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Scottish Poetry Library Readers' Quarterly
Welcome to the first issue of the SPL Readers' Quarterly bulletin, a round-up of what's new at the Library and its collections. Read on! Have you seen…Janice Galloway's selection of the best Scottish poems of 2006?In her introduction she writes: "Reading till I dreamed about poems was a literally heady experience […] I found the taste for poetry, like salt-roast almonds, indecently more-ish; no matter how much I packed away, there was always appetite enough for another, another".  Have you heard…?
Did you know…
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This lively and imaginative anthology from the Scottish Poetry Library is packed with brand new poems that will delight and inspire young readers. Edited by Julie Johnstone and illustrated by Iain Mackintosh. |
Two new books this year are reviving the wonderful range and subtle voice of twentieth-century Scots poet Marion Angus |
Our
pick… Tomas TranströmerDo you enjoy exploring European poetry? If you've yet to meet the extraordinary work of Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, then this new selection of poems in English versions by Robin Robertson, and the existing book of translations by Robin Fulton, will both be revelations. Or visit the poetry of Sweden's neighbours - for example, Finland's literature scene is vibrant and wonderfully accessible.
Did you know that by using our unique INSPIRE on-line catalogue you can search for poetry by theme? Just think of the ways you could use this to find poetry on any theme from aardvarks to zoos…
Frost It's the season to enjoy poems sparkling with frost, snow, ice, Christmas trees…
Choose
'Subjects by alphabetical order' and search for 'frost'
1984 George Mackay Brown's Christmas Poems was published. What else was happening? Test your memory…
Explore
poetry in 1984 on ScotBib
And did you know you can use the ScotBib feature to see which Scottish poetry titles were published in different years?
SPL
in Dumfries and GallowayAs well as our award-winning Edinburgh building, the Scottish Poetry Library has twelve main outreach collections round Scotland. And we're growing all the time - from collections holding several hundred books, to a poetry bookshelf in our local Starbucks, from Scottish library venues to Russia and France…
For our first Readers' Quarterly, Bill Millar, Stock and Collections Manager for Dumfries and Galloway Libraries, introduces the popular Dumfries collection.
In the March Readers' Quarterly, meet our new Librarian, find out about March-May events and borrow a fresh selection of books for spring.
Mail comments and suggestions to Lilias Fraser, SPL's Reader Development Officer.
Have you seen…?
Best Scottish Poems 2006
Janice Galloway's selection
Have you heard…?
100 Favourite Scottish Poems and events to watch out for..
Did you know?
Gerry Cambridge's blog
Meet our first-ever virtual poet in residence
Have you read…?
Picks for winter
100 Favourite Scottish Poems and events to watch out for …
Have you found?
Finding winter poems
Frosty subject searches in SPL's unique online poetry catalogue, INSPIRE
Where are we…?
SPL poetry collections
Ewart Library in Dumfries
…and much much more
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The Thing that Mattered Most 
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