Does Alec Finlay fit the bill?
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On 14 May 2012, at 16:20, GOODBY JOHN wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> This is fantastic, thanks so much to Sophie, Robin, Ian, Keston,
> Samantha, Peter and the rest of you ... Peter Manson, yes, of course
> I knew his name, and of him, and, somewhere at the back of my
> mind, where he was. But there are so many more. 'Thriving' isn't the
> word for it, clearly. Looks like this is going to be a two-day event.
>
> Please keep the suggestions coming, and thanks again.
>
> JOhn
>
> On 14 May 2012 15:37, Keston Sutherland <
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>> Hi John,
>>
>> Forgive a front-channel reply, but I think his work is nowhere
near
>> widely enough known or read, and I'd like to get his name into some
>> inboxes: Tom Jones is a really good poet based near St. Andrews. He
>> works at the university there and can be contacted at his work email
>> address. Barque published one book of his a quantity of moons ago and
>> will, I hope, publish another before long. He gave a fine reading at
>> the
>> Sussex festival two years back.
>>
>> Best of luck with the event,
>>
>> Keston
>>
>> On Mon, May 14, 2012, at 03:24 PM, GOODBY JOHN wrote:
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been asked to come up with a programme for a poetry event,
>> along the lines of the Hay Jamboree, to be run in Scotland in
>> late October / early November 2012, for one day, possibly
two.
>>
>>
>>
>> As with the Hay Jam when it kicked off in 2009, I think it would
>> make sense to alert people to the unsuspected richness of the
>> alternative poetry around them, and which they probably won't
>> have heard of, as well as, maybe, using one or two poets from
>> south (or west) of the border. Certainly I want to avoid
>> the standard Don Patterson-Liz Lochhead-Jackie Kay-John Burnside
>> mainstream stuff, and demonstrate that there is an alternative to
>> that.
>>
>>
>>
>> The trouble is I know hardly anything about what's happening in
>> Scotland. Off the top of my head I can only think of Frank
>> Kuppner, Tom Leonard, and Bill Herbert (some of) as poets who
>> would might fit the bill. So please, if you know anything about
>> the alternative scene
in Scotland, let me know. I'd be
>> particularly grateful for sites where I might find work, and
>> contact addresses (for the three above as well as those I don't
>> know about). And don't be shy about proposing yourselves either.
>> Back channel please.
>>
>>
>>
>> With thanks in advance for suggestions, and the usual apologies
>> for cross-posting.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jx
>> --
>> Keston Sutherland
>>
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