poetry

back in the day

Eric Linklater - (author) 1951

The start of a long, illustrious career of a Scottish author and poet

Alan Riach invites you to an extraordinary event at Topping’s bookshop

Alan Riach invites you to an extraordinary event at Topping’s bookshop

Glasgow University

Come and listen to our Voices at poetry reading in Glasgow

Anbara Salam (left), Ajay Close (top) and Margaret Elphinstone are among those shortlisted for the fiction award

Anbara Salam (left), Ajay Close (top) and Margaret Elphinstone are among those shortlisted for the fiction award

Women dominate fiction shortlist for Scotland’s National Book Awards

A Scot by adoption, poet Nada Shawa is also a Palestinian in exile

A Scot by adoption, poet Nada Shawa is also a Palestinian in exile

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New poetry collection is an antidote to despair for Gaza

Robert Fergusson is chiefly remembered these days as the man who most influenced Robert Burns to write in Scots as well as English

Robert Fergusson is chiefly remembered these days as the man who most influenced Robert Burns to write in Scots as well as English

BACK IN THE DAY

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Was Robert Fergusson a poet, prodigal son or tavern rat?

Laura Bissell edited the collection, which will see all proceeds donated to Palestinian aid efforts

Laura Bissell edited the collection, which will see all proceeds donated to Palestinian aid efforts

'Taking control of the narrative': Poets publish book to raise money for Palestine

Mairi Mhor was a 19th century Gaelic poet who highlighted the Highland Clearances

Mairi Mhor was a 19th century Gaelic poet who highlighted the Highland Clearances

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Highland poet who fought for crofters’ rights to be commemorated at Gaelic centre

We are not so cut off from nature’s reality as to be immured from its contact

We are not so cut off from nature’s reality as to be immured from its contact

Alan Riach: Trouble among the honey-scented heather hills

Glencoe has inspired many works of literature, writes Alan Riach

Glencoe has inspired many works of literature, writes Alan Riach

What a poetic journey through Glencoe tells us about culture

Alan Riach read poems including Rannoch, by Glencoe by TS Eliot during the commemoration at St Conan’s Kirk

Alan Riach read poems including Rannoch, by Glencoe by TS Eliot during the commemoration at St Conan’s Kirk

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My experience commemorating the Massacre of Glencoe

The artists in Alexander Moffat’s Poets’ Pub who circle MacDiarmid are, by and large, remembered and celebrated while a fitting memorial to the central figure decays

The artists in Alexander Moffat’s Poets’ Pub who circle MacDiarmid are, by and large, remembered and celebrated while a fitting memorial to the central figure decays

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Exploring the important legacy of key post-Second World War poets

These poets are essential parts of the antidotes to the exploitative caricatures of Scots and Scottishness we still unfortunately suffer with

These poets are essential parts of the antidotes to the exploitative caricatures of Scots and Scottishness we still unfortunately suffer with

Alan Riach: Oppressors might not give up – but then neither do these Scots poets

Calanais standing stones on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland

Calanais standing stones on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland

Highlands & Islands

Alan Riach: Truth in a world of lies - a recommendation of latest poems

Poet Sorley MacLean in 1986

Poet Sorley MacLean in 1986

Louis D Hall: In footsteps of poet Sorley MacLean ...

Portrait of Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) a Scottish poet of the labouring class.

Portrait of Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) a Scottish poet of the labouring class.

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Celebrating Scotland’s second-greatest poet Robert Tannahill