Selkirk Lapwing Press

Contemporary poetry from south Scotland and north England

Still available at £6-50 + £1-00 p & p

This is a unique anthology of poems written by poets living in the southernmost extremities of Scotland and the northernmost extremities of England. Ranging widely in style and content, the collection reflects the passions, hopes and experiences of those living near the English-Scottish border, and will surprise readers by its variety, complexity, charm and ability to shock.

Supported by the Scottish Arts Council, Both Sides of Hadrian’s Wall was launched at a Big Poetry Event at Selkirk’s County Hotel on Saturday 18 November 2006, when over 125 people celebrated the occasion. Almost fifty poets were present (is this a record?), and most of them read from their own work. It was an extraordinary and brilliant occasion.

A further series of Both Sides of Hadrian’s Wall events and readings were held in 2007 in Carlisle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dumfries and Edinburgh.

The poets represented are:

            Dorothy Alexander
            Keith Armstrong
            John Bate
            Robert Beaton
            Peter Bennet
            Tom Bryan
            Rachel Burns
            Yowann Byghan
            Malcolm Carson
            Dorothy Chalk
            Pim Claridge
            Julian Colton
            Sally Dalglish
            Marion Dalziell
            Eric Davidson
            Darrell Desbrow
            Chris Fairgrieve
            Helen Farish
            Annie Foster
            Isobel Mary Gibson
            William Gilson
            Geraldine Green
            Susan Hedworth
            Peter Hinchcliffe
            Andy Hopkins
            John Horn
            Ivy Hudson
            Helen Hudspith
            Bernard Jackson
            Anita John
            Heather Johnston
            Vivien Jones
            Louisa Kallonas
            Jamie Kirwood
            Ivy Dunnett Lannon
            Jenny Lawrence
            Robert Leach
            Lis Lee
            Matt Lee
            John Light
            S.J.Litherland
            Marilyn Longstaff
            Andrew McCallum
            Janis Mackay
            Ayelet McKenzie
            Asit Maitra
            Arthur Martin
            Mazzy Molotnikoff
            Tom Murray
            Tom Nesbit
            Lynn Otty
            Marita Over
            Joy Parker
            Nick Pemberton
            Katrina Porteous
            Tom Pow
            David Purves
            Laurna Robertson
            Pam Russell
            Martin Salter-Smith
            Lindsay Sawyer
            Natalie Scott
            Carol Seddon
            Mike Smith
            Michael Standen
            Claire Stewart
            John Stewart
            Violet Taylor
            David West
            Penny Wheatley
            Jay Whittaker

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