Declarations on Freedom for Writers and ReadersDeclaration on Freedom for Writers and Readers is an anthology of poetry and prose exploring freedom of expression. The year 2020 marks the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath in which the Scottish nobility appealed to the Pope to support the nations fight for freedom from the rule of the English. The need to hear and understand each other is as urgent now as it ever was. This project was conceived and realised by Scottish PEN which, for

and reviews of his early novels

but I do know what happened next

" - Rebecca Goss

Encounters with the dead and forgotten are charted in sinuous prose and with a wry humour that belies his meticulous research

the conventions - political

The old way of life is all but gone

Astrologers rejoice when the Government decides to cancel April and May

PBS Recommended Translation for Spring 2013

endangered species

By the Stream translated by Alastair Thomson via the Spanish of Octavio Paz

into transnational historical context

combining prose and poetry in an experimental work of verse fiction