100 Favourite Scottish Poems

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Scotland has a long history of producing outstanding poetry. From the humblest but-and-ben to the grandest castle, the nation had a great tradition of celebration and commemoration through poetry. 100 favourite Scottish poems - incorporating the nation's best-loved poems as selected in a BBC Scotland listeners poll - ranges from the ballads of Burns from Proud Maisie to The Queen of Sheba, and from Cuddle Doon to The Jeelie Piece Song.

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Title	100 Favourite Scottish Poems
Author	Stewart Conn ed.
Binding	Paperback
ISBN-13	9781905222612
No. of Pages	176
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Author Bio	Stewart Conn was born in Glasgow in 1936, brought up in Kilmarnock, and now lives in Edinburgh. Married with two sons, he is a renowned poet, Honorary President of the Shore Poets, was the first recipient of the Institute of Contemporary Scotland's ?Iain Crichton Smith Award? for services to literature, and was Edinburgh?s inaugural Makar or Poet Laureate from 2001? 2005.
Back Cover Copy	Scotland has a long history of producing outstanding poetry. From the humblest but-and-ben to the grandest castle, the nation has a great tradition of celebration and commemoration through poetry. 100 Favourite Scottish Poems - incorporating the nation's best-loved poems as selected in a BBC Radio Scotland listeners' poll - ranges from the ballads to Burns, from 'Proud Maisie' to 'The Queen of Sheba', and from 'Cuddle Doon' to 'he Jeelie Piece Song'. Edited by Stewart Conn, poet and first recipient of the Institute of Contemporary Scotland's Iain Chrichton Smith Award for services to literature (2006).
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BISAC Subject	POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors)
BIC Subject	Poetry anthologies (various poets)

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