Wigtown Book Festival | Poetic Shenanigans at the Heart of the… Renowned poet Hugh McMillan, casts his eye over this year’s programme and plucks out some poetic gems.

Poetry at the upcoming Wigtown Book Festival! Great assortment, variety and entertainment! Loud shirts! Come along!

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✨UPCOMING BOOK EVENT ✨

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📍Hidden Door Festival, The Paper Factory, Edinburgh
📆 12th June
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The magic of the West Coast Main Line

The Magic of the West Coast Main Line

You should certainly be featuring some of Scotland’s most exciting under the radar poets and not the usual suspects….

Donate to Grand Materials: Keats in Scotland, organized by Hugh Mcmillan Having written and published through the wonderful Roncadora Press a mad book about t… Hugh Mcmillan needs your support for Grand Materials: Keats in Scotland

You love Keats and me! Irish and Ayrshire experience next: bank robberies, violence and poets mistaken for Frenchies Englanders and thieves. I’ll take you with me! Thanks again! Funder still open for chapters to come!

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Donate to Grand Materials: Keats in Scotland, organized by Hugh Mcmillan Having written and published through the wonderful Roncadora Press a mad book about t… Hugh Mcmillan needs your support for Grand Materials: Keats in Scotland

Second time rejection by CS for mad book on Keats tour of Scotland. Boo to them. So here’s a crowdfunder. I’ve spent my life skint for one reason or another, if you are, pass this on to a millionaire.

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1/3 @hugemcm.bsky.social has selected 'The only team in the bible' by Colin Rutherford to join our poetry collection.

Hugh says 'Until such times as someone calls a football team ‘Love your Enemies Athletic’, Queen of the South will remain the only team in the bible.

Our Special Poetry Collections 7 Days (years) of the Hampden Collection and The Seven poetry Videos of Christmas … To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Hampden Collection and to shine a light on the brilliant poetry tha…

You'll find Gaby's video and all our poems @ hampdencollection.com/ourspecialpo...

@juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social @hugemcm.bsky.social

Our Special Poetry Collections 7 Days (years) of the Hampden Collection and The Seven poetry Videos of Christmas … To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Hampden Collection and to shine a light on the brilliant poetry tha…

See Donna's video and all our poems @ hampdencollection.com/ourspecialpo...

@juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social @hugemcm.bsky.social

The fourth poem highlighting the seventh anniversary of the Hampden Collection is by the current Hampden Collection curator @hugemcm.bsky.social , where he contemplates the ghosts of long gone supporters gathered still in the ghost of Cathkin Park.

Delighted that my poem ‘War’ has been selected by @aoifelyall.bsky.social as one of the 2023 Best Scottish Poems.

Thanks to @byleaveswelive.bsky.social and the wonderful Drunk Muse Press who published it

A lovely way to round off the year

Congratulations to all the other poets on the list too!

Our Special Poetry Collections 7 Days (years) of the Hampden Collection and The Seven poetry Videos of Christmas … To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Hampden Collection and to shine a light on the brilliant poetry tha…

See Julie's video and all our poetry @ hampdencollection.com/ourspecialpo...

@hugemcm.bsky.social

The @hampdencollection.bsky.social is turning seven years old! Look out for seven fabulous film poems to celebrate - all curated by our heid poet @hugemcm.bsky.social
First up is the brilliant @stephenwattpoet.bsky.social with Mount Florida Bloodline

John Duncan is now on my wall. ‘Jeanne D’Arc et sa Garde Ecossaise’. Designed the Witches Well on Edinburgh Castle esplanade commemorating all the women unfairly prosecuted and persecuted in Lothian. A butcher’s boy from Dundee.

Seven marvellous poetry videos to celebrate the Hampden Collection from Hampden Makars past and present, topped off by a poem from the new Makar of Scotland himself, Peter MacKay!

Our Special Poetry Collections 7 Days (years) of the Hampden Collection and The Seven poetry Videos of Christmas … To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Hampden Collection and to shine a light on the brilliant poetry tha…

See all our poetry at the world home of football poetry...

hampdencollection.com/ourspecialpo...

@hugemcm.bsky.social @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social

It’s not Christmassy but here’s my Xmas poem dedicated to delivery drivers everywhere!

It’s like Slade’s ‘are you hanging up your stockings on the wall?’ How are you meant to do that? Do you drive a nail in? No way should these folk be making millions without resolving these fundamental issues of plausibility

How come the snowman brings the snow in that song? How does that work?

The Nith raging tonight

If you love poetry, the art of poetry, and the art of thoughtful poetry critique, I suggest a read of this book review. A masterclass in how to express a deep and generous love of the art of poetry. I also love Diverted To Split but could never in a million years say why like George Gunn does here.

Did you know Alexander Trocchi was about to be expelled from school in Gatehouse of Fleet when the headmaster found out that his Great Uncle was in the running to become Pope?

It was great being involved in judging these fantastic Saltire poetry books but yesterday I was in two primary schools in Gourock and poetry was spilling out of the weans like rain and I’m thinking that’s where the rewards are, too.

Diverted to Split & The Ayrshire Nestling Book Launch Glasgow double launch of Hugh McMillan’s Diverted to Split and Gerry Cambridge’s The Ayrshire Nestling hosted by Glasgow Makar Jim Carruth

Glasgow People! Come to this event tomorrow! Brilliant stories from Gerry Cambridge, Kirsten MacQuarrie, poems from me, Eleanor Tennyson, Julie McNeill
Legendary line up. Free of charge! Jim Carruth introducing!

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Diverted To Split by Hugh McMillan by George Gunn | Northwords Now In the 34 years since Hugh McMillan published Tramontana, (Dog and Bone,1990) he has accrued an impr...

Here is a very sexy review by the great George Gunn of ‘Diverted to Split’ in the latest Northwords Now. If you haven’t bought a copy get in touch or go to the remaining launches, linked below!

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Saltire shortlist has Kay, John Burnside, Marjorie lofti, K Patrick, Janette Ayachi Michael Pederson
but there have been oodles more this year. Golden age!

You need some poetry in your pile Susie- some amazing Scottish poetry this year

Me anaw

Diverted to Split & The Ayrshire Nestling Book Launch Glasgow double launch of Hugh McMillan’s Diverted to Split and Gerry Cambridge’s The Ayrshire Nestling

Great poetry evening happening in Avant Garde Glasgow on 27th November with the launch of books by Hugh McMillan and Gerry Cambridge.

Come along for a brilliant evening of poetry and prose. Free entry but register here 👇🏻

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