Celebrate the launch of two compelling poetry collections! Donald S Murray, acclaimed author of  The Salt and the Flame,  presents  Tales of a Cosmic Crofter,  a vibrant collection inspired by Gaelic songs and his Lewis upbringing. Alongside, Mark Vernon Thomas unveils  For All the Ghosts that Live in Me,  his deeply personal exploration of inner landscapes. Also supporting are Allan Gaw and Jen Dunn. A night of rich poetry and storytelling! Donald S Murray is from Ness in the Isle of Lewis. Now living in Shetland, his work includes non-fiction, short stories, drama, poetry – the latter including ‘Achanalt’ which in collaboration with the artist Hugh Bryden won the Callum MacDonald award - and novels such as ‘As the Women Lay Dreaming’ (Saraband) which won the Paul Torday Award and was shortlisted for other national prizes. His latest novel, linked to various musical events, including one at Celtic Connections is ‘The Salt and the Flame’ which was published in January 2024. His play ‘Sequamur’ has also been chosen as one of the main texts for Higher English by the SQA. The poems in ‘Tales of a Cosmic Crofter’ were partly inspired by the Gaelic songs of Donnie Dotaman (Donnie Macleod) who wrote a number on the subject of tractors – which were loved by my children, Angus and Eileen when they were youngsters – and also my own upbringing in Ness where a number of tractors were regularly seen. Together with Noel Eadie and his sister Margaret Macleod, he was also a member of the Na h-Òganaich, one of the most important Gaelic bands in my teenage years. Mark Vernon Thomas is a New Zealander living deep in the Machars, SW Scotland. He has been a Classical /improv musician, a singer of Georgian polyphony, a Gestalt psychotherapist and now a poet. Mark has been published in Takahe magazine (NZ), Northwords Now, Poet’s Republic, Amsterdam Quarterly, among others, and online with the Scottish Poetry Library. His first collection Dances with Shadows and Stones is published by Drunk Muse Press 2023. His second collection, Tales of Fenris Wolf is published by Paekakariki Press 2023, with artwork by Helen Moss. His third collection, For All the Ghosts that Live in Me is published by Seahorse Publications, 2025.

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