Coming soon to the Scottish Poetry Library

Andrew O'Hagan is an outstanding novelist, critic, journalist with an intellectual curiosity that ranges from the nature of celebrity to Scotland's relationship with the Atlantic in his new book The Atlantic Ocean (you can hear him talk about it at the Edinburgh International Book Festival earlier in the day). We can't tell you what he'll choose as his favourite poems in this discussion with Robyn Marsack, but we can guarantee you'll be riveted to this most eloquent of writers.

Date: Friday 15 August
Time: 4.15-5.15pm
Cost: £5/£3
Venue: Scottish Poetry Library

• Book now!

Join us in the leafy Charlotte Square gardens for one of these 'Nothing but the Poem' sessions at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Just like the ones we run throughout the rest of the year at the SPL, all you need to do is come fresh to the texts of one or two poems, with time to read deeply and let new discoveries emerge. No special knowledge or preparation needed, and copies of the poem(s) provided.

Date: Thursday 14 or Thursday 21 August
Time: 11.00am
Cost: £12/£10

• Book from 20 June direct from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, www.edbookfest.co.uk

You'll be able to drop in and chat to the new Reader in Residence, Ryan Van Winkle on regular days and times, starting in the autumn. He'll be out and about in Edinburgh City Libraries and in the Scottish Poetry Library, to answer all your poetry reading questions.

'Office hours' at the Scottish Poetry Library are First Tuesday of each month, September-December 2008.
Time: 4-6pm

• More about Ryan