British Council Scotland - New Scottish Poetry



	Listen to our audio versions of poems by Rody Gorman, Matthew Fitt, and Jackie Kay.

New Audio Poems

	New Scottish Poetry

In collaboration with Edinburgh: UNESCO City of Literature, we have commissioned new poetry to reflect the diversity of language in Scotland today.

Our latest set of poems are the result of a project with Cove Park. Poet to Poet Translation involved a group of writers from the UK working with poets from the Hebrew and Arabic cultures of Jerusalem.

		Poet to Poet Translation
		Read the poems, find out about the background to the project and discover more about the poets involved.

Scottish poets

Poems, translations and biographies by our six previously commisisoned Scottish writers can be found using the links below.

	John Burnside Poet and novelist John Burnside has been a freelance writer since 1996.
	Matthew Fitt Matthew Fitt is a poet and novelist writing in Scots.
	Ann Frater Anne Frater is from the Isle of Lewis, and has Gaelic as her first language.
	Valerie Gillies Valerie Gillies is the author of several poetry collections, and writes in English.
	Rody Gorman Rody Gorman is a writer in Gaelic who now lives in the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
	Alan Jamieson Robert Alan Jamieson was born in Shetland and writes in Scots.
	Jackie Kay Jackie Kay has published three collections of poetry for adults.
	Janet Paisley Janet Paisley is a poet, author, and scriptwriter, writing in Scots and English.
	Aonghas MacNeacail Aonghas MacNeacail is a poet in Gaelic and English.

		Audio Poems
		Three of our poems are available in audio format, read by the writers, along with other examples of their work.