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Interviews, event recordings and poets galore from Scotland and around the world.
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Nothing But The Film Poem - Episode 2 (opens the original)
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Lights! Camera! Action! Poetry! This is the second episode of Nothing But The Film Poem podcast from the Scottish Poetry Library, which is released into the wild 3 times per year. In this episode Sam Tongue from the SPL chats with poetry filmmaker Steve Smart about 3 poetry films that caught their attention. Poetry films featured in this show i carry your heart with me by e.e.cummings, film by Kapou Opa Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-PAYrroWQU&t=90s Also brief notes at https://theins
Nothing But The Poem - Imtiaz Dharker (opens the original)
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The SPL's resident podcast host Sam Tongue takes a deep dive into two poems by one of Britain's most beloved poets, Imtiaz Dharker. Imtiaz Dharker - a Pakistani-born poet who grew up in Glasgow, then moved to Bombay as an adult before returning to Britain - was awarded the Queens' Medal for Poetry in 2014. Themes in Dharker's poetry include questioning what is meant by home, personal freedom, geographical and cultural displacement, communal conflict and gender politics. Carol Ann Duffy said, "Wh
Selina Tusitala Marsh (Commonwealth Poet Laureate) and Peter Mackay (Scottish Makar) in Conversation (opens the original)
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For the first time in 75 years the Commonwealth of Nations appointed a Poet Laureate in Selina Tusitala Marsh, the former Poet Laureate of New Zealand, who lives on the NZ island of Waiheke. Selina, who has Pasifika ancestral roots, was made Poet Laureate in 2025 by the Commonwealth Foundation, for the inaugural two year post. Her work as Laureate aims to use poetry to connect the 2.7 billion Commonwealth citizens throughout 56 nation states. British Council New Zealand & the Pacific and British
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