Margaret Elphinstone

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PAPERBOATS
PaperBoats Zine 5 celebrates Earth Day 2025.
Resistance
is those who flower in poor soil:
groundsel, self-heal, bittercress, speedwell;
is celandines forcing their way
through cracks in rotten concrete...



IRISH PAGES
An essay by Margaret Elphinstone: An Ecology of Haunting: Re-forming a Future from Scotland's Past appears as a contribution to Stands Scotland here it did? in the Scottish Edition of Irish Pages, a bi-annual journal of contemporary writing. The edition is edited by Kathleen Jamie and Don Paterson.



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THERE SHE GOES
There She Goes, a new collection of women's writing on the experience of travel, edited by Elsa Aldegheri, includes contributions from 17 writers including Margaret Elphinstone's, Sea Crossings: Tide Circles.
"Out there, where the sea meets sky, something remains unfathomable..."
There She Goes is published by Saraband.




Fifty Poets and Winter
Margaret Elphinstone is one of fifty contributors to What Winter Wants, a unique anthology of poetry published by Rymour Books. Each poet was given the three-word prompt of the title and allowed to interpret it in any way they chose. Each poet then nominated another to continue the process resulting in this impressive collaborative collection, compiled by Douglas Thompson. The book is available from the publisher, priced £11.99. ISBN 9781739480134
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LOST PEOPLE
Lost People, was published by Wild Goose publications in spring 2024. It was short-listed for the Saltire Society 2024 Award for fiction. Find out more.



Forthcoming publications

Poetry Collection
(Glasgow, Wild Goose 2025 or 26)



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