Tapsalteerie
@tapsalteerie.bsky.social
An independent poetry publishing house based in rural Aberdeenshire | www.tapsalteerie.co.uk | join the Scottish poetry Discord: discord.gg/9bC6Gp2ZJM | & check out our imprint Stewed Rhubarb Press: https://stewedrhubarb.org/
On Friday (14th November) 18:30 it is the Edinburgh Tapsalteerie double-launch of Stewart Sanderson’s Weathershaker & Taylor Strickland’s Dwell Time, chaired by Medha Singh.
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On Friday (14th November) 18:30 it is the Edinburgh Tapsalteerie double-launch of Stewart Sanderson’s Weathershaker & Taylor Strickland’s Dwell Time, chaired by Medha Singh.
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
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Next is BLOODSONGS by @vavapoetry.bsky.social published by @tapsalteerie.bsky.social
This one floored me. As an Aberdeenshire kid it felt like coming home.
Don't be put off by the Doric. It's part of what makes this amazing & you'll understand more than you fear even if you're not from the shire.
This one floored me. As an Aberdeenshire kid it felt like coming home.
Don't be put off by the Doric. It's part of what makes this amazing & you'll understand more than you fear even if you're not from the shire.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Next is BLOODSONGS by @vavapoetry.bsky.social published by @tapsalteerie.bsky.social
This one floored me. As an Aberdeenshire kid it felt like coming home.
Don't be put off by the Doric. It's part of what makes this amazing & you'll understand more than you fear even if you're not from the shire.
This one floored me. As an Aberdeenshire kid it felt like coming home.
Don't be put off by the Doric. It's part of what makes this amazing & you'll understand more than you fear even if you're not from the shire.
Pre-orders for Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson are OPEN!
Weathershaker begins with meanings lost, recovered & imagined. Digging into the material & textual record through place names, fictional histories, translations & fragmentary texts, Sanderson's second full-length collection…
Weathershaker begins with meanings lost, recovered & imagined. Digging into the material & textual record through place names, fictional histories, translations & fragmentary texts, Sanderson's second full-length collection…
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Pre-orders for Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson are OPEN!
Weathershaker begins with meanings lost, recovered & imagined. Digging into the material & textual record through place names, fictional histories, translations & fragmentary texts, Sanderson's second full-length collection…
Weathershaker begins with meanings lost, recovered & imagined. Digging into the material & textual record through place names, fictional histories, translations & fragmentary texts, Sanderson's second full-length collection…
Our Glasgow double-launch details here! 🥳
October 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our Glasgow double-launch details here! 🥳
Edinburgh Double Book Launch: Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland.
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
October 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Edinburgh Double Book Launch: Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland.
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
All the plants I have half-grown by Linden K McMahon (Stewed Rhubarb, 2024)
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
All the plants I have half-grown by Linden K McMahon (Stewed Rhubarb, 2024)
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
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Glad to have a short poem in this anthology for John Maclean, edited by Henry Bell and Joey Simons.
Now's The Day, Now's The Hour: Poems for John Maclean (2023)
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
September 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Glad to have a short poem in this anthology for John Maclean, edited by Henry Bell and Joey Simons.
Now's The Day, Now's The Hour: Poems for John Maclean (2023)
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
September 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Now's The Day, Now's The Hour: Poems for John Maclean (2023)
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
In Wolf's Skin (2024) by Titilayo Farukuoye
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In Wolf's Skin (2024) by Titilayo Farukuoye
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
Now open for pre-order: Blue: A Lament for the Sea by Liz MacWhirter. 🌊
Blue: a lament for the sea is one woman's journey through the interstices of land & sea, grief & love. The medieval Gaelic myth of the Isle of lona escaping an apocalyptic flood infuses. MacWhirter's contemporary lyric epic…
Blue: a lament for the sea is one woman's journey through the interstices of land & sea, grief & love. The medieval Gaelic myth of the Isle of lona escaping an apocalyptic flood infuses. MacWhirter's contemporary lyric epic…
September 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Now open for pre-order: Blue: A Lament for the Sea by Liz MacWhirter. 🌊
Blue: a lament for the sea is one woman's journey through the interstices of land & sea, grief & love. The medieval Gaelic myth of the Isle of lona escaping an apocalyptic flood infuses. MacWhirter's contemporary lyric epic…
Blue: a lament for the sea is one woman's journey through the interstices of land & sea, grief & love. The medieval Gaelic myth of the Isle of lona escaping an apocalyptic flood infuses. MacWhirter's contemporary lyric epic…
Big & joyous news: Mae Diansangu's Bloodsongs has been longlisted for the Poetry Debut prize in the Saltires, Scotland’s National Book Awards! 🏴 🎉
Congratulations, Mae! 👏
@vavapoetry.bsky.social
We're so happy to see this incredible book continuing to get the recognition it deserves! 🥹
🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥
Congratulations, Mae! 👏
@vavapoetry.bsky.social
We're so happy to see this incredible book continuing to get the recognition it deserves! 🥹
🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥
September 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Big & joyous news: Mae Diansangu's Bloodsongs has been longlisted for the Poetry Debut prize in the Saltires, Scotland’s National Book Awards! 🏴 🎉
Congratulations, Mae! 👏
@vavapoetry.bsky.social
We're so happy to see this incredible book continuing to get the recognition it deserves! 🥹
🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥
Congratulations, Mae! 👏
@vavapoetry.bsky.social
We're so happy to see this incredible book continuing to get the recognition it deserves! 🥹
🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥
Long Field Loop by Rebecca Sharp
“an extraorinary, utterly unique collection…an antidote to the Anthopocene” – John Glenday
*Longlisted for Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of Year 2024.*
When so much of moving forward includes looking back, the poems in Long Field Loop make space for making amends…
“an extraorinary, utterly unique collection…an antidote to the Anthopocene” – John Glenday
*Longlisted for Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of Year 2024.*
When so much of moving forward includes looking back, the poems in Long Field Loop make space for making amends…
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Long Field Loop by Rebecca Sharp
“an extraorinary, utterly unique collection…an antidote to the Anthopocene” – John Glenday
*Longlisted for Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of Year 2024.*
When so much of moving forward includes looking back, the poems in Long Field Loop make space for making amends…
“an extraorinary, utterly unique collection…an antidote to the Anthopocene” – John Glenday
*Longlisted for Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of Year 2024.*
When so much of moving forward includes looking back, the poems in Long Field Loop make space for making amends…
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Jason just shared this and it pretty much says everything I feel about the situation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Jason just shared this and it pretty much says everything I feel about the situation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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BLOODSONGS has been nominated for Scots Book of The Year(!) The public decides the winner, but you don't need to live in Scotland to vote - just follow the link 🏴💖
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August 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
BLOODSONGS has been nominated for Scots Book of The Year(!) The public decides the winner, but you don't need to live in Scotland to vote - just follow the link 🏴💖
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag...
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag...
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Titular poem from Shane Strachan’s 2024 collection Dwams.
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In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Titular poem from Shane Strachan’s 2024 collection Dwams.
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In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
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Love & Other Cancers by Olivia Thomakos. Deeply personal—yet universally resonant—this book deftly exploring the struggles of life journeys as we discover ourselves & navigate familial, friendly, & romantic relationships through seasons of illness, loss, & change.
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September 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Love & Other Cancers by Olivia Thomakos. Deeply personal—yet universally resonant—this book deftly exploring the struggles of life journeys as we discover ourselves & navigate familial, friendly, & romantic relationships through seasons of illness, loss, & change.
stewedrhubarb.org/product/love...
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BUY MY BLOODY BOOK. Shifting between English and North-East Scots, BLOODSONGS, is an ode to matters of the blood: queer carnality; black rage; the crude power of myth and how history is felt in the body🩸 www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/bloo...
November 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
BUY MY BLOODY BOOK. Shifting between English and North-East Scots, BLOODSONGS, is an ode to matters of the blood: queer carnality; black rage; the crude power of myth and how history is felt in the body🩸 www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/bloo...
Love & Other Cancers by Olivia Thomakos. Deeply personal—yet universally resonant—this book deftly exploring the struggles of life journeys as we discover ourselves & navigate familial, friendly, & romantic relationships through seasons of illness, loss, & change.
stewedrhubarb.org/product/love...
stewedrhubarb.org/product/love...
September 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Love & Other Cancers by Olivia Thomakos. Deeply personal—yet universally resonant—this book deftly exploring the struggles of life journeys as we discover ourselves & navigate familial, friendly, & romantic relationships through seasons of illness, loss, & change.
stewedrhubarb.org/product/love...
stewedrhubarb.org/product/love...
Titular poem from Shane Strachan’s 2024 collection Dwams.
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Titular poem from Shane Strachan’s 2024 collection Dwams.
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
In a spectrum of voices across Scots and English, the poems in DWAMS concern themselves with the climate emergency and just transition, rising xenophobia, and with queer romance and sex, in a groundbreaking debut collection…
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sun-drunk by lan Macartney
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
sun-drunk by lan Macartney
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
sun-drunk by lan Macartney
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
sun-drunk by lan Macartney
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
(Stewed Rhubarb, 2024).
These are poems drunk not just on the sun, but on every emotion which whirs underneath its glow—even in the bright light of winter months. Some of these poems were commissioned for stage, some for screen(s), & others have never appeared before…🌅
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Once I Carried Three Crows (2024) by Rachel Plummer.
Taking their cue from natural world, science & science-fiction, the vivid & surreal poems of Once I Carried Three Crows present contemporary myths born from experiences such as the process of ageing, disability, intergenerational relationships…
Taking their cue from natural world, science & science-fiction, the vivid & surreal poems of Once I Carried Three Crows present contemporary myths born from experiences such as the process of ageing, disability, intergenerational relationships…
August 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Once I Carried Three Crows (2024) by Rachel Plummer.
Taking their cue from natural world, science & science-fiction, the vivid & surreal poems of Once I Carried Three Crows present contemporary myths born from experiences such as the process of ageing, disability, intergenerational relationships…
Taking their cue from natural world, science & science-fiction, the vivid & surreal poems of Once I Carried Three Crows present contemporary myths born from experiences such as the process of ageing, disability, intergenerational relationships…
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..intergenerational relationships, body image & sexuality.
Here we find stories of the woman who married the North Sea, of ghosthouses & birdhouses, of Iris, the first granny in space, & of the worm that eats memories along with 'half a glass/of iced Chianti.
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/once...
Here we find stories of the woman who married the North Sea, of ghosthouses & birdhouses, of Iris, the first granny in space, & of the worm that eats memories along with 'half a glass/of iced Chianti.
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/once...
Once I Carried Three Crows by Rachel Plummer - Tapsalteerie
'Once I Carried Three Crows' is the highly anticipated new poetry collection from Edinburgh-based poet & writer Rachel Plummer
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
..intergenerational relationships, body image & sexuality.
Here we find stories of the woman who married the North Sea, of ghosthouses & birdhouses, of Iris, the first granny in space, & of the worm that eats memories along with 'half a glass/of iced Chianti.
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/once...
Here we find stories of the woman who married the North Sea, of ghosthouses & birdhouses, of Iris, the first granny in space, & of the worm that eats memories along with 'half a glass/of iced Chianti.
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/once...