{"title":"Sept\/Oct26","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"whistlebare","title":"Whistlebare","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlanket nailed across the draught-ridden door, I huddle inside the shepherd’s dwelling with my dogs and an orphaned duck.  Even in bed I wear socks, mittens and a woollen hat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy did I choose this meagre, isolated existence on the slopes of Whistlebare?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach day brings new delights and difficulties: what will serve to soothe the needy duckling while I am out tending the sheep? 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After facing wrongful condemnation from her community, Helen sought refuge in the Scottish Highlands, where she found solace amidst nature. Her memoirs capture her journey from the pulpit to the rugged beauty of rural farming. 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The Scottish landscapes that close the book are the root and Right True End of the collection: 'Bus Stop, Alloway' and 'Lanarkshire, January', the February flightpaths and unexpected bursts of hail - all these poems are sharp, soar, and help you to really see - and maybe my favourite is 'Drumelzier': not a poem about an eldritch experience but one that is an eldritch experience. It's an extraordinarily rich and varied collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLIZ LOCHHEAD on \u003cem\u003eHomecoming\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...lively and intelligent... wide-ranging, adventurous, often witty...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDWIN MORGAN on \u003cem\u003eHomecoming\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...full of passion and intelligence... 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Political anger is poured into strong, argumentative, emotionally engaging poems: no easy task.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGERRIE FELLOWS on \u003cem\u003eThe Winter Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/5573\/7238\/files\/alan_riach_be013a8c-66ec-4438-b1eb-a0dc39a8c080.png?v=1754477024\" style=\"margin-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; float: left;\"\u003eAlan Riach was born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, in 1957. He studied at Cambridge and Glasgow and worked in New Zealand at the University of Waikato from 1986-2000. He is the author of Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry and Representing Scotland in Literature, Popular Culture and Iconography. 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His life spanned most of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis story is not straightforward. He was taken prisoner by the Soviets in 1939 and forced to work east of the Urals, then freed in an amnesty after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. He then joined the thousands of Poles who travelled to Tehran, then Egypt, to be integrated into the British Army, fighting in North Africa and Italy. 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He has worked as a director and producer for several theatre companies and has also produced two films. He is currently Artistic Director of Dogstar Theatre Company which is based in the Scottish Highlands and tours its productions in Scotland and abroad. Dogstar has also co-produced with companies in Sweden and Denmark. In 2009, Matthew was named Best Actor in the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland for his performance in his play \u003cem\u003eThe Tailor of Inverness\u003c\/em\u003e. The play has won several other awards and has toured extensively in Scotland and to Poland, Ukraine, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium, Ireland, England, Wales, Australia and the USA. Circling a Fox, a documentary film about this story directed by Brian Ross and produced by Hopscotch Films, was broadcast by the BBC in 2020 and ’21. 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