a scotsman poetry book of the year

the keelie hawk is a landmark poetry collection from Kathleen Jamie, the former makar (national poet) of scotland. the keelie hawk is a deeply resonant collection written in scots, with each poem accompanied by a translation into english.

its publication is a significant event in scottish literature, not only a reclaiming by one of our finest poets of the mouth-music of literary scots, but a furthering of that language: ‘by making poems, a language develops’, jamie observes in a fascinating afterword.

'jamie’s poetry offers a new way of seeing the world and a new form of intelligence about ourselves and other species' – kit fan, guardian

128 pages, paperback