Memo for Spring

50th Anniversary Edition

Liz Lochhead author Ali Smith editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Birlinn General

Published:24th Mar '22

Should be back in stock very soon

Memo for Spring cover

This is an exclusive limited edition with a preface by Liz Lochhead and a new introduction by Ali Smith.

Liz Lochhead is one of the leading poets writing in Britain today. This, her debut collection, published in 1972, was a landmark publication. Writing at a time when the landscape of Scottish poetry was male dominated, hers was a new voice, tackling subjects that resonated with readers – as it still does. Her poetry paved the way, and inspired, countless new voices including Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay and Carol Ann Duffy. Still writing and performing today, fifty years on from her first book of poetry, Liz Lochhead has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and was Scotland’s second modern Makar, succeeding Edwin Morgan.

Memo for Spring is accessible, vital and always as honest as it is hopeful. Driving through this collection are themes of pain, acceptance, loss and triumph.

'A voice so fresh and relevant that it broke new ground, paving the way for the likes of Ali Smith, Jackie Kay, Kathleen Jamie and Carol Ann Duffy'

* The Sunday Post *

'Lochhead was a fresh, young female voice in the masculine world of Scottish poetry and these early poems are just as exhilarating and entertaining a read today'

* Daily Mail *

'An inspirational presence in British poetry – funny, feisty, female and full of feeling'

-- Carol Ann Duffy

'This is the work of a highly intelligent, sensitive, perceptive, and humorous young woman'

-- George Mackay Brown

'Liz Lochead made it possible to imagine being a poet'

-- Kathleen Jamie

'In Scotland’s literary world Lochhead was a pioneer, imprinting the female experiences of love and loss'

-- Steven McGinty * The Sunday Times *

'This new 50th anniversary edition celebrates Liz Lochhead’s seminal poetry collection'

* Scots Magazine *

'A book full of youthful hope and heartbreak'

* The Hera

ISBN: 9781846976100

Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 5mm

Weight: 94g

80 pages