Thanks to Paul Clyne for interviewing me for Poetry Spotlight. You can read the interview and many more interviews with poets on the website here.

I'm so pleased that the Hannah Frank estate have given me permission to use one of Hannah Frank's drawings for the cover of my new collection. Hannah Frank was a Glasgow artist whose Art Nouveau style black and white drawings I've been a fan of since I came across them a few years ago.

I've always particularly loved this drawing which is titled 'Out of the Night a Shadow Passed' and felt it would fit perfectly with the themes in my collection. You can check out more of Hannah Frank's work here.

So here's the prospective cover of Madame Ecosse, which I'm completely delighted with!



Out of the Night a Shadow Passed

 For anyone in Glasgow, Hannah Frank prints, two for the price of one at Glasgow Uni visitor centre until June 13th. I really love her work and I'll be hoping to pick up a couple of prints when I'm in Glasgow in the next couple of weeks.

I've had some poems accepted for the summer issue of Northwords Now, don't know quite how many poems yet and there's talk of perhaps a drawing/photograph or two to accompany my poems. Very excited about this, I've supplied the names of a couple of my favourite Scottish artists / photographers, though ultimately it will be decided by the mag's design editor and money so trying not to get toooo excited!!!!