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Scottish Poetry Library Readers' Quarterly
Welcome to the second 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… Subway Stanzas in Glasgow Underground?Plenty of people have, and we are delighted that so many are writing to tell us what they thought of the poems, and why it's important to them to see poetry every day. This set of poems celebrated special days for Glasgow and across the country with poems by writers from Commonwealth nations. Did you see them? What did you think?
 Have you heard…?
Did you know…?
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This brand-new anthology of poems from Commonwealth countries is a mine of information and inspiration for children and teachers. Edited by Diana Hendry and Hamish Whyte, launched on International Poetry Day, complete with lesson plans… |
Ruth Padel's new book about reading poetry is a treat for anyone who longs for an inspiring guide to reading poetry. Our new books in the library this month include Edwin Morgan's new collection, Austrian poetry in translation and Alexander Hutchison's Carbon Atom. |
Our
pick… Strike/SlipTom Pow recommends the stunning collection Strike/Slip by Canadian
poet Don McKay, as part of our 
Scotland
Canada Web Exchange with 
Arc
poetry magazine, where Scottish poets introduce you to Canadians,
and vice versa. Tom, along with Anna Crowe, John Burnside and John Glenday,
picks Canadian poets and poems you'll love, like Stephen Scobie and
Aislinn Hunter.
Did you know that using our unique online catalogue INSPIRE you can search for poetry by theme? Look for apt quotations for your next presentation, a school project, or simply to suit your mood.
Spring Odd weather, green tips to the trees and banks of foolhardy daffodils…
Choose
'Subjects by alphabetical order' and search for 'Spring
1972 Liz Lochhead's Memo for Spring was published. 1972 was a vintage year for Scottish poetry, with many more titles you'll recognise…
Explore
poetry in 1972 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 BearsdenAs well as our award-winning Edinburgh building, the Scottish Poetry Library now has thirteen outreach collections around 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…
What are Liz Lochhead and our Librarian Julie Johnstone doing here? Enjoying the opening of our newest outreach collection in Brookwood Library.
In the June Readers' Quarterly, find out about summer events, explore our new Readers' Website and borrow an alluring choice of midsummer reading. For SPL Friends, a Newsletter will be going to print in Duncan Glen's fresh new design.
Mail comments and suggestions to Lilias Fraser, SPL's Reader Development Officer.
Have you seen…?
Subway Stanzas?
Poems in Glasgow Underground
Have you heard…?
Paul Hamlyn Project
Poetry Boxes, readers' website, Poet Partners and more… Scottish
Poetry LIbrary voted a romantic place to propose…
Did you know?
We have a new Librarian!
Find out about Julie Johnstone
Have you read…?
Picks for spring
Poems United , The Poem and the Journey, and our 'new
books' shelf…
Have you found?
Spring poems
Spring subject searches in SPL's unique online poetry catalogue, INSPIRE
Where are we…?
SPL poetry collections
Brookwood Library in Bearsden
…and much much more
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