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  • Hardback | Pub: 19 Oct 2023
    £25.00

    Liz Lochhead is one of the leading poets writing in Britain today. Her debut collection, Memo for Spring (1972), was a landmark publication. Writing at a time when the landscape of Scottish poetry was male dominated, hers was a fresh, new voice,…

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Liz Lochhead

The long-awaited collected poems from Scotland’s first female Makar and one of the country’s most beloved and influential writers.

‘A voice so fresh and relevant that it broke new ground’– Sunday Post

‘An inspirational presence in British poetry – funny, feisty, female and full of feeling’ – Carol Ann Duffy

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