Category: Summer 2017 Poets

Rab Wilson
Rab Wilson: was born in Ayrshire and has worked in engineering, coal mining, and psychiatric nursing. His first major work as a poet, bringing

Christie Williamson
Christie Williamson: is a poet originally from Yell, Shetland who now lives in Glasgow. His poems have appeared in the New Shetlander, Gutter,

Chrys Salt
Chrys Salt: has performed at festivals across the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada, Finland, and India and won numerous awards. In 2012 The Burning

Tom Pow
Tom Pow: has written across a range of genres, including fiction, non–fiction, drama, and works for children. But he is primarily a poet.

Michael Pedersen
Michael Pedersen: is an Edinburgh born poet, writer, babbler, etc. He won the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship and John Mather’s Trust Rising

Liz Niven
Liz Niven: is a Scottish poet. Her collections include Stravaigin, Burning Whins, and The Shard Box (Luath Press, Edinburgh). Public art

Jane McKie
Jane McKie: her first two collections of poetry were Morocco Rococo (Cinnamon Press) which won the Sundial /Scottish Arts Council award for best

James McGonigal
James McGonigal: is a poet, biographer, and critic, formerly a teacher and teacher educator. He has co–edited anthologies of Scottish

Ian McDonough
Ian McDonough: was brought up in Brora on the East Coast of Sutherland. He has published four collections of poetry, most recently A Witch Among

Rachel McCrum
Rachel McCrum: is a poet and performer who has worked across Scotland, Montreal, Haiti, South Africa, Greece, and Northern Ireland. She won the