Mastodawn

I’m here to recommend the new (February 2026) collection of poems by Nicky Melville, ‘Get Tae’. Writing also as nick-e melville, he’s one of my favourite poets, Scottish or otherwise. His work is lucid, biting, often darkly funny, satirical and archly acquisitive (in the sense that he borrows brilliantly from the mundane, the political, film, and the realms of ad copy, among other things).

The book is available from Blue Diode Press, who also published his excellent selected poems, ‘Decade of Cu ts’.

https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/get-tae-by-nicky-melville

#NickyMelville #Poetry #ScottishPoetry #ScottishPoets #Edinburgh #BlueDiodePress #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Saraphir Camille Mar 9

I was thrilled to get a physical copy of Shine Quarterly Issue 6 yesterday and to see my two poems 'Ajar' and 'A Burning' in print. 📖🧡 They were published online last October, but it's extra special to be in the quarterly. Thanks Samantha! Both Shine Poetry and Samantha Terrell are now only on Bluesky, if you're there you could give them a follow - and me too. 🫶

#poetrycollection #poetryinprint #poetrycommunity #scottishpoetry

marcas Feb 21

Gheibhear cothrom Niall O' Gallagher a chluinntinn an-seo, a' bruidhinn ri Tristan Rosenstock air Sradagan san Iarmailt, air RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Is féidir libh Niall Ó Gallchóir a chloisteáil anseo, ag caint le Tristan Rosenstock ar Shradagan san Iarmailt, ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/an-cuinne-dana/2026/0219/1559363-an-cuinne-dana-deardaoin-19-feabhra-2026/

#Gàidhlig #Gaeilge #Bàrdachd #Filíocht #ScotLit #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #ScottishPoetry #GaelicPoetry #ScottishLiterature #GaelicLiterature

marcas Jan 23

Grab yourself a bargain! 🧭

This is the last of the stock available!

Get one while they last!

https://www.waterstones.com/book/polaris/marcas-mac-an-tuairneir/9781914090301

#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Poetry #ScotLit #ScottishLiterature #ScottishPoetry

marcas Jan 13

Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament⁠
A New Generation of Gaelic Poets⁠
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir⁠
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Cois locha -⁠
ceilear Cèitein,⁠
moch-mhadainn.⁠
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Cois cladaich -⁠
dìosg dèile,⁠
lochan-tàimh.⁠
~ Màiri Anna NicUalraig, 'Camhanaich, Loch Sharbot'⁠
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This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium⁠

https://francisboutle.co.uk/products/sradagan-san-iarmailt-sparks-in-the-firmament/⁠
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#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #ScotLit #Poetry #GaelicPoetry #ScottishPoetry

marcas Jan 4

Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament⁠
A New Generation of Gaelic Poets⁠
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir⁠
⁠
Trobhad leam tro Ghlaschu,⁠
an grafitti comharrachadh gach àite⁠
far an robh sinn ri guil, ri gràdh ’s ri gàire
~ Niall O'Gallagher, 'Grafitti'⁠
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This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium⁠

https://francisboutle.co.uk/products/sradagan-san-iarmailt-sparks-in-the-firmament/⁠
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#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #ScotLit #Poetry #GaelicPoetry #ScottishPoetry

marcas Dec 27

Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament⁠
A New Generation of Gaelic Poets⁠
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir⁠

Àite mo shinnsrean ’s m’ òige fhèin,⁠
chun nan stuaghan ’s nan eilean stòlda,⁠
dromannan dubh-ghorm sa chiaradh.⁠
~ Lisa NicDhòmhnaill, 'Ealasaid (21)⁠
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This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium

https://francisboutle.co.uk/products/sradagan-san-iarmailt-sparks-in-the-firmament/⁠
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#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #ScotLit #Poetry #GaelicPoetry #ScottishPoetry

marcas Dec 21

Sradagan san Iarmailt / Sparks in the Firmament⁠
A New Generation of Gaelic Poets⁠
Edited by Marcas Mac an Tuairneir⁠
⁠
beannachd na grèine, beannachd an uisge⁠
solas na làn-ghealaich air achadh reòta⁠
~ Caoimhin MacNèill, 'Beannachd'⁠
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This wide-ranging anthology showcases the talented cohort of Gaelic poets who have come to prominence since the turn of the millennium

https://francisboutle.co.uk/products/sradagan-san-iarmailt-sparks-in-the-firmament/⁠
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#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #ScotLit #Poetry #GaelicPoetry #ScottishPoetry #Scotland #ScottishBooks