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Issue 27: Women Writers of the Scottish Literary Renaissance

  • EditorialEdwin Only Helped
  • Helen Cruickshank: ‘Bide the storm ye canna hinder’By Jenni Calder
  • How I Came to Write a Poem about Hugh MacDiarmid’s SocksBy Magi Gibson
  • Magi Gibson: Washing Hugh MacDiarmid’s SocksBy Magi Gibson
  • Opening Doors: how I wrote What We Did in the DarkBy Ajay Close
  • Quiet pioneer: the novels of Nan Shepherd (1893–1981)By Charlotte Peacock
  • Willa Muir: a Shetland Translator in PragueBy Michelle Woods

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Upon Another Point

  • Statue (in memoriam Douglas Gifford)By Alan MacGillivray

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Book Reviews

‘A Kist of Thistles’, edited by Jim Aitken

A Kist of Thistles: An anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Scotland
Review by Katie Ailes

‘Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969: A Revolution on Stage’, by Mark Brown

Modernism and Scottish Theatre since 1969
Review by Ian Brown

‘Bale Fire’, by Jim Carruth

Bale Fire, by Jim Carruth
Review by Louisa Gairn

‘Maud Sulter: Passion’, by Deborah Cherry

Maud Sulter: Passion
Review by Esraa Husain

‘Sacrifice Zones’, by Samuel Tongue

Sacrifice Zones, by Samuel Tongue
Review by Bridget Khursheed

‘Scotland in Space’, edited by Deborah Scott and Simon Malpas

Scotland in Space: Creative Visions and Critical Reflections on Scotland’s Space Future
Review by Alan MacGillivray

‘Glitches of Mortality’, by Graham Fulton

Glitches of Mortality
Review by Will Burns

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