Breaking News:
Dec 1st, 2025. My poem '20th Wedding Anniversary' has been selected by Autumn Voices and will be included in a digital anthology to be launched in time for a symposium on 1st Dec organized by Strathclyde University on 'Getting On: Understanding & Writing Love In Later Life'.
Nov 18th, 2025 7-9pm, I will be 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.
Sept 13th, 2025 15.00 GMT Day 2 of PoetryLit's Festival Finale. I will be hosting the featured poets Vasiliki Albedo, Ronna Bloom and Sukhema. Can be watched Livestream on PoetryLit's Facebook page and on You Tube.
Sept 12th, 2025 , Fri 7pm GMT. Part of PoetryLit's 2-day Festival online to celebrate the ending after 5 years of PoetryLit . I will be reading along with other members of the PoetryLit team: Milla Van Der Have, Iain Whitely, Lydia Harris and Walco Van Loon. Sept 13th, Sat will be a special event featuring 9 of PoetryLit's favourite poets.
August 30th, 2025 'The Leaving of St Kilda' set to music for 4 voices has another outing. This time sung by the Seraphim choir in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
August 4th, 2025 at 16.30-17.00 my poem 'The Leaving of St Kilda' will be read during the Edinburgh Fringe as part of a fiddle and harp gig 'Scottish Roots' with fiddle player, Alastair Savage and harpist Ailie Robertson at St Mark's Church, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh.