
Concerning the Atlas of Scotland
And Other Poems
Tom Pow(Author)
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited (Publisher)
Published on 7. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-84697-301-7 (ISBN)
Description
Tom Pow spent six months as writer in residence at the National Library of Scotland Map Library in Edinburgh. He was so inspired by the collection that they hold and by the stories that they tell that he wrote a collection of poetry based on that experience.
Published by Polygon but with input from the National Library and illustrated with details from the collection, this beautiful and quite haunting collection will be welcomed by map lovers as well as poetry lovers.
Published by Polygon but with input from the National Library and illustrated with details from the collection, this beautiful and quite haunting collection will be welcomed by map lovers as well as poetry lovers.
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'This beautiful and quite haunting collection will be welcomed by map lovers as well as poetry lovers' * Cairt *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
302 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84697-301-7 (9781846973017)
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08/2014
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Person
Tom Pow is an award-winning writer and poet. From 2001 to 2003 he was the first writer in residence at the Edinburgh International Books Festival and he was Writer in Residence at the National Library of Scotland in 2013. His books for children in include Callum's Big Day and Who Is The World For?, which won the Scottish Arts Council's Children's Book of the Year (2001).