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This page provides a selection of general poetry and literature links. Content is currently being reorganised.

For European poetry information and resources, see Europe.

For international poetry information and resources, see International.

For links to sites concerning translation, see Translation.


Arts organisations | Library and information services | Poets | Scottish literary festivals | Scots language | Gaelic language | Audio | Literary magazines | Publishers with Scottish lists | Useful links for writers | Other sites of interest


Arts organisations

Academi (Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Authors)

Association for Scottish Literary Studies

BooksfromScotland.com Information and bookselling site dedicated to Scottish books and writers.

BRAW Network for the Scottish Children's Book

British Council Scotland

Edinburgh City of Literature

HI-Arts Information on the arts in the Highlands and Islands

Literature in Learning

National Poetry Day

Poetry Association of Scotland

Poetry Bookshop Online

Poetry Book Society

The Poetry House

Poet in the City

The Poetry Society

Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Book Trust

Scottish Pamphlet Poetry

Scottish Publishers Association

Scottish Storytelling Centre


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Library and Information services

BOSLIT Bibliography of Scottish Lit in Translation

British Library poetry page

National Burns Collection

CAIRNS Co-operative Information Retrieval Network for Scotland

Centre for Digital Library Research

Cyfwe Welsh literature in translation (parallel project to BOSLIT)

ELISA Edinburgh Libraries and Information Services Agency

Glasgow Women's Library

National Library of Scotland

The Poetry Library at London's Southbank Centre

Poetry Magazines Poetry Library's digital archive

Rampant Scotland Links to Scottish Literature sites

SCRAN Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network

SLAINTE Scottish Libraries Across the Interrnet

SCONE Scottish Collections Network Extension

Scotland's Culture

SLIR Scottish Library and Information Services

UCL little magazines collection


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Poets

Contemporary Writers at The British Council

Live Literature The Scottish Book Trust author database

Poets' A-Z

Poets' Pub

Scottish Authors at SLAINTE

Writing Scotland The BBC website to accompany a series about Scottish writers and how they shaped our culture

For links to sites dedicated to, or created by poets, see Poets' A-Z


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Scottish literary festivals

Burns An' A' That Festival

Borders Book Festival

Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Gaelforce Festival

Stanza Poetry Festival

Ullapool Book Festival

Wigtown Book Festival

Word Festival


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Scots language

ItchyCoo

Scottish Language Dictionaries

Scots Language Society

Scots Language Resource Centre


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Gaelic language

BBC Alba

Clì Gàidhlig Gaelic access and promotion

Comhairle Nan Leabhraichean The Gaelic Books Council

Gaelic Arts Agency

Gaelic Development Agency

Highland 2007

Lārach nam Bārd - 20mh Linn

Sabhal Mor Ostaig The Gaelic further education college

Save Gaelic


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Audio

Listening Booth Academy of American Poets

Poetry Quartets Live British Council/Bloodaxe Books

The Poetry Archive

Scottish Music Information Centre

UbuWeb Experimental poetry archive including sound


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Literary magazines

For links to the many magazines currently taken by the Scottish Poetry Library, please see Periodicals

Textualities


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Publishers with Scottish lists

Akros Publications

Birlinn

Black & White Publishing

Bloodaxe Books

Carcanet Press

Canongate Books

Chapman

Diehard

Enitharmon Press

Edinburgh University Press

Happenstance Press

Kettillonia

Koo Press

Luath Press

Mercat Press

Polygon

Sandstone Press

Scottish Children's Press

Scottish Cultural Press

Selkirk Lapwing Press

Shearsman Books

Scottish Pamphlet Poetry

Scottish Publishers Association Member list


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Useful links for writers

The AA Independent Press Guide is a free online writers resource, listing over 2,000 magazines and publishers and 700 internet magazines.

conFAB Grassroots organisation providing support for writers

Guardian Poetry Workshop

literaturetraining Literature training and professional development opportunities available in the UK

Moniack Mhor

National Association of Writers Groups

Poems and Pints

Poetry Kit

Poetry Magic

Scottish PEN

Shore Poets live poetry events in Scotland's capital

Society of Authors

Vanity Publishing

Writers Services

For SPL library information and resources for poets, see For poets


Other sites of interest

BBC poetry page

The British Haiku Society

Contemporary Poetry Review online journal devoted to poetry criticism

Jacket

Lapidus promotes the use of the literary arts in personal development

The Page

Pinko is the website of Andrew Duncan and contains a range of essays on modern British poetry

The Poem a taster of contemporary poetry in Britain and Ireland, featuring poems by established authors

The Poetry Bookshop Hay-on-Wye's specialist bookshop

The Poetry Trust and Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

Poets' Graves lists poets' graves in the UK and further afield

Poetry Magazine archives of the magazine

Poetry on the Underground

Poetry Please site of the Radio 4 programme

Renga Platform

Worm

War Poets

 Leaves

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