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A Song Among The Stones
Kenneth Steven (Author), Frances Law (Illustrator)
Poet Kenneth Steven has a knack of picking fascinating subjects and giving them a distinctive treatment and his latest collection A Song Among The Stones adds to that reputation.
Kenneth, who has appeared at Kirkcudbright Book Week, chose the story of
7th Century Irish hermit monks who left the island of Iona and dared to cross an unforgiving ocean to the wild, unknown shores of Iceland.
Inspired by this incredible journey, Kenneth distilled their experience into this sequence of poems that are sparse and pared to the bone, suggesting simple fragments of story recorded by the monks after their return to Scotland.
The book, which is illustrated by Frances Law, can be purchased in paperback format on Amazon.
A long-awaited new collection of work by Dumfries and Galloway poet Angus Macmillan has been published. Entitled The Ways of Salt, the book is published by Drunk Muse Press and can be purchased at drunkmusepress.com
Angus is well known to poetry enthusiasts in the area, including appearances at Kirkcudbright Book Week, contributions to the Writers’ Café held at the Catstrand centre in New Galloway, leading Poetry Walks, reading at Word Ceilidhs and presenting Ken Words events.
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