Taylor Strickland
@taylor-strickland.bsky.social
Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
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Cover reveal for my new book! Out in November with @tapsalteerie.bsky.social
‘’Dwell Time, the full-length debut from award-winning writer Taylor Strickland, takes us from the US, to Scotland, to Portugal reflecting on environment, family, language and more.’’
‘’Dwell Time, the full-length debut from award-winning writer Taylor Strickland, takes us from the US, to Scotland, to Portugal reflecting on environment, family, language and more.’’
💥Pre-order my new book Dwell Times💥
‘One of the most exciting poets working in Scotland today.’ – Cal Flyn
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/dwel...
‘One of the most exciting poets working in Scotland today.’ – Cal Flyn
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/dwel...
Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland (pre-order) - Tapsalteerie
*Pre-order for publication date of 01 November 2025* Dwell Time, the full-length debut collection from award-winning poet Taylor Strickland, begins from the idea that ‘dwelling’ requires both place an...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
💥Pre-order my new book Dwell Times💥
‘One of the most exciting poets working in Scotland today.’ – Cal Flyn
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/dwel...
‘One of the most exciting poets working in Scotland today.’ – Cal Flyn
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/dwel...
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Leavin Meta slowly for the Sky, as we all will in time.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.
February 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Leavin Meta slowly for the Sky, as we all will in time.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.
Reposted by Taylor Strickland
🎤 NEW PODCAST!
The latest Nothing But The Poem podcast is a Norman MacCaig special. @samueltongue.bsky.social takes a deep dive into two of the most famous poems by one of Scotland's most beloved poets to see what lay beneath the bonnet.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
The latest Nothing But The Poem podcast is a Norman MacCaig special. @samueltongue.bsky.social takes a deep dive into two of the most famous poems by one of Scotland's most beloved poets to see what lay beneath the bonnet.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Nothing But The Poem - Norman MacCaig
In this episode of Nothing But The Poem podcast, our usual host Samuel Tongue goes in deep on two weel kent poems by Norman MacCaig, one of Scotland’s most loved and influential poets. Norman MacCaig ...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎤 NEW PODCAST!
The latest Nothing But The Poem podcast is a Norman MacCaig special. @samueltongue.bsky.social takes a deep dive into two of the most famous poems by one of Scotland's most beloved poets to see what lay beneath the bonnet.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
The latest Nothing But The Poem podcast is a Norman MacCaig special. @samueltongue.bsky.social takes a deep dive into two of the most famous poems by one of Scotland's most beloved poets to see what lay beneath the bonnet.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
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#ScottishPoetryEvents
Paisley Book Festival kicks off on Friday. POEMS ON PARENTING is our pick of the poetry events, Sun 27th at 1pm, featuring:
💥 Nuala Watt
💥 Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social
💥 Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
Paisley Book Festival kicks off on Friday. POEMS ON PARENTING is our pick of the poetry events, Sun 27th at 1pm, featuring:
💥 Nuala Watt
💥 Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social
💥 Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
The Small Hours: Poems on Parenting - Paisley Book Festival
Sunday 27th April, 1-2pm
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April 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#ScottishPoetryEvents
Paisley Book Festival kicks off on Friday. POEMS ON PARENTING is our pick of the poetry events, Sun 27th at 1pm, featuring:
💥 Nuala Watt
💥 Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social
💥 Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
Paisley Book Festival kicks off on Friday. POEMS ON PARENTING is our pick of the poetry events, Sun 27th at 1pm, featuring:
💥 Nuala Watt
💥 Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social
💥 Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
THIS SUNDAY I share some new work and some (likely spurious) parent-writer insights with these guidfolk! 🤩✊
Come along! We can all bemoan the restless mornings… 😵💫🌅
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
@nualawatt.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social
@iassl.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk
Come along! We can all bemoan the restless mornings… 😵💫🌅
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
@nualawatt.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social
@iassl.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
THIS SUNDAY I share some new work and some (likely spurious) parent-writer insights with these guidfolk! 🤩✊
Come along! We can all bemoan the restless mornings… 😵💫🌅
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
@nualawatt.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social
@iassl.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk
Come along! We can all bemoan the restless mornings… 😵💫🌅
paisleybookfestival.com/programme/th...
