A new poem by Niall Campbell

John Glenday on Spontaneity and Revision

Lesley Harrison on John Rae, transmission and resonance

Don Paterson on Orfeo, libretti and foot to mouth resuscitation

A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 6th September 2026

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Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry.

Want to develop your practice through workshops and feedback from the experts? Apply to be part of the Studios and 1-Day Workshops.

Dani Garavelli on Kathleen Jamie telling her “noticing was an act of resistance.” Yes! We cannot act before we’ve noticed (and this is the key idea behind so much of Ruskin’s writing, who’s the subjec...

Don Paterson is over it

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Lesley Harrison on the strange world of

An extract from Cairn by Kathleen Jamie

The books waiting to be read

Don Paterson on poetry, philosophy and lies

Works of Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie and more to feature in celebration of literature’s interplay with other art forms, says director

Nicola Healey on Michael Laskey’s Collected Poems

Lisa Brockwell on her changing opinion of the poet

Lesley Harrison on Margaret Tait and film-poems

Niall Campbell on Auden

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Graeme Richardson picks brilliant collections from across the UK, by poets of every generation

here's what the North Sea Poets have been reading recently ... Part II to follow next week

Lesley Harrison on Simone Weil and Tom Pow

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Don Paterson remembers Douglas Dunn's ‘Remembering Lunch’

Niall Campbell with Mahon and Housman on the Camino de Santiago

We call attention to literary achievement and provide writers with the opportunity to focus on their work independent of financial concerns.

Kathleen Jamie discovers the poetry of Miguel Hernández

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A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 28th March 2026

Niall Campbell asks our readers for their suggestions - now with comments turned back on!

Lesley Harrison on bees, poetry and the ecology of language

Don Paterson on why that’s never good

Join host Taylor Dyson for a powerful and thought-provoking conversation, an inspiring panel of women dedicated to sharing Untold Stories.

NSP Guest Post! Joey Connolly on perplexity, burstiness and the strange new light AI is turning on our all-too-human art form