Douglas Lipton

Scottish Poet

Bibliography

Chronologically arranged

Magazines, journals, broadsheets etc:

  • EMU – number 1, 1971 [ed. Ann Draycon & James G MacDonald]
  • West Coast Magazine – issue 5
  • Orbis – number 76
  • Lines Review – number 115
  • Orbis – number 79
  • Understanding – number 3
  • Ore – 42
  • Poetry Wales – volume 27, number 2
  • West Coast Magazine – issue 12
  • Cencrastus – number 45
  • Gairfish: The Liberty Tree – volume 7 [ed. W N Herbert & Richard Price]
  • Northwords – issue 4
  • Southfields – 1995 [ed. Raymond Friel & Richard Price]
  • Markings – number 1
  • The Dark Horse – number 3
  • Markings – number 3
  • Network – May 1997
  • Lines Review – 141
  • Markings – ‘Gaelforce’ special edition – 1998
  • Poetry Scotland – pilot issue 2
  • Markings – issue 6
  • Poetry Scotland – issue 3
  • Markings – issue 8
  • Fife Lines – issue 2
  • Poetry Scotland – issue 8
  • Markings – ‘Gaelforce’ special issue – 1999
  • Markings – issue 10
  • Southfields – 6.1/’Night Solo’
  • Northwords – summer 2002
  • Painted, spoken – number 5 [ed. Richard Price]
  • Poetry Scotland 25
  • Poetry Scotland 27
  • Poetry Scotland 29
  • Poetry Scotland 36
  • Markings – issue 20 & 21 – 10th Anniversary Edition
  • Markings – issue 22 [ed. John Hudson]
  • Markings – issue 25
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An V – Nr. 5 (31) Septembrie-Octombrie 2012
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VI – Nr. 1 (33) Ianuarie-Februarie 2013
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VI – Nr. 2 (34) Martie-Aprilie 2013
  • Southlight 13
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VI – Nr. 4 (36) 2013
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VI – Nr. 6 (38) Noiembrie-Decembrie 2013
  • Poetry Scotland 84
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VII – Nr. 5 (43): Un Nou Desant Scoţian
  • Southlight 17
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VIII – Nr. 3 (47) – Mai-Junie 2015
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VIII – Nr. 4 (48) – Julie-August 2015
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VIII – Nr. 5 (49) – Septembrie-Octombrie 2015
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An VIII – Nr. 6 (50) – Noiembrie-Decembrie 2015
  • The Herald Scotland – Poem of the Day, Saturday 16th January 2016
  • New Boots and Pantisocracies – March 25th 2016: “Irritable Duncan Syndrome” – contributor
  • New Boots and Pantisocracies – Neu!Boots – Day Twenty-three: July 20th 2016
  • New Boots and Pantisocracies – Neu! Post-Truth Poetics – Day Nine: 29.1.17
  • Poetry Scotland 93 – Twenty Years of Poetry Scotland
  • Southlight 21 – Spring 2017
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An X – Nr. 5 (61) – Septembrie-Octombrie 2017
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An XI – Nr. 2 (64) – Martie-Aprille 2018
  • The Poets’ Republic – Issue 6 – August 2018 – Fringe Edition
  • The Poets’ Republic – Poets React (website) – 17th September 2018 – https://poetsrepublic.org/
  • Poetry Scotland 100 – Handover – Autumn 2018
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An XII – Nr. 5 (73) – Septembrie-Octobrie 2019
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An XII – Nr. 6 (74) – Noiembrie-Decembrie 2019 [prose extract]
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An XIII – Nr. 1 (75) – Ianuarie-Februarie 2020
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An XIII – Nr. 2 (76) 2020 Supliment Douglas Lipton – 36pp. poems and commentary in English, Scots, Romanian and French with photographs and illustrations (paintings) – translations by Elena Tăpean and Noëlle Arnoult.
  • The Poets’ Republic – Issue 8 – Autumn 2020 – ed. Neil Young
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An XIII – Nr. 4 (76) – Iulie-August 2020 – includes two paintings by Douglas Lipton

Anthologies:

