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THE STONE SLEEPING-BAG

Douglas Lipton's first collection of poetry, although his work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. The collection includes the long satirical poem 'The Flora and Fauna of an Independent Scotland' which was described by Scotland on Sunday as 'a witty and truthful catalogue of the dreich ark of Caledonia' and by the Scotsman as 'a tour-de-force...terse, irreverent and riddled with cheeky one-, two-, or three-liners [used] brilliantly to convey, sometimes lewdly, but always colourfully, a peculiar species of Scottish gallows humour'.

'A Scots bestiary that hoaches with darkly delightful energies....'
Robert Crawford, The Scotsman [of 'The Flora and Fauna of an Independent Scotland']

'...a powerful portrayal of human suffering and hope, partly inspired by the Ruthwell Cross's 'Lay of the Holy Rood'. [of 'Songs for the Falling Angel]
Alastair Warren, Dumfries & Galloway Standard

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CHINESE SPARE RIBS

Edited by Douglas Lipton, this anthology gathers together the best entries to the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival's Young Poets Competition from 1994-98, for poets under 18 years old.

'Expect the unexpected and the familiar, the strange and the recognisable. There are tears and laughter, delight and misery, love and hatred, plants and animals. There are poems on food, drink and drugs. There are poems on health and illness, local and international issues, friendships and enmities, gregariousness and isolation. There is innocence and experience, family life and loss, literature and politics, satire and celebration, war and peace. There is fantasy and lyricism. There is triumph and disaster. There are poems secular and spiritual.'

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HALE-BOPP POEMS

Poems inspired by the phenomenon of the Hale-Bopp Comet.

'....Douglas Lipton's Hale-Bopp Poems.....take us back to the fundamentals of creativity, our relationship with the big outside...'
John Hudson, Markings

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FAIRY TALES

Themes from J and W Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen Folk, Fairy and Household Tales drawn upon as a response to the Holocaust.

'...Fairy Tales....reworks Grimm and Andersen with a ....devastating violence, as the poetic parables finish with the Holocaust'
Richard Price, Southfields

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THE OUTSIDE WORLD

Includes 'Sexton Beetle' and 'Table'

'Notable is Douglas Lipton's distinctive view of nature and the way he can invest the simplest things with a sense of awe.'
John Hudson, Markings