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For the Love of Books is the official podcast from North Lanarkshire Libraries. Each episode contains bookish chat from library staff and special guests. You can discover new reads to check out in the library, more about current and forthcoming library events as well as enjoy fellow book lovers just talking books. Author interviews appear regularly too, giving you a chance to discover more about the books than just the words and covers. Watch out for our Bea’s Books Edition episodes as well where you will find great book recommendations on specific themes. Go beyond the podcast with #FLBpodcast and #BeasBooks on social media too.
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Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
In the lead-up to National Poetry Day 2022, North Lanarkshire Libraries held a poetry competition. The prize for the winning poems was to have them published in a collection on BorrowBox - the library eBook service.
We decided to go one step further and create this special podcast episode featuring readings of all of the poems selected for the eBook. Join us and listen in on a great way to celebrate National Poetry Day.
The poems included are:
The Baldernock Churchyard Faeries by James DG Beattie | Read by Judy McGuire
It's Only a Hedgehog by Craig Blades | Read by Susan Wilson
Tragedy by LJ Bryant | Read by Peter Benassi
Montague Masked by Erin Caullay | Read by Craig Tobin
Lockdown by Elizabeth Clarke | Read by Hilary Petrie
The Lonely Shore by Steven Gallagher | Read by Kathryn Epps
The River by David Harper | Read by Russell Brown
Scottish Sunshine by Harry Jack | Read by Jean Ewart
The Castlecary Horseman by Albert MacBeath | Read by Andrew Davidson
My Class by Ann McGonnell | Read by Gillian Harley
Morgan Glen by Rose Macgregor | Read by Alison Walsh
The Isle O' Skye by Stuart McLean | Read by Thomas Clark
The Falling Man by Mick O'Neill | Read by Ekaterine Tsurtsumia
Hagg-is by Cameron Tonner | Read by Phyllis Canavan
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