The publishing bug struck and the press went on to produce around 60 titles over the next 30 years. Since 1997 it has been run by Hamish Whyte and since 2004 has been based in Edinburgh, publishing mainly poetry pamphlets.

It tries to follow the watchwords of Francis Maynell of the Nonesuch Press: 'variety, flexibility, impulse'. The aim is to publish interesting poetry - interesting in terms of subject matter, emotional impact and use of language - and in affordable editions, with attention paid to presentation.

Mariscat Press has had a particularly close relationship with Edwin Morgan (key works include Sonnets from Scotland, 1984) and Gael Turnbull (For Whose Delight, 1985).

Callum Macdonald Memorial Award 2011 (for Anna Crowe, Figure in a Landscape)
Michael Marks Award for Poetry 2011 (for James McGonigal, Cloud Pibroch)

Scottish poets

Mariscat Press has published the following Scottish poets:

Stewart Conn
Anna Crowe
Douglas Dunn
Gerrie Fellows
Raymond Friel
Graham Fulton
Lesley Harrison
Diana Hendry
Gerry Loose
Brian McCabe
Ian McDonough
James McGonigal
Donald Mackay
Angela McSeveney
Edwin Morgan
Richard Price
Alison Prince
Val Thornton
Gael Turnbull
Brian Whittingham
Jim C. Wilson

Scottish poetry titles

Mariscat Press published the following Scottish poetry titles in 2011:

Gael Turnbull, Amorous Greetings
Douglas Dunn, Invisible Ink
Jim Carruth, Working the Hill
Jane McKie, Garden of Bedsteads

Submission guidelines

Prefer typed hard copy, with SAE. Send either sample of  six poems or pamphlet-length collection of around 24 poems.

Contact details

www.mariscatpress.co.uk