Poetry bookgroups…

SPL 'New Books' bookgroup

Explore some of the best collections arriving on our shelves. Share the excitement of discovering today's poets and form your own opinions on the poetry books people are talking about. Come for a one-off session at the Scottish Poetry Library, or join us every month.

Current title

Nigh-No-Place, by Jen Hadfield

Monday 6 October, 6.30-8pm

'She took epic routes: the railway line from Halifax to Vancouver and the Dempster Highwway's 740km of gravel road, ending in the Arctic oiltowns of Inuvik and Tuktoyuktuk. But it is in Shetland that she becomes acutely aware of her own voice...'

Bloodaxe, 2008. ISBN 97815224793

 

Next titles

The New Books group is taking a break over the summer. Join us in the autumn for three new titles:


Monday 6 October, 6.30-8pm

Nigh-No-Place by Jen Hadfield

 

Monday 3 November, 6.30-8pm

The Bestiary by Sam Meekings

 

Monday 1 December, 6.30-8pm

Not In These Shoes by Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch

Previous titles

Titles for discussion in 2007-8 included

  • Tilt, by Jean Sprackland
  • A Book Of Lives by Edwin Morgan
  • After by Jane Hirshfield
  • Gift Songs by John Burnside
  • Here Bullet by Brian Turner
  • The Pomegranates oOf Kandahar by Sarah Maguire
  • Black Moon by Matthew Sweeney

When and where

Where: Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh.

Date & time: Mondays, 6.30-8.00 (unless otherwise stated)

Cost: £5 (£3 Concessions/SPL Friends). Price includes glass of wine.

Contact: reception@spl.org.uk, tel: 0131 557 2876

 

The SPL Bookgroup is led by Julie Johnstone, Librarian of the Scottish Poetry Library and editor of island poetry magazine. You are encouraged to read the books under discussion prior to each meeting.

Please let us know in advance if you plan to come.

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