  • The Day I Met the Queen Mother – New Writing Scotland 8, [ed. Hamish Whyte & Janice Galloway, ASLS, 1990] ISBN 0-948877-10-3
  • Scream, If You Want to go Faster – New Writing Scotland 9, [ed.Hamish Whyte & Janice Galloway, ASLS, 1991] ISBN 0-948877-13-X
  • Pig Squealing – New Writing Scotland 10, [ed. Hamish Whyte & Janice Galloway, ASLS, 1992] ISBN 0-948877-15-4
  • With Both Feet Off the Ground (ed. Elspeth Brown, Pete Fortune, Terence Leigh & Douglas Mitchell, Dumfries & Galloway Libraries, 1993] ISBN 0-946280-14-2
  • The Ghost of Liberace – New Writing Scotland 11, [ed. A L Kennedy & Hamish Whyte, ASLS, 1993] ISBN 0-948877-18-9
  • Mungo’s Tongues – Glasgow Poems 1630-1990 [ed. Hamish Whyte, Mainstream Publishing, 1993] ISBN 1-85158-580-X
  • Mr Burns for Supper [ed. Pete Fortune & Brent Hodgson, Greit Bogill Publications, Ayr & Dumfries, 1996] ISBN 0-9521329-2-3
  • After the Watergaw [ed. Robert Davidson, Scottish Cultural Press, Edinburgh, 1998] ISBN 1-84017-024-7
  • Flights of Fancy [ed. John Hudson & Douglas Lipton, Marking Publications, Kirkcudbright, 1998] ISBN 1-901913-17-7
  • The Sound of our Voices [ed. Pete Fortune and Liz Niven, Dumfries & Galloway Libraries, Information & Archives, Dumfries, 1999] ISBN 0-94628-038-X
  • Atoms of Delight – an anthology of Scottish haiku and short poems [ed. Alec Finlay, pocketbooks/Morning Star Publications/Polygon, Edinburgh, 2000] ISBN 0-7486-6275-8
  • Without Day – proposals for a new Scottish Parliament [ed. Alec Finlay, pocketbooks/Morning Star Publications/City Art Centre/Polygon, Edinburgh, 2000] ISBN 0-7486-6277-4
  • The Hall of Mirrors [ed. Douglas Lipton, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association/Rites of Passage/NSF Scotland, Dumfries, 2000]
  • Back to the Light – New Glasgow Poems [ed. Donny O’Rourke & Hamish Whyte, Mariscat Press/Glasgow City Council, Glasgow 2001] ISBN 0-946588-26-0
  • Scottish Poems [ed. John Rice, MacMillan Children’s Books, London, 2001] ISBN 0-333-90073-1
  • Such Strange Joy – Ten Years of the Shore Poets [ed. Allan Crosbie, Lynx publishing, Aberdour, 2001] ISBN 0-95405831-3
  • Milking The Haggis – New Writing Scotland 21 [ed. Valerie Thornton & Hamish Whyte, ASLS, Glasgow, 2004] ISBN 0 948877 57 X
  • The McCash Poetry Prize 2004 – Shortlisted entries and winners [ed.Lesley Duncan, Douglas Gifford, Edwin Morgan and Alan Riach; The University of Glasgow/The Herald; September 2004.]
  • Bringing Back Some Brightness – New Writing Scotland 22 – 20 years of New Writing Scotland [ed. Valerie Thornton & Hamish Whyte, ASLS, Glasgow, 2004] ISBN 0-948877-60-X
  • 60/60 – dæmon 7 & 8 [ed. Gerry Loose, Survivors’ Press, Glasgow, August 2005] ISSN 1368-3055 26-7
  • Twelve Galloway Poets [ed. John Hudson, Markings, Gatehouse of Fleet 2009] ISBN 9781901913088 – available from www.markings.org.uk
  • Antologia revistei Orizont literar contemporan – 3/2012
  • Cat’s Whiskers – 39 years of the Mariscat Press – Poems [ed. Hamish Whyte, Mariscat, Edinburgh, 2012] ISBN 978 0 946588 61 9
  • Anthology of Scottish Poets/Antologia Poeţilor Scoţieni – [ed. Sally Evans and Neil Leadbeater – translated by Monica Manolachi; Colecţiile Revistei Orizont Literar Contemporan/Bibliotheca Universalis/Editura Pim, Iaşi, Romania, 2016] ISBN 978-606-13-3475-9.
  • Trumped – Poets Speak (while we still can) vol. 1 – a poets speak anthology – [ed. John Roche; Beatlick Press & Jules’ Poetry Playhouse Publications; Albuquerque, NM, USA; 2017] ISBN-13: 978-1544737508/ISBN-10: 1544737505
  • Water – Poets Speak (while we still can) vol. 3 – a poets speak anthology – [ed. John Roche; Beatlick Press & Jules’ Poetry Playhouse Publications; Albuquerque, NM, USA; 2017] ISBN-13: 978-1548868383/ISBN-10: 1548868388
  • Walls – Poets Speak (while we still can) vol. 4 – a poets speak anthology – [ed. John Roche; Beatlick Press & Jules’ Poetry Playhouse Publications; Albuquerque, NM, USA; 2018] ISBN–13: 978-1985244603/ISBN–10: 1985244608
  • Anthologie de Poésie Française/Antologie de Poezie Franceză [ed. and translated by Daniel Dragomirescu and Noëlle Arnoult; Orizont Literar Contemporan – Bibliotheca Universalis, Collecţiile Revistei; Editura Pim; Iaşi, Romania; 2019] ISBN 978-606-13-4942-5
  • World Anthology/Anthologie Mondiale/Antologia Mundial [ed. and coordinated by Daniel Dragomirescu and Noëlle Arnoult; Contemporary Literary Horizons Collections, Bibliotheca Universalis; Editura Pim; Iaşi, Romania; 2019] ISBN 978-606-13-5368-2

