Handfast
Scottish Poems for Weddings and Affirmations
Written by Liz Lochhead / Edited by Lizzie MacGregor
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About the Book
*Suitable for reading aloud - a lot of similar anthologies have weddings as their subject but don't offer really public poems *Chosen by the Scottish Poetry Library's Assistant Librarian, who has been answering the constant stream of requests for such poems for the last ten years, and knows what is valued *Introduction by one of Scotland's most famous poets *New pieces by well-known poets specially written for this volume
The Authors
Liz Lochhead
Liz Lochhead was born in Motherwell in 1947. While studying at the Glasgow School of Art she began to write seriously, gradually losing her way with her initial dream of becoming a painter. Her first book of poetry, Memo for Spring, was published in 1972 and sold 5,000 copies. The Scottish-Canadian Writers Exchange Fellowship,1978–9, marked her transition to full-time writer. She has since published several plays and poetry collections including A Choosing and most recently Fugitive Colours. Liz Lochhead was Scots Makar from 2011–2016.
Lizzie MacGregor
Sir Hew Strachan is currently Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford, a member of the National Committee for the Centenary of the First World War, and a Commissioner of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He is the author of numerous works of military history, including a magisterial first volume of a history of the First World War, To Arms. Lizzie MacGregor is the Assistant Librarian of the Scottish Poetry Library, and editor of several popular anthologies co-published by the SPL and Polygon, including Handfast: Scottish poems for weddings and affirmations, Lament: Scottish poems for funerals and consolation; and Luckenbooth, an anthology of Edinburgh poetry. Yvonne McEwen is currently the Project Director of Scotland’s War 1914–1919 at the Centre for the Study of Modern Conflict at the University of Edinburgh. Her study In the Company of Nurses: The British Army Nursing Service in the Great War was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2014.Related
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