In April 2022, Birlinn (named after a kind of boat commonly used in the West of Scotland) published a repackaged edition of Robin Lloyd-Jones’ 1989 book, Argonauts of the Western Isles, newly titled as Argonauts of the Scottish Isles. That this book has been around on people’s bookshelves and in their imaginations for more than … Continue reading Exploring Scotland’s West Coast
Robin Lloyd-Jones, Project Manager at Autumn Voices, recommends: What Dementia Teaches Us About Love by Nicci Gerrard (Allen Lane, 2019) This book grew out of the death of Nicci Gerrard’s father from dementia and her belief that the disease and its impact on individuals, families and the wider world needs light shed upon it to … Continue reading Robin’s Jolabokablog
Walled Garden walled kitchen garden, sea-besieged, forest-hemmed peaceful fertile womb Cauliflower naked brassica severed from crowning glory: prize cauliflower
During September we asked you to send in your flash fictions on the topic of pets, animals and the natural world. Thank you to all those who took the time to enter. All the Autumn Voices staff held a secret ballot to choose our favourite and the eventual winner was: Roger Knight, who’s 70 and … Continue reading Flash fiction – Pets, animals and the natural world – Winner Announcement
A Haiku Journal Trilogy: Gap in the Promenade Wall A week before my 80th birthday I took a walk along the Helensburgh promenade – a walk I often do. There is a gap in the sea wall where stone steps lead down to the shore. I would tell myself, ‘One day I will jump across … Continue reading Haiku Journal – 12
Alasdair Wright was a professional musician and caterer who now runs a family tourism business and plays piano.
Sheena Blackhall writes in Doric and English, creating poetry, novels, short stories, illustrations, traditional storytelling, and music. In 2019, she was presented with the Janet Paisley Lifetime Achievement Award.
Diana Hendry writes poetry, short stories, and children’s books, co-editing New Writing Scotland.
freshly exposed extending sky-mirror sands mind-expanding stretch
Kriss Nichol was a civil servant, teacher, manager in community education, and oversees volunteer, before coming to help steer Autumn Voices.
Orlando is sixty in cat years. His interview has been scribed by his staff, Sallie and Robin.
Mary Irvine is a regular contributor of Autumn Voices, having worked in teaching, lived in Greece, and now in Loch Lomond.
Simon Berry lives in Glasgow as an interviewer. He had a collection of poems published in 2014 and has written a biography of Alexander Smith.
hollow, ribbed tubes
natural engineering
of perfection
Ingrid Murray won the Autumn Voices Poetry Competition 2020. In 2015, she collaborated with then Edinburgh Makar, Christine de Luca, on a poem.