Collections (books & chapbooks):

  • The Stone Sleeping Bag, Douglas Lipton, Mariscat Press, Glasgow 1993. ISBN 0-946588-15-5
  • The Outside World, Douglas Lipton, Markings Publications, Kirkcudbright, 1996
  • Fairy Tales, Douglas Lipton, Markings Publications, Kirkcudbright 1997. ISBN 1-901913-09-7
  • Chinese Spare Ribs – Young Poets of Dumfries & Galloway, Information & Archives/Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, Dumfries, 1999. ISBN 0-946280-35-5
  • Hale-Bopp Poems, Douglas Lipton, Markings Publications, Kirkcudbright, 2001. ISBN 1-901913-21-7
  • An Enclave in Eden, Douglas Lipton Five Bob Ogre, Dumfries, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-9562527-0-8; price £5.00 – 100 pages.
  • The Aquarium, Douglas Lipton, Five Bob Ogre, Dumfries, 2010; ISBN: 978-0-9562527-1-5; price £5.00 – 33 pages.
  • Lost Sister/Sora Pierdută, Douglas Lipton, transl. by Adela Catană, Orizont Litarar Contemporan/Bibliotheca Universalis/Editura Pim, Bucharest, 2014; ISBN 978-606-13-2159-9; price €12 – 120 pages.
  • Ghost Maiden, Douglas Lipton, Five Bob Ogre, Dumfries, 2015; ISBN:    978-0-9562527-2-2; price £7.00 – 54 pages
  • Rebel Beasts, Douglas Lipton, Five Bob Ogre, Dumfries, 2015; ISBN 978-0-9562527-3-9; price £7.00 – 62 pages
  • Alien Driftwood/Lemnul Plutitor Străin, Douglas Lipton, transl. by Diana-Alexandra Mircea and Elena Ţăpean, Orizont Literar Contemporan/Bibliotheca Universalis/Editura Pim, Bucharest, 2015: ISBN 978-606-13-2846-8; price €10 – 82 pages
  • Alien Driftwood/El Leño Flotador Extranjero, Douglas Lipton, transl. by Diana Dragomirescu, Orizont Literar Contemporan/Bibliotheca Universalis/Editura Pim, Bucharest, 2016: ISBN 978 606 13 3113 0 – €10 – 80 pages
  • Bigmouth Laughing Clowns , Douglas Lipton, Five Bob Ogre, Dumfries, 2017; ISBN 978-0-9562527-4-6; price £8.00 – 126 pages
  • Lost Sister/La Soeur Perdue, Douglas Lipton, transl. by Daniel Dragomirescu and Noëlle Arnoult, Orizont Literar Contemporan/Bibliotheca Universalis/Editura Pim, Bucharest, 2017: ISBN 978 606 13 3988 4; price €10 – 90 pages
  • Opera Omnia, Douglas Lipton; translated by Vasile Daniel Bărbulescu, Alexandra Diana Mircea, Diana Dragomirescu and Noëlle Arnoult; Editura Pim/Bibliotheca Universalis/Colecţiile Revistei/“Orizont Literar Contemporan”; Bucharest; 2018: ISBN 978-606-13-4414-7; price €12 – 194 pages
  • Ragged Edges, Douglas Lipton, Five Bob Ogre, Dumfries, 2019; ISBN 978-0-9562527-5-3; price £12.00 – 120 pages
  • Neem – an experience of India, Douglas Lipton, prose – by Elena Ţăpean; Contemporary Literary Horizon/Bibliotheca Universalis/Editura Pim; Iaşi, Romania; 2019; ISBN 978-606-13-5260-9; price €10; 69 pages with colour photographs.

