Pupils and staff will be reciting their own and other poems and talking about their heroes/heroines in front of an invited audience of parents, staff and pupils. The performance will also be filmed and shown at our school Open Evening on the 6th October.

Venue: Carluke High School Library

Contact: Linda Martin
Telephone: 01555 773680
Email: lmartin@carluke.s-lanark.sch.uk
Website: http://www.carluke-highschool.org.uk/

20 poets go head to head in live competition for the title of Glagow Slam champion.Open to everyone. Come and have a go if you think you're bard enough.8pm start. To take part contact Robin Cairns.

Venue: The Rio Cafe, Hyndland Street, Glasgow

Tickets: Free

Contact: Robin Cairns
Telephone: 0141 427 9293
Email: robin.cairns@btconnect.com
Website: www.robincairns.co.uk

Brainheart Scotland’s heroes of invention innovation and discovery of the modern world now take their rightful place along side its ancient martial heroes celebrated in this most cutting edged verbal art form – performance poetry. As Blin’ Harry extolled the heroic deeds in his epic the Wallace, as did Barbour in the Bruce, so does Paraig MacNeil with Scotland’s geniuses of innovation and discovery in his own epic Brainheart, parts of which are performed in individual 40 line rhyming eulogies with new riddles extolling world-changers from Watt and Bowman-Lindsay; from Bell to Baird, brought to life, inspiring a healthy national pride, introducing Paraig’s very own rhyming innovation the ‘metrical mirror’. National Poetry Day, Thursday 8th October, 2009 “Educational and informative” Scots Magazine, December 2007 " It was an absolute Tour De Force” Steve McGrail free-lance writer. June 2007. Copies of Brainheart will be on sale.

Venue: Falkirk Library, Hope Street Falkirk, FK1 5AS

Tickets: No ticket for sale -

Contact: Paraig MacNeil
Telephone: 01786 824563
Email: scotsbard@googlemail.com

The general public are invited to join with the local poetry group and the Northern Writers group and Paul Buckley, guitarist and singer, in an informal evening with light refreshments, to celebrate Hers and Heroines at 7-30

Venue: rosehall village hall, lairg iv27 4eu

Tickets: £5

Contact: sonia bidwell
Telephone: 01549-441256
Email: johnbidwell48@btinternet.com

S1 pupils and members of the library creative writers group are read Capturing the moment by Rina Ferrerelli. After a discussion with the class they create their own piece of writing, using the national poetry bookmark template

Venue: Shawlands Academy school library

Tickets: free

Contact: Mary Rusk
Telephone: 0141 582 0210
Email: MRusk@shawlandsacademy.glasgow.sch.uk

National Poetry Day at the SPL will be packed full of free poetry events. We've so much to squeeze in, we're still confirming some of the times - please keep checking back for up to date info! Nothing But the Poem, 12.30-1.30pm A relaxed reading group, looking at the postcards produced by the SPL for this year's NPD theme of Heroes and Heroines. Poems Aloud, (2-3pm, time tbc) A chance for people to discuss the poems that mean the most to them, and listen to SPL staffers and our Reader in Residence read poems aloud. Tea and biscuits served. Arts and crafts!/How do you carry yours? (3-5pm, time tbc) Drop-in workshops for people to create original ways of carrying the poems that matter to them: mix and match between paper crafts with librarian Julie Johnstone; mad alternative crafts with Knitty Kitty; collage making and screen-printing (tbc). Bring your own materials to make a little something - we will provide some materials too. The Chapel of Poetry For those who need some quiet time, poems will be played softly throughout the day in our Members' Room. MP3s A few MP3 posts spread throughout the library will play a mixture of all sorts of poetry. Lost For Words Our own Lizzie MacGregor will be manning the Lost For Words stall - all those with half-remembered poems and unnamed fragments of verse, enquire within upon everything... Poetry Pub Quiz, 7pm - late At the wonderful Waverley bar on St Mary's Street - a chance for poetry fans to enter a team and show off their knowledge, with double or nothing rounds, poetic spouses, and audio and picture rounds amongst the fun on offer.

Venue: Scottish Poetry Library & Waverley Bar

Tickets: Free!

Contact: Scottish Poetry Library
Telephone: 0131 557 2876
Email: reception@spl.org.uk
Website: http://www.spl.org.uk/events/npd.html

Well-known Scottish poet Hamish Whyte, reads and discusses poems from Kin: Scottish Poems About Families, an excellent themed anthology, full of sparkling and thoughtful poems.

Venue: Mitchell Library

Tickets: Admission Free

Telephone: 0141 287 2999
Email: lil@csglasgow.org
Website: www.csglasgow.org

All day event, poets in residence, balloons, performances, notable locals reading their favourite poems....and much more

Venue: Dumfries, The Midsteeple and Around

Tickets: Free

Contact: Hugh McMillan
Telephone: 01848331439
Email: steamboatsmcmillan@hotmail.com

2 age groupings from the local school are coming to have poems read to them by members of the Library Users' Group. Two "competitions" will be set for judging later and the two prizes are a book of poetry for the appropriate age group ( the older group's is a Scottish Poetry Library publication.)

Venue: Colinsburgh Library, Fife, KY9 1LW

Tickets: none

Contact: Susan Grant
Telephone: 01333 340233
Email: hg505grant @aol.com
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Inverkeithing High School will be broadcasting their Poetry Recital live to the schools Radio Station. Visit radiowaves.co.uk/inverkeithing at 1:00 on National Poetry Day to listen in!

Venue: Inverkeithing High School

Contact: Lewis Phillips
Email: lewis@lewis-phillips.co.uk
Website: http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/inverkeithing

Poetry from Hugh McMillan and Raymond Vettese, music from Grace Banks and Charlie Williamson

Venue: links hotel montrose

Tickets: £3.00

Contact: Rachel Fox
Email: author@crowd-pleasers.net
Website: http://brilliantpoetry.blogspot.com/2009/09/national-poetry-day-plus-one-oct-2009.html

Poems from Hugh McMillan and Raymond Vettese. Songs from Charlie Williamson and Pauline Hynd. Host Rachel Fox. Doors open 7.30pm

Venue: Links Hotel, Montrose, Angus

Tickets: £3

Contact: Rachel Fox
Telephone: 07751487366
Email: author@crowd-pleasers.net
Website: http://crowd-pleasers.blogspot.com/2009/08/plus-one.html