A Box of Gems
Akros publications have released two pieces of literary history, both edited by Duncan Glen. The first is the Familiar Epistles between William Hamilton of Gilbertfield in Cambuslang and Allan Ramsay...
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The Abbot of Skellig Michael
Dead Redhead (Bloodaxe pbk £7.95) by Tracey Herd is a darkly disturbing collection of poems filled with ‘defiant women who give themselves to life’ say the cover notes – though it might be more true...
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That Other Universe
When George Bruce’s poetry was first published in the 1940s he quickly became associated with the landscape and with the people of North-East Scotland. His writing was shaped by the qualities of a...
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Three Interesting Collections
Into a Room :Selected Poems of William Soutar (Argyll Publishing, £7.99) is a significant new addition to the Soutar bibliography. In their introduction, editors Carl MacDougall & Douglas Gifford...
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Des Dillon’s first collection, Picking Brambles (Luath Press PBK £6.99), begins with the title poem, and straight away you get the sense of a refreshing, individual style. His words are indeed like...
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