Sound Recordings (CDs, cassettes etc):

  • The Jewel Box – Contemporay Scottish Poems, CD – [edited by Ken Cockburn & Alec Finlay, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, 2000] ISBN 0-9532235-1-5
  • Solway Fire (by John Hudson) [SAC] – Five Writers from Dumfries & Galloway. [CD-Rom available from John Hudson and Markings Magazine – see Links]
  • Poetry Podcast Project – Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association (DGAA) with Jules Horne (Virtual Writer-in-Residence) opened this showcase for thirteen SW Scottish poets – including Douglas Lipton – in March 2006. Readings by Lipton and the other poets can be accessed through: www.dgcommunity.net/writers – click on the podcast link from which you can then listen directly through your computer or download on MP3. This is an amazing, ground-breaking project – well worth exploring.
  • Yesterday and Forever…recollecting Lockerbie: by Helen Engelhardt Hawkins, produced with Marjorie Van Halteren (Entre Deux Amies Productions, USA, 2006). Six wives, widowed by the Lockerbie aeroplane bombing, talk about their husbands, with words and music adapted from “Songs for the Falling Angel”.
  • Coming Home To Us – A Trilogy of Love, Loss, & Healing – Entre Deux Amies Productions, Midsummer Sound Company, USA, 2011 – 2 CD-set includes Songs for the Falling Angel – ISBN 978 0 9802409 2 4 and other reflections on the Lockerbie atrocity.

Programmes, catalogues etc:

  • New Paintings & Drawings – Keith McIntyre [Compass Gallery, Glasgow, March-April 1985]
  • The Muscle in my Head – prints by Kenny Morrison [Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, September-October 1989]
  • The Flora and Fauna of an Independent Scotland – illustrated by Kenny Morrison [‘Scottish Beasts’ at Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, 1991]
  • Songs for the Falling Angel – with Keith McIntyre & Karen Wimhurst. [Edinburgh International Festival – Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, and Crichton Memorial Church, Dumfries, 1991]
  • Songs for the Falling Angel – with Keith McIntyre & Karen Wimhurst. [Glasgow Museums – Art Gallery & Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, December, 1991 and January 1992]
  • Dedication of the Memorial Cairn – honouring the 270 victims who perished in the terrorist bombing of Pan American Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. [Arlington National Cemetery, VA, USA, November3, 1995]
  • ‘The Golden Door’/David Ashton & The Children of the Andes. [Moffat Youth Theatre production programme, 1997]

Criticism:

  • Dragomirescu, Daniel, Orizonturi Interculturale, Editura Pim, Iasi, Romania, 2014 – ISBN 978 606 13 1682 3. Includes, among numerous others, a critical essay on the poetry of Douglas Lipton in Romanian and English.
  • van Meel, Kees – Orizont Literar Contemporan An XII – Nr.2 (70)/ Martie-Aprille 2019 – includes a critical essay by Dutch poet, Kees van Meel, in English and Romanian translation (by Roxana Doncu), about Lipton’s Opera Omnia compendium collection: “Opera Omnia: Douglas Lipton creates a different world”.
  • Orizont Literar Contemporan – An XIII – Nr. 2 (76) – Martie-Aprile 2020 – which contains a lengthy interview with Lipton conducted (in English and French) by Noëlle Arnoult.

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