Thi 20:09

About the Book: 

Eh hid thi pleasure o drehvin hame thi 20:09 ti thi station,
this bus wiz fu we past an present generations that huv shaped oor nation.

2009 marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Bard, Robert Burns, and to celebrate Scotland held a Homecoming: an extended invitation to reconnect with the motherland. Now Mark Thomson, Bard o Dundee, tells the tale of what happened when ‘rogues, heroes, kings an queens, writers, fighters an pure delighters’ accepted the invitation and returned home.

From Robert the Bruce to Gordon Brown, John Logie Baird to Rikki Fulton and Scotland’s cream in between, Thomson’s unique voice gives life to each passenger on his magical history tour. These mischievous and wickedly funny poems celebrate Scotland’s past and look to it’s future… how will the next homecoming turn out if it’s left to this rowdy bunch?

Hop aboard the 20:09 to Buchanan Street Bus Station – a rollercoaster journey awaits.

Reviews: 

At last – a strang young voice fae Dundee. MATTHEW FITT

Poems though on ordinary life in an ordinary housing estate have a truth in them that comes directly off the page tom leonard on Bard fae this Buildin Site Working class poetry at its finest. THE COURIER on Bard fae this Buildin Site

About the Author:

MARK THOMSON writes and performs his street poetry at poetry slams and festivals, including The Wickerman Festival, with other like-minded poets, bringing music and poetry together. He began writing after completing a Hilltown Horizons literary course, where he met other Dundonian poets Kevin McCabe and Gary Robertson. Together he and Robertson formed street poetry partnership Tribal Tongues. He now leads creative writing courses himself and runs national literacy organisation workshops. His students have included children from the Barnardo's organisation.