
Male friendships: Andrew Greig and Michael Pedersen
'Me and my Dad will just about manage a handshake'. Is male emotionality a barrier we have to break down? And are male friendships changing generationally? Poets Andrew Greig and Michael Pedersen join...
26 Apr 202447min

Inheritance: Niall Campbell - live at Push The Boat Out 2023
Multi-award winning poet Niall Campbell joins Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie and host Alistair Heather on stage at the Push The Boat Out poetry festival 2023. Our theme is inheritance and tradition. To...
15 Des 202340min

Solitude: Brian Holton and Len Pennie
Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie and host Alistair Heather are joined in person by Brian Holton, and from Covid isolation, by TikTok poet Len Pennie. Our theme is time is solitude - in Fife and ancient C...
21 Jul 202346min

Water: Don Paterson and Roshni Gallagher
Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie and host Alistair Heather are joined by Don Paterson and Roshni Gallagher, to share poems and chat in the Scottish Poetry Library. Our theme for this episode is water. To...
21 Jul 202334min

Reading: John Glenday and Liz Houchin
Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie and host Alistair Heather welcome two excellent poets to the Scottish Poetry Library. In this first episode, they share poems and discussion around the theme of reading. ...
21 Jul 202340min

Introducing box-fresh Scottish poetry
Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie and host Alistair Heather welcome some of the most vital voices in Scottish letters to Edinburgh's Scottish Poetry Library. Produced by Bespoken Media, and supported by C...
17 Jul 20231min



















