Böcker av Rab Wilson

Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the 1984-1985 national UK MinersâEUR(TM) Strike âEUR" the largest industrial action by a UK union in the 20th Century âEUR" Here We Go, Here We Go, Here We Go! Is comprised of RabâEUR(TM)s previous mining poems as well as new poems that relate to current social and economic problems in Scotland and the UK. Once he left school in 1977, Rab Wilson worked in the mining industry along the west coast of Scotland for eight years. On the 12th March 1984 Rab joined the MinersâEUR(TM) Strike, where he remained on strike until the 21st March 1985, after nearly a full year on strike. The poetry in this collection chronicles the events and aftermath of the MinersâEUR(TM) Strike, through the eyes of a miner who was very much involved in it, a momentous landmark of the working-class struggle. Rab has witnessed the first-hand implications of the demise of ScotlandâEUR(TM)s mining industry. No other Scots poet today is better placed than Rab to record the history and importance of ScotlandâEUR(TM)s mining industry and the challenging strike.

Written mostly in Scots, this collection deals with topics ranging from satirical social commentary to sublime shots of everyday life with characteristic wit and insight.

Rab Wilson's new poetry collection 'Design' is a swoop of poetic imagination; featuring musings on the nature of the universe and of our human place in the cosmos.

This unique reflection on the world of Robert Burns places a range of photographic artworks by celebrated Scottish artist Calum Colvin alongside poems written in response to each work by 'weel-kent' Scots poet Rab Wilson.