@nualawatt.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social
@iassl.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk
Cover reveal for my new book! Out in November with @tapsalteerie.bsky.social
‘’Dwell Time, the full-length debut from award-winning writer Taylor Strickland, takes us from the US, to Scotland, to Portugal reflecting on environment, family, language and more.’’
‘’Dwell Time, the full-length debut from award-winning writer Taylor Strickland, takes us from the US, to Scotland, to Portugal reflecting on environment, family, language and more.’’
April 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cover reveal for my new book! Out in November with @tapsalteerie.bsky.social
‘’Dwell Time, the full-length debut from award-winning writer Taylor Strickland, takes us from the US, to Scotland, to Portugal reflecting on environment, family, language and more.’’
‘’Dwell Time, the full-length debut from award-winning writer Taylor Strickland, takes us from the US, to Scotland, to Portugal reflecting on environment, family, language and more.’’
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The latest comfort blanket ‘imminent downfall’ article on Trump. I’ve been delving into this stacked genre over the last decade with declining degrees of enthusiasm and I’m pretty much done with it now.
This is what empires look like when they fall inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
Trump’s downfall begins now – his paranoia and baseless rage is his undoing
This is what empires look like when they fall
inews.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The latest comfort blanket ‘imminent downfall’ article on Trump. I’ve been delving into this stacked genre over the last decade with declining degrees of enthusiasm and I’m pretty much done with it now.
March 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
March 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: A lovely rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem (its name in English: "The Glory and Will of Ukraine Have Not Yet Perished").
In blue is Olav Luksengård Mjelva playing a Norwegian hardanger fiddle; in red is Erik Rydvall on a Swedish nyckelharpa. See you around.
In blue is Olav Luksengård Mjelva playing a Norwegian hardanger fiddle; in red is Erik Rydvall on a Swedish nyckelharpa. See you around.
National Anthem of Ukraine 🇺🇦 played on 🇸🇪 nyckelharpa and 🇳🇴 hardangerfiddle
YouTube video by Erik Rydvall - Nyckelharpa
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March 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: A lovely rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem (its name in English: "The Glory and Will of Ukraine Have Not Yet Perished").
In blue is Olav Luksengård Mjelva playing a Norwegian hardanger fiddle; in red is Erik Rydvall on a Swedish nyckelharpa. See you around.
In blue is Olav Luksengård Mjelva playing a Norwegian hardanger fiddle; in red is Erik Rydvall on a Swedish nyckelharpa. See you around.
Reposted by Taylor Strickland
from Field Requiem @carcanet.bsky.social
October 1, 2024 at 1:55 PM
from Field Requiem @carcanet.bsky.social
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My poem ‘Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice’, which is an homage to my late mentor John Burnside, has just been published in the Times Literary Supplement. Please have a read. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/o...
'Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice' by Tarn MacArthur
i.m. John Burnside No one knows what calls us, days like this that seem to stretch all sense of reason: the hillside scrub abuzz with silver-washed and dark green fritillary, the red grouse and hare, ...
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February 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My poem ‘Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice’, which is an homage to my late mentor John Burnside, has just been published in the Times Literary Supplement. Please have a read. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/o...
Reposted by Taylor Strickland
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Translating Gaelic Poetry
24 Feb @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free
Niall O’Gallagher, Garry Mackenzie, & @taylor-strickland.bsky.social will discuss their methods & approaches to translating Gaelic poetry, & how it interacts with other languages
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...
24 Feb @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free
Niall O’Gallagher, Garry Mackenzie, & @taylor-strickland.bsky.social will discuss their methods & approaches to translating Gaelic poetry, & how it interacts with other languages
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...
Translating Gaelic Poetry
An in-person conversation between Niall O'Gallagher (Gaelic Writer in Residence) and writers Garry Mackenzie and Taylor Strickland.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Translating Gaelic Poetry
24 Feb @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free
Niall O’Gallagher, Garry Mackenzie, & @taylor-strickland.bsky.social will discuss their methods & approaches to translating Gaelic poetry, & how it interacts with other languages
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...
24 Feb @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free
Niall O’Gallagher, Garry Mackenzie, & @taylor-strickland.bsky.social will discuss their methods & approaches to translating Gaelic poetry, & how it interacts with other languages
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...
Leavin Meta slowly for the Sky, as we all will in time.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.
February 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Leavin Meta slowly for the Sky, as we all will in time.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.
Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.