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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

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast by using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings we'd always appreciate a rating too.