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Brian McCabe

b.1951

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Born near Edinburgh, Brian McCabe is a poet, novelist and short story writer, and lectures in creative writing for the University of Lancaster. He has had various residencies and fellowships, including the William Soutar Fellowship in Perth. He is the award-winning author of five collections of poetry, three short story collections and two novels.

Read the poems

  • Coal

Selected Bibliography

Goodbye Schooltie (Tara Telephone, 1972)
Spring’s Witch (Mariscat, 1984)
One Atom to Another (Polygon, 1987)
Body Parts (Canongate, 1998)
Zero (Polygon, 2009)

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Image by Robin Gillanders.

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