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• Krishan Coupland

  Edinburgh City

  • Poet
  • Writer

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• Aidan Semmens

  Orkney Islands

  • Poet
  • Journalist

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• Catherine Simpson

  Edinburgh City

  • Poet
  • Performance Poet
  • Writer

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• Colin McGuire

  Edinburgh City

  • Poet
  • Performance Poet
  • Podcast Maker
  • And 3 more

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• Rebecca Sharp

  Fife

  • Poet
  • Playwright
  • Spoken Word Artist
  • Writer

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• Susi Briggs

  Dumfries and Galloway

  • Poet
  • Performance Poet
  • Songwriter
  • And 2 more

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• Maoilios Caimbeul

  Highland

  • Poet
  • Writer

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• Karen Herbison

  Renfrewshire

  • Poet
  • Playwright
  • Writer

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• Mandy Haggith

  Highland

  • Poet
  • Writer

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• Julia Rampen

  Edinburgh City

  • Poet
  • Journalist
  • Podcast Maker
  • Writer

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• Kevin MacNeil

  Stirling

  • Poet
  • Playwright
  • Screenwriter
  • And 2 more

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• Robert Leach

  Scottish Borders

  • Poet
  • Playwright
  • Writer

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• Patsy Dyer

  Argyll and Bute

  • Poet
  • Storyteller
  • Writer

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• Ian Stephen

  Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)

  • Poet
  • Playwright
  • Storyteller
  • Writer

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• Ian Spring

  Perth and Kinross

  • Poet
  • Writer

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• Judith Taylor

  Aberdeen City

  • Poet

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