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Our poetry podcasts are presented by our Reader in Residence Ryan Van Winkle and produced by Colin Fraser. They comprise a seductive selection of interviews conducted by Ryan, poems, snippets of events and music. If you would like to send a question, suggestion or just a hello to Ryan or Colin, please drop us an email!

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	Carry a Poem Special Colin takes in the atmosphere at the One Book One Edinburgh Carry a Poem Campaign launch, chatting to people about the poems they carry, and being quizzed by Ryan about the ones he carries.
	John Glenday & Kim Edgar John Glenday talks about and reads from his new collection Grain (Picador) and we hear Kim Edgar's wonderful musical response to John's poem 'Nothing to Hold Onto'.
	Maoilios Caimbeul & Mark O. Goodwin Maoilios Caimbeul (Myles Campbell) and Mark O. Goodwin chat to Ryan about their recent book, The Two Sides of the Pass (Two Ravens Press, 2009), a conversation in poems across two languages and the landscape of the Isle of Skye.
	Hamish MacDonald Poet, novelist and playwright Hamish MacDonald, director of creative writing centre Moniack Mhor talks to Ryan during a recent trip north. We also have a haunting track from Shelia K Cameron, "Last Night I Dreamed About Doris Lessing".
	Twas the Night Before Festivus Ryan and SPL director Robyn Marsack speak about their journeys from the U.S. and New Zealand respectively, and the poems they've carried with them, and there's a specially commissioned interpretation of Clement Clarke Moore's 'Visit From St Nicholas'
	Kapka Kassabova Christmas poetry pressie recommendations from Ryan and SPL staff, then Kapka Kassabova tells us her thoughts on poetry, in conversation with Ryan...
	Francis Bickmore, Toby Mottershead and Black Diamond Express Francis Bickmore of Canongate Books and Toby Mottershead of Black Diamond Express have an appreciation of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' in common. They tell Ryan all about it...
	Chemical Poet Alasdair Maloney and actors Gilchrist Muir and Jamie Gordon Bumper edition in which Ryan shoots the breeze with actors Gilchrist and Jamie, and featuring a fascinating chat with and track from Chemical poet Alasdair Maloney...
	Emily Ballou & Bluegrass ... Emily Ballou, author of The Darwin Papers, contemplates the meaning of home and Charles Darwin, and Ryan performs his poem 'Bluegrass', with musical accompaniment from Jed Milroy...
	Julia Bird, Andrew Philip & GPS... Ryan talks to poet Andrew Philip, Colin talks to poet and live literature organiser Julia Bird, and we find out more about the project known as GPS...
	Jen Hadfield... An interview with Jen Hadfield, gorgeous music from Lise Sinclair and the poems Ryan carries with him.
	Witching Hour... Number 6 sees Ryan in conversation with poet Kona Macphee, and Kim Tebble performs his "The Raven, the Knight and the Queen of the Birds".
	Reel Iraq at the Golden Hour Podcast number 5 features an interview Ryan conducted with Iraqi poet and novelist Sinan Antoon, and hip hop track 'Sunshine' by Mammoth...
	Beyond the Boundaries Our fourth podcast is born! From William Blake's sick rose to Robert Alan Jamieson's Shetland, with fine tuning from Edinburgh based band Saint Jude's Infirmary and musings upon donkeys and art to boot...
	Inside the SPL... The third poetry podcast, with Burns - new responses, sung, recited from memory and read in Czech... from Douglas Dunn to Poetry Schmoetry, feast your ears!
	Opening Lines Ryan talks to J L Williams, plays tracks by Laertes, Why Are You Crying? and spoken-word artist Myra Davies' 'Goodbye Belfast', and starts a quest for his favourite opening line...
	It starts here In our first podcast, Ryan Van Winkle recommends books by Sam Meekings and Sharon Olds, and reads some Hart Crane. Hear songwriter Billy Liar on Stevenson, plus a live performance of his new single "It starts here."


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