Poetry
‘It can have a terrible immediacy, almost like an ambush, like being thumped’: Dame Carol Ann Duffy on how time does not always dull the pain of loss
February 21, 2023
‘The pilot stops for a moment, bends down, picks up a shell’: Editor on anthology of poetry celebrating the islands of Scotland
May 24, 2022
Don Paterson on poetry, PJ Harvey and why we need to use or risk losing our local dialects
May 17, 2022
Richard Holloway on life, loss and the words that have helped him deal with both as he reflects on the poetry and prose that sustains him
November 2, 2021
Poet explains why latest work will take five decades to read
October 12, 2021
If it’s easy, where’s the fun? Acclaimed poet John Burnside on his fight for life, insomnia, LSD and the best tomato sandwich ever tasted
September 7, 2021
A language of the soul: Poet Len Pennie on why Scots is more than just a dialect
May 11, 2021
The Bankies Bard: Hamish Macdonald charts the highs and lows of his beloved Clydebank FC in new poetry collection
December 19, 2020
The Makar’s Choice: Jackie Kay picks a favourite verse to help us through lockdown
May 25, 2020
Scotland’s makar Jackie Kay on Edwin Morgan’s 1972 poem Glasgow Sonnet (1)
April 27, 2020