Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

A lot of ‘Beheading Girls’ projects are brewing, keep an eye on this space…
I only wish I could physically type faster!

Great news from the wonderful folks behind Project Fergusson @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social, who've worked with
Taproot Press to produce this beauty! Very honoured to have contributed 'The Last Tavern', a Dantesque encounter between Burns and Fergusson, and to be in the company of such amazing poets!

Some shots from a recent visit to Lecce!
Now back in the UK and back to writing a paper on my boy John the Baptist.

Cathedral of Taranto, 1071

Back to Plutarch for the summer...

When a disgraced academic moves to the Scottish Borders, she thought she was in for a quiet life. Instead, she meets a reawakened King Arthur, discovers the world is danger, and that she is at the centre of it all. An ancient king, an unexpected enemy, and a legend come alive.
#scotwriterpitch2025

When Alamyra is chosen as the sacrificial maid for the Festival of Tyrenes, the world turns upside down. Old gods come alive, a forgotten king vows revenge, and new powers are unlocked.
She was supposed to die for the One God, but the Idols of Rhei had other plans.
‘Theogonia’ #scotwriterpitch2025

As a poet struggles to write a lauda for the marriage of the Princess of Taranto, his obsession for his patron’s wife leads him to confuse poetry and reality.
This is a story of verse, power, and violence. This is a story of Anonymous. This is the ‘Tragedy of Taranto’. #scotwriterpitch2025

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