02 May 2008 |
Ron Butlin to be Edinburgh Makar
Ron Butlin will succeed Valerie Gillies as Edinburgh Makar in June 2008, bringing with him an international reputation as a prize-winning novelist and admired poet.
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| 27 April 2008 |
Scotland set to name its favourite Morgan poem
The Scottish Poetry Library is inviting all of Scotland to take part in a search for the nation's favourite Edwin Morgan poem.
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| 25 April 2008 |
Launch of Poetry of the Human Genome
This weekend ( 26/27 April ), sees the launch of The Human Genome: Poems on the Book of Life, the project for which poet Gillian K Ferguson won the £25,000 Creative Scotland Award, presented by the Scottish Arts Council.
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| 19 April 2008 |
Seeing things in a different light
Our spring exhibition by Julie Johnstone really is something to be glimpsed.
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| 10 April 2008 |
New Writers Awards
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards 2008
(in association with the Scottish Arts Council)
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| 17 March 2008 |
New books from New Zealand
We're taking delivery of brand new poetry books from New Zealand, courtesy of support from Creative New Zealand.
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| 14 March 2008 |
The SPL in Egypt...
The Scottish Poetry Library has contributed titles to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the New Library of Alexandria.
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| 31 January 2008 |
Edwin Morgan wins student vote
Edwin Morgan's A Book of Lives wins the student vote for the T S Eliot Prize.
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| 27 January 2008 |
Glasgow celebrates the Scots Makar with a 36 hour 'Morganathon' People throughout Glasgow get involved in a 36 hour continous reading from the works of Edwin Morgan.
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| 18 January 2008 |
Scotland's national poet comes home with a great new selection
A new selection of Edwin Morgan's poems is distributed free throughout Glasgow. |
