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2026
October, 2026: advance news that my poem 'Stormcock' has been chosen by Maria Isakova Bennett to be published in issue 7 of her 'Coast to Coast to Coast' series. Delighted. I've always wanted to be in one of her hand-stitched beautiful books.
End January/February, 2026: Delighted that I will have three poems published in the inaugural edition of 'Stoat' which promises to be an exciting new magazine edited by the poet Ingrid Leonard . The poems are : two inspired by Iceland 'Mountain Avens', 'A Library of Water', (on melting glacier water) and also a poem in two parts i) On Ice and ii) Pole of Cold.
2025
Dec 1st, 2025. My poem '20th Wedding Anniversary' has been selected by Autumn Voices and is included in a digital anthology as part of a symposium organized by Strathclyde University on 'Getting On: Understanding & Writing Love In Later Life'.
Nov 18th, 2025 7-9pm, Reading at the Graveyard Shift poetry and music night in the Snug at the Athletic Arms (aka the Diggers), Dalry, Edinburgh.
Oct 23rd , 2025 6.30-7.30pm. My poem 'Leaving St Kilda' set to music for 4 voices by Fraser McDonald has another outing. This time sung by the Cathedral Choir at St Giles, Edinburgh as part of a choral evening celebrating the Auld Alliance. Free but donations requested.