Alistair Lawrie (Spoken Label, April 2026) (Re-edit)

Alistair Lawrie (Spoken Label, April 2026) (Re-edit)

From Spoken Label by Andy N

April 15, 2026 · 1h 29m

About this episode

In this episode, Alistair Lawrie discusses his new poetry book 'Opent Petals' and shares a re-recorded poem due to a previous glitch.

* Re-edit * There was a unfortunate glitch in the second half of the Podcast during which Alistair reads out a wonderful poem called Elephants Don't Jump. In the sake of being fair, we agreed for Alistair to re-record said poem and it is presented as a bonus at the end of the Podcast. New from Spoken Label features making his debut is the amazing Alistair Lawrie. Alistair Lawrie is from Peterhead and now lives in Stonehaven. His short story “Delivery” won the William Soutar Prize in 2016 and his poem “Twists And Turns” won the McLellan Scots Poetry Prize in 2023. His poetry and short stories have been published in “The Interpreter’s House”, “The Poets’ Republic”, “Northwords Now”, “Lallans”, “Poetry Scotland” and various anthologies; he coedited the Scottish sea anthology “A Glimmer Of Cold Brine”. His poetry collection “Caal Cries” was published in 2023 by Drunk Muse Press. He runs weekly creative writing sessions for Mearns Writers. He writes in Doric and English, occasionally Scots “… but the words and the rhythms of those voices I heard as a boy breathe their lilt through all of it”This chat is about Alistair's new poetry book "Opent Petals" available from Drunk…

People in this episode

Host: Andy N

Guest: Alistair Lawrie

Topics covered

  • poetry
  • creative writing
  • Scottish literature
  • Doric language
  • interview

Keywords

  • Alistair Lawrie
  • poetry
  • Caal Cries
  • Opent Petals
  • Scottish poetry
  • creative writing
  • Doric

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Drunk Muse Press, Mearns Writers

Books & works: Caal Cries, Opent Petals, Delivery, Twists And Turns, Elephants Don't Jump

Places: Peterhead, Stonehaven

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