These Islands, We Sing
An Anthology of Scottish Islands Poetry
Published on 4. July 2011
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-84697-196-9 (ISBN)
Description
Many of Scotland's most important poets grew up or chose to live on Scottish islands. This anthology pays tribute to the islands' creative output by bringing together a huge array of poetic talent, from the internationally-renowned - Sorley Maclean, Iain Crichton Smith, George Mackay Brown, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Hugh MacDairmid - to those fantastic poets deserving of more attention - Jim Mainland, Aonghas MacNeacail, Meg Bateman, Alex Cluness, Jen Hadfield, and many more - in one wonderful collection.
With poems exploring the themes of love, language, landscape, identity and belonging, These Islands, We Sing is a significant and heartfelt celebration of poetry and place.
With poems exploring the themes of love, language, landscape, identity and belonging, These Islands, We Sing is a significant and heartfelt celebration of poetry and place.
Reviews / Votes
'Excellent' * Press & Journal * 'A book as gift to the world' * Magma * 'This is an admirable and largely successful anthology compiled by MacNeil, with a consistency of purpose and design throughout... These Islands We Sing is an important and timely contribution to both the literature of Scotland and the literature of the sea and the land' * Nautilus Journal *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Illustrations
ill
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
506 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84697-196-9 (9781846971969)
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Person
Kevin MacNeil is an award-winning writer from the Outer Hebrides. He is a novelist, poet, editor and screenwriter, and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Stirling. He is the author of The Brilliant and Forever (Polygon, 2016).