Poem of the Week: ‘A Year, Aye?’ from Oyster by Michael Pedersen 10 May '22 Our poem of the week is ‘A Year, Aye?’ taken from Michael Pedersen’s dazzling collection Oyster. You can see Michael performing... Read More
‘Memo to myself for Spring’ by Liz Lochhead 19 Apr '22 This year is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Liz Lochhead’s debut collection, Memo for Spring. Last month we published a brand new... Read More
‘Daffodils’ from Carve the Runes by George Mackay Brown 22 Feb '22 Daffodils Heads skewered with grief Three Marys at the cross (Christ was wire and wax festooned on a dead tree) Guardians of the rock, their emerald... Read More
Poem of the Week: ‘House of Winter’ by George Mackay Brown 07 Dec '21 Introducing a new volume of poetry The Wreck of the Archangel in 1989, George Mackay Brown wrote ‘There has been no book of poetry from me... Read More
Poem of the week: ‘Only One Home’ by Alexander McCall Smith for the WWF 08 Nov '21 Our poem of the week was written exclusively for the World Wildlife fund by Alexander McCall Smith. ‘Only One Home’ is featured as part... Read More
Bookshop Day – A beautiful poem in support of your Local Bookshop – we agree with every word! 08 Oct '21 Take a walk down the High Street on Bookshop Day and get lost in your Local Bookshop Launched in 2016, Bookshop Day 2021 takes place on... Read More
Poem of the Week: Summer by Alexander McCall Smith 20 Jul '21 This poem captures the calm of a perfect summer day – how the sky and sea are so still that time seems to have permanently stopped. This... Read More
Poem of the Week: Adelstrop Revisited by Alexander McCall Smith 08 Jun '21 Travelling on public transport brings with it a particular set of rules and etiquette, and for many, a small silver lining to the past year was the... Read More
Spring Comes, Even This Year 19 Mar '21 This weekend we mark the Spring Equinox and International Day of Happiness on Saturday (20 March), and World Poetry Day on Sunday (21 March). It... Read More
A Valentine’s Day Gift from Alexander McCall Smith 12 Feb '21 Alexander McCall Smith woke up one morning – about a week ago – with a new poem fixed firmly in his mind. It had revealed itself to the... Read More
A Time of Distance 09 Apr '20 Our own Alexander McCall Smith, author of 44 Scotland Street, wrote a poem for readers last week. It was read on BBC Radio 4 PM and appeared in the... Read More