It starts here

The first podcast from the Scottish Poetry Library, with Reader in Residence Ryan Van Winkle.

Ryan's talking to songwriter Billy Liar about Stevenson, recommending books by Sam Meekings and Sharon Olds, and reading some Hart Crane.

Includes a live performance of Billy Liar's new single 'It starts here', and a sound piece by Ryan with musician Dirk Markham.

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First published 6 January, 2009

About Billy Liar

Billy Liar is a Scottish acoustic punk poet who sings up-tempo acoustic anthems about life, love, longing, falling out and falling down. He gigs regularly in the UK, and has supported Oi Polloi, UK Subs and Amen.

• Read Billy Liar's classic poem choice
• www.myspace.com/billyliarmusic

About Dirk Markham

Dirk Markham grew up in Aboyne, a village in "Royal" Deeside. Dirk has been making experimental recordings and teaching himself every intrument he can get his hands on since his years studying mental philosophy at Edinburgh in the late 90s. His music is mainly instrumental although occasionally the odd folk-rock song pops up out of nowhere. Dirk has been residing in Berlin for the last three years where he works for the label Monika Enterprise. His recent works include tracks on Ryan Van Winkle's album "I hate myself, i'm a genius, i ruin everything, im so lonely" and a mini-album of Christmas songs called "advent". In 2008 Dirk released Psycho-acoustic scultptures Vol. 4.

• www.myspace.com/dirkmarkham

We recommend...

	The Complete Poems of Hart Crane edited by Hart Crane and Marc Simon Liveright Books (2001)
	The Bestiary by Sam Meekings Polygon (2008)
	Selected Poems by Sharon Olds Contains a selection from The Father (currently out of print) Jonathan Cape (2005)
	The Collected Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson edited by Roger Lewis Edinburgh University Press (2003)

• Search the SPL catalogue and borrow